2012 Trip 3 - Pacific Swift

We did arrive at Alert Bay since my last log and enjoyed a wonderful visit at this unique community. We are always well received here and during the first couple of hours this visit had gifts of fresh salmon from the locals. We arrived at 1730hrs on the 1st and after dinner walked up the hill to spend the evening playing a variety of games on the school field. Soccer, rugby and ultimate frisbee were the games of choice. With everyone well "run" mug up and sleep was an easy end to our day. After a quick visit to the local store we were off north again in search of wind. Shortly after leaving Alert Bay a delightful NW wind began to build so we set sail and made our way north eastwards towards the mainland coast. For the remainder of the day we enjoyed a wonderfully boisterous sail over towards Wells Passage in the Broughton Group. With a NW wind of 20kts off the port beam we were seeing Swift at her best racing along at 9+ kts. Mainsail, Foresail, staysail, jib, jib topsail, and main topsail all drawing beautifully was a striking sight to all who came near to us during this crossing. Last night was spent in Tracey Harbour located on Broughton Island. Its a quiet harbour and the wind followed us most of the way to the harbour entrance. Today was our sleep in day so all dreamed (except the cook) until 0900hrs. Melanie had a delicious breakfast of pancakes, sausages, fruit and more for us to enjoy. Presently we are heading north towards a small harbour known as Allison Harbour. We hope to build a sauna on the beach here and be in good position for the sail back towards Port Hardy in the next day or so.
All are well and growing stronger as a team with each day spent together.