Mark popped on board this morning with a present of four thick King Salmon steaks bagged in ice. Fresh wild Salmon is a real delight, no comparison to the stuff from the supermarket.
It rained all night but cleared up in the morning. I sailed at eleven across Cross Strait to Fern Harbour. The harbour provides a magnificent view of the tail end of Brady Glacier and awesome high mountains beyond. Luckily the cloud cleared and the sun came out and it got quite warm.
Unfortunately, Fern Harbour proved no too good as an overnight anchorage. Firstly, there is a swell that enters the bay, secondly the bottom is very rocky and the anchor chain jumps across the rocks and finally the place is infested with hundreds of horse flies, or deer flies.
Whatever they are called, they are quite large, bite and make noise. Quite unbearable, so I had to depart after a couple of hours and moved around to Dundas Bay. I am told that Dundas Bay is part of the Glacier Bay National Park (its next door) but a permit is not required for this side.
It’s a pretty remote and wild place and I hope to explore further into the arms of the bay tomorrow. Looks like Salmon again for dinner tonight.
Total voyage distance 1,361.4 miles.
Logged 2nd July 2016
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 
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