Leg 2

 

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Day 5: Prince Rupert to Klewnuggit Inlet, Grenville Channel, ~50 miles, partly cloudy

1:00 PM: Cruise Ships, Tankers, Cargo ships, oh my. 

3:00 PM: Dense fogbank approaching us quickly from the Gulf of Alaska, never caught us though. The wind coming down a large river stopped the fog as we continued south. 

8:00 PM: A lone wolf was howling at the head of the bay we were anchored in. We saw a wolf in Glacier Bay, but this was first time we heard one. It howled for about 10 seconds. Sometimes the sweetest natural moments are so short, but they burn into your memory forever. 

Day 6: Klewnuggit Inlet to Coghlan Anchorage, ~30 miles, partly sunny

11:00 AM: 10 or more humpbacks feeding and cavorting around at the south exit of Grenville Channel. We were treated to the most beautiful whale tail of our whole adventure. The whale's tail was perfectly white trimmed with black all the way around. 

Day 7: Coghlan to Bottleneck Inlet, ~58 miles, full sun!

9:00 AM: 28 knots of wind funneling down the sound. Too many humpbacks to count. Slapping their tales on the surface, breaching, and just showing up out of nowhere. We were sailing at 8 knots with a full main. Turned the engine on so the whales could hear us coming. Mothers keep almost constant physical contact with a calf for the first year of its life. Kelly thinks we sailed right through a family pod. 

Day 8: Bottleneck to Bella Bella, ~50 miles, more of that sun

12:00: A small group of sea otters

6:00 PM: Some bear shit at the dumpsters in the marina