We enjoyed a beautiful calm day on the water. The clouds lifted overnight revealing snowy mountains, jagged cliffs, deep bays and powerful waterfalls. For most of the morning we could see our reflections in the deep blue sea, and the reflections of the sharp peaks.

It was a long day, we were on the water at 9.45am and didn’t land until 8pm. We wanted to get within striking distance of Dutch Harbour so we have the option of arriving there tomorrow. It worked, we covered 28 miles and have about 25 left to go. Some of the headlands have swathes of thick kelp guarding them which takes extra time and energy to battle through. On one occasion for about a mile- I elected to paddle extra distance around that one while Sarah earnt a badge for fighting through it.

We saw loads of otters and a sea lion wrestling with a fish just a few metres from our boat. We’re camped by two lovely twin waterfalls in a calm bay.

Tomorrow will be our eighth day in a row paddling. 2 of those days were short paddling days but we went for long walks instead. The other days have all been 8-10 hours on the water so we’re a bit tired and are hedging our bets on whether we reach dutch harbour tomorrow. The forecast is good for 2 days so if it turns out to be worse conditions than expected or too long of a day then we’ll split the journey into two days and arrive on Monday. Otherwise it will be tomorrow (Sunday) evening. We’ll make the call at lunchtime. It’s exciting to be so close. Whenever we arrive we may get welcomed in by some local paddlers which would be great.