Day 28 ~ Gambier Bay to Sanford Cove, Endicott Arm

We woke up to the pattering of rain drops on the boat. It was a good thing that we pulled our crab pots last night or we would have been some very wet ducks. Wendy was snug in her bunk and she didn’t want to get up, but she did. As we cleared Gambier Point, we began fishing for our next dinner. As luck would have it, Wendy hooked a nice looking silver salmon and once she brought it to the boat, Dad went out to the swim step to net it and a rather large humpback whale surfaced right behind the boat. Wendy was really startled and I got it all on video. We fished for another hour and caught one small one that wasn’t a keeper.

As the day progressed, the fog refused to lift and both the swells and the raindrops got bigger. We decided to stop fishing and head to our anchorage. The weather was the worst we had experienced since we left Seattle. We were taking the 3 to 5 foot waves on our stern quarter which causes the boat to swing around. As we neared Harbor Island, Wendy spotted her first iceberg, in the dense fog and rain. We decided that Sanford Cove would become our revised destination. We have 6 days before we have to pick up Michael in Juneau and we are a ½ day’s run away.

We watched a spectacular parade of williwaws (ice burgs), some of them bigger than the Simbalaut, from our protected cove. While Dad was napping and I was working on the computer, Wendy dropped a hook off the stern of the boat and caught a nice sole fish, which she promptly ate for dinner. Dinner consisted of fresh fish cooked on the barbeque sprinkled with Tamblosion Spice, compliments of Tamara and Linda. The rain has been steady all day but that didn’t stop our enjoyment of the lovely cove. After dinner, Wendy also spotted a pair of humpback whales playing in front of the boat. We spent the rest of the evening reading and preparing for our next adventure which was exploring Fords Terror.