Pacific Swift Trip 3 2008

Up early at 0530 to catch slack water through the rapids mid-island
where the waters surging from the north and south meet and can create
currents exceeding 15 kts. Everything went very well as Port watch
guided us through Yuculta rapids and the Devils Hole under the watchful
gaze of bald eagles. We are now north of Desolation Sound and that means
the fishing prospects increase, so we trolled our way in to Frederick
Arm catching one little salmon that we released. At anchor we caught a
couple of dogfish as well. After lunch all hands piled into the dories
to build a sauna at the river connecting the sea to the lake above. It
was a great success, with all hands working to collect firewood, sauna
rocks, tending the fire, building seating and constructing the sauna. In
the end each watch squeezed to enjoy a nice hot sauna as the rain gently
fell outside. We continue to sail everyday as we had a brief jaunt under
the foresail making our way for the first set of rapids. We had an
excellent rap or group discussion last night where we all had a chance
to share a bit about ourselves and lives. It was also our first rainy
day in serveral months.