56 THE LOG OF THE 



water. In spite of the fact that half of the time we had no steerage 

 way, by evening we were appreciably nearer the coast. The current 

 has carried us down shore more than I allowed. I did not want to 

 make a land-fall north of White Bear Cape so only allowed ]/2 

 point for the current's effect on our course out and back. With a 

 breeze this would have brought us about back to Nachvak but 

 with so much calm we would have made in at Seglek. During the 

 evening therefore we headed NW roughly. We were still beating 

 and stood on whichever tack carried us nearest to the course. The 

 tide rips are frequently noticeable and my best guess is that the 

 strength of the current is here 20 miles off shore. Of course right in 

 under the land especially around capes, the tidal effects are very notice- 

 able but as the bergs are not carried in 1 imagine it is the shallow 

 water which makes the lop and not any especially strong current. 

 Our log has never over-registered greatly when sailing close to shore. 

 By morning we had somehow worked into White Bear Cape. 

 During the night we had two cold drafts of wind from the NE. 

 The second time it lasted for two hours and was strong enough to 

 put the scuppers under. 1 think this may mean a change in the 

 weather. 



i Position Enter I{yans Bay 

 Sunday, August 22nd < Weather Calm with some fog 



I Wind Calm 



A FTER breakfast we headed across Seven Island Bay which is really 

 jLm, a double fjord with its mouth blocked by two large islands and 

 a number of small ones. The chart is now absolutely useless and a 

 man has constantly to be aloft. To make matters worse all the shoals 

 are covered with kelp and therefore do not show up except by form- 

 ing a tide rip. The lead has to be worked pretty regularly. Some of 

 the time we had wind and some of the time we used the engine 

 which for the first time misbehaved because of faulty spark plugs. 



