Eagle cove

Heading north, our intention is to take the inside routes where possible and squasho run is recommended by our new fish friend Cliff from Williams Harbour. It a bit too far to go in one hit and we find eagle cove on the chart just at the entrance to the Run. It’s a good sailing day but as usual tainted with some fog as we head off shore on a starboard gybe. Our next job is to Gybe back into the channel south of stones island. We have 4 icebergs between us and the land all leaving a trail of growlers, we are so busy/ relaxed looking for the gybe point we almost don’t notice a 70 foot high 200 foot long that is hidden behind our Genoa. We get within 400 metres before we notice it. How can that happen. We choose our gybe spot and it is a bit beyond the lay line by the time we have taken a good look at our new iceberg intruder. We have a comfortable broad reach through the bergs and bergs bits on the way to the channel. Ice is definitely becoming normalised in our days, but we must be careful not to be casual. As we past through the first channel there are seals, some atlantic dolphins and scattered puffins as usual. Mustn’t take this kind of wilderness for granted.. 3 hours later after weaving through the island the cove entrance is there and we slide into this perfectly still lake of water. All we have to do now is find a good spot to set the hook. The only spot shallow enough has limited swing room. And the forecast is for the wind to swing 180 in the next 12 hours, not strong but enough to make sleeping a worry. We climb the the hill and wall the ridge and can see for miles in every direction. Not a sole or hint of humans in any direction. When we return from the first walk we reverse the boat into the hitch against the anchor and throw some lines ashore. Just to make sure a good night sleep is had.Read more