We were up with the sun this morning, headed for Colby Bay, on Banks Island, just southwest of here. Sea conditions were perfect, and we had the current with us. We pretty much have the sea to ourselves these days. It’s been three days since we’ve seen another boat.

The first time we visited Colby Bay several years ago, we had battery problems. There must be something about Colby, because we’ve just discovered a dead cell in one of our 6-volt house batteries, which means we’ve lost two batteries, because it takes two 6-volt batteries to make 12 volts. Fortunately, we have four more 6-volt house batteries, so everything is working just fine. The engine starting batteries are on another system, so we don’t have to worry about starting the engines. Al called the battery company on the sattelite phone and they have agreed to replace the bad battery free of charge, since we’ve only had it two years.

There aren’t any boats in the anchorage, but tons of Mew Gulls. There are huge schools of herring, or anchovies, I don’t know which, and the Mew Gulls are having a feast.