By the next morning the storm had passed and the rain had stopped.  As the sun came out we decided we should move on.  We knew that the swells were forecast 2 - 3m but with sunny weather and only light wind we thought it a good time to try ourselves in a little more than the flat calms we had been lucky to experience until now.

We were the second to leave Dixie cove behind Syntropy.  They stopped to exercise their dog along Rugged point beach but we carried onround the point.  Our first course took us through some of the barrier islands and with the wind a pleasant 10 knots we soon had the Jib out and engine off dodging through the many reefs. 

After about an hour of this we left the protection of the barrier islands and were in the open sea.  The swells were definitely bigger than before but not something that concerned us.    As the day went on the wind increased and we were soon romping along in 15 - 20 knots of wind.  With the wind came bigger seas and we soon found ourselves occasionally losing sight of the coast in the troughs of the bigger waves.  It was a bit sobering looking back to see the next wave higher than the arch but BeTrue rose gracefully over them and soon gave us bags of confidence. 

As we played spot the markers at the entrance to Gillam channel the wind kept freshening and we galloped down the channel before putting on the engine and furling the Jib.  Our first target for an anchorage was Nuchatlitz on the outside of the sound although the guides said the almost landlocked bay was sheltered and there was lots to explore.  As we snuck around the tricky entrance though, the wind never really fell below 16 knots with occasional stronger gusts.  We dropped the hook and had a late lunch but eventually decided that it was just too blowy and so headed out and over to Queen Cove, a place I was keen to explore with promise of signs of an indian village and a church to find among the trees.

As we pulled in it was dead  calm and we were followed in by Syntropy.  We settled in then for a pleasnt evening.