This morning I arose at five thirty as usual, had a look around and was not too impressed, raining. Then listened to the weather forecast, not nice. My bed still had a bit of warmth in it so I jumped back in for another hour of sleep.
Around ten in the morning I decided to head out and stowed all the breakable things away. Just before starting the engine I listened to the forecast again, there was an update, more of the same not nice for Icy Strait and Cross Sound.
As it was still raining and generally miserable I decided to stay alongside the dock, it’s a nice dock, and enjoy Elfin Cove. I am parked next to the seaplane float so lots of interesting coming and going.
I like watching the pilots come into the dock, they head for the dock, switch off their engines and then jump out the cockpit onto the float and tie up. It’s quite skilful, they must stuff it up sometimes. I will keep watching.
I have walked around the boardwalk at Elfin Cove numerous times now. There is an old Labrador dog who welcomes me each time I go ashore and walks around with me, he has a stick that needs throwing and retrieving of course.
The guys from the fishing lodge by the dock went out this morning and came back with heaps of fish. The lodge has staff on hand who spend hours filleting the fish at the dock, in the rain, packaging it up for dispatch by seaplane, to the customers’ homes I suppose.
This evening a fishing boat has rafted up alongside me. Mark the skipper is my new best mate in Elfin, he has promises to load me up with salmon in the morning. There is a nice little Nordhaven coastal cruiser moored behind me with a retired couple on board from Sidney on Vancouver Island, I saw them in Sitka. Rosemary (the lady) came across with some fresh apples and a chocolate bar – my first chocolate for 3 months, (I don’t buy sweet stuff) what a treat.
The forecast for tomorrow is for 30 knots in Icy Strait, if it stays like that I will stay like this, at the dock. No point in going out and getting beaten up, this is supposed to be a pleasure cruise.
Logged 1st July 2016
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 
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