Pacific Grace 2009 - Trip 3

We were treated to a short whale =
show by a
visiting Humpback as we left Knight Inlet behind at about 1300hrs just =
as the NW
wind began to build. This whale swam within 100 feet of the Grace =
heading up the
inlet, very exciting. Our afternoon was filled with sailing up =
Queen
Charlotte Strait towards the eastern (mainland) shore. After a great =
sail we
entered Wells Pass and anchored in Tracey Harbour on North Broughton =
Island.
Very protected and peacefully quiet. "Isms" was the game for the evening =
with
topics of "Pirate School" and "The crew ten years from now". Gales of =
laughter
followed each skit. Today we awoke to a very calm harbour engulfed
with dense fog so all are ashore building an infamous SALTS sauna. =
Our
anchorage is about 23 miles from Port Hardy so this afternoon =
we hope
to sail back over to the Vancouver Island side of the Strait to an
anchorage within reach of Hardy for tomorrow
morning.