Glacier Bay to Haines (Up the Lynn Canal)

We left Glacier Bay in heavy fog.  Basically we were relying heavily on the radar until about noon, that was when the sun finally burned the fog off and we had a beautiful afternoon.  It was a long day and zero wind so we stopped in Funter Bay which is at the base of the southern end of the Lynn Canal.  As the crow flies, it is just outside of Juneau but to get there it is probably an entire day so rather than head to Juneau now we decided to head up the Lynn Canal and visit Haines and Skagway.  Some of you may remember, Mark spent some time in Skagway last spring and early summer.  He convinced Pauline that she needed to see it.  This was important as it is a long trek up the Lynn Canal and the weather forecast said wind from guess where?  The North.  Anyway Funter Bay was beautiful but after a short night's sleep we were underway heading north before 0600 hours.

And as forecast the wind piped up from the north and we were fighting 22 knots of wind.  We were also facing current and so rather than tack all the way up we motored very slowly north.  Anyway after ten and a half hours we tucked in behind Sullivan Island into a small bight for a very quiet night.  The second day was more of the same for the first couple of hours but finally the wind relented and by the time we hit Haines there wasn't a ripple on the water.  Good thing too as it was probably the busiest and tightest marina we have ever been to., but it is also one of the friendliest.  We had heard this about Haines so were eager to go there.  We will do a seperate post regarding Haines and hopefully our side trip to Skagway.  But right now we are snugly tied up for guess what?  a long period of winds from the south!!!!!