2 day blast to Cartwright

Well the wind is on its way and the plan is a big blast south with a quick overnight behind an island the first day is quite short 50 miles to a Tickle behind Webeck island we have a solid 30kts all the way and Im worried the island wont have enough protection for a bit of rest. Luckily I’m wrong. We arrive with an hour of light left. Anchorage buries nicely, cold beers and dinner watching the sun go down in perfect pocket of swell free lee. Very early start tomorrow the wind will be building all day. And our first leg to Cape Harrison is swelly and beam on which is a bit risky bit if anything goes wrong. Still 30kts outside we sneak through the gap in the islands and into the swell. 2 reefs in and punching the engine to get to open water. Next problem is to reach the cape beam on. Once round we bae away and any curing at 8 knots. This is a tricky passage through half a dozen narrow offshore rocky tickles if it goes well we will reach the big island outside Cartwright before dark. 103 nm away the waves are big the wind is strong but the sun make it feel less intimidating. Wind tops out at 38 for the day and we squeeze through the gap at the end of Huntington Island 20 minutes after the sun goes down. We are in the home straight, but it’s another 12 miles in this channel. But the swell has gone and the wind is controllable. Time for some tea and cake for the last 2 hours.
It’s not long before We cat tech up with Claire and Richie and they keep us entertained for what turns out to be a 5 day stop over for the storm to pass. The fisherman tel us the sea is as big as they have seen and that is enough motivation not to chance our arm out in the big see.Read more