We stayed two nights in Inian Cove. The first night, a gale blew through. That was the first storm at anchor. The wind got up to 39 knots (ca 65 km/hr or 50 mph). Urs stayed up until the winds died back at 3:30 AM. Before going to bed, he turned on the various alarms: shallow depth to warn if we go to close to land; deep depth to warn if we were going out to sea; and the anchor radius alarm to be sure the anchor didn't drag. About an hour later, the anchor alarm went off; Urs slept soundly through the racket. The tide had changed; Raven Song had moved slightly outside the circle. Looks like alarms are my job!
Our friends on Bettie Mac anchored in the afternoon. The weather was settled and the waves in the Gulf of Alaska had subsided. So they took off in the early evening to head into the night on their way to Prince William Sound, about a 20-hour trip for the first leg to Lituya Bay.
We left the next morning and were treated to a fantastic display of humpbacks at the entrance to the cove. There was a group of four - probably two moms with calves. On the other side of the strait, there were three more. We watched for about half an hour.
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