Seattle to Ketchikan Day 12

Sunday May 15

Our route for today called for about 53 nm to a place in Desolation Sound called Grace Harbour.
It was to be our first remote anchorage (i.e. not at a marina.)

Here is the route:

Grace Harbour is one of many cruising destinations in an area called Desolation Sound.

We had not stopped in Desolation Sound on our way south last year so we decided to at least spend one night there, and Grace Harbour looked like a great place.

We left Secret Cove about 10 AM in overcast and calm conditions.

It was a long run, and I listened to my own music from my iPod on the new stereo system on the flybridge.  It made the time go by a little faster.

We anchored up in Grace Harbour at 4:15 PM, logging 283 nm to this point.

Here are a couple pictures from Grace Harbour.

One of the things I had done on the boat over the winter was to replace the entire anchor rode.
The anchor remained the same, a 20 KG Rocna.
But I had 150' of new chain put in and 200' of new rope.
I stressed to the yard how important it was that the chain to rope splice be done properly, since literally our lives would depend on it.
They knew that already of course, but I stressed it anyway.

So this was our first night on the anchor with the new rode, and I was a little nervous about it.
But the weather was calm, and the holding was good in Grace Harbour, so we had no issues.

This was also the first night on the anchor using our new inverter.
All went well in that department as well.

We took the raft to shore and took a nice hike through the woods to a small lake.

We had a nice quiet, safe night on the anchor.