2012 Trip 1 - Pacific Grace

Last night there was a wonderful Canada day celebration featuring trivia, iconic challenges and of course francophone lumberjacks. This morning we awoke to steady rain and a blustery SE wind. Desolation Sound resembled Capt Vancouver's pessimistic journal entries upon exploring this stretch of coast, the majestic mountains and warm lakes still hidden behind veils of sullen cloud. We opted to wait a day or so for the weather to clear before heading into the heart of the sound. However wind is wind and all hands braved the weather and did a wonderful job of reefing the mainsail then proceeding to weigh anchor under sail. We ran off before the SE with a reefed main, fore and jumbo averaging about 8 knots for the days run. It was a busy day of sail handling which was smartly and positively done with goodwill by the trainees.  By mid afternoon we reached Carrington Bay, lowering sail as the rain seemed to have its last drops rung from the clouds scudding low overhead. Our anchorage is beautifully natural with only a transient boat or two showing any other sign of civilization.