SCHOONER CHANCE 61 



NE wind must have set the water running down shore in fine style. 

 This morning net, kegs and corks were all sucked clear under and 

 out of sight. 



Johnny has been at work all day making a map of the head of the 

 bay. It started as rather a joke but he soon got interested and has 

 taken a lot of trouble. 



My back has hurt all day and I have not done much. 



I Position Anchor at Eclipse Harbor 

 Thursday, August 26th < Weather Cloudy 



I Wind Calm 



STILL blowing from the NW and cloudy. There was nothing to 

 do but wait for the weather to moderate. As everything is so 

 shoal around here and the bottom covered with kelp I think it dan- 

 gerous to go outside. When it is rough the man aloft would have 

 trouble seeing the tide rips or the bottom. 



John took Bart ashore in the dory. Unfortunately his boast about 

 her windward qualities was a little previous as he had to row back to 

 the schooner. Bart had a look to the northern and saw over into the 

 southern entrance to Eclipse Channel. He returned about one with 

 three Eskimos, a man and wife and an attractive (according to Bart) 

 daughter. The Eskimo family seemed to be expected aboard the 

 "three-master" as a boat immediately went in for them. 



Terry and Bob took the "Evinrude" across the bay intending to 

 land and walk across the cake over to the "Region of the Iron 

 Strand." They tried landing in too much of a surf and stove in three 

 planks. The fishermen brought them back. The motor and all the 

 other gear got a good wetting. 



Right after lunch we hove up the anchors which had an awful 

 hold and only could be broken out by the help of the engine. The 

 weather had cleared and we found it calm outside. We ran slow all 



