We started off the day with a communal breakfast on the dock. Here’s Bill from GULLWING cooking up the blueberry pancakes. Seems warming the berries brings out their flavor and sweetness. They were perfect for pancakes. We filled out the meal with bacon and scrambled eggs.
Today we are all headed to an anchorage called The Pool. It is at the very far end on the right of map. Traveling from Kilarney (the red dot in the lower right corner) we traveled to Frazer Bay. Crossing Frazer Bay we entered Baie Fine (the long narrow waters to the the right of Frazer Bay) and traveled 8 miles to the end. If you click on the photo it should enlarge enough for you to make out The Pool at the very end.
GULLWING leading the way as we enter Baie Fine.
We watched carefully and made out way through
the rocks without any mishaps. It is a beautiful little spot back in here. This spot is where Ralph Evinrude (ya, the motor guy) and his wife, singer/actress Frances Langford had a little cabin. She used to tour on USO tours with Bob Hope. Ralph and Frances lived in Florida but used to love coming up here and spending the summers. They would arrive in their crewed 118 foot steel DeFoe from Florida. The cabin here was very modest and the generator from their boat, Chanticleer, powered the cabin. 
We were warned about the weeds in the Pool so the advice is to let your anchor and chain drop but don’t pull back on it to set it. Just let it work its way down to the bottom. So after waiting to see if we had a firm hold, which we all did, we took the dinks (the dinghies) and headed to shore for a hike to Lake Topaz. 
Lake Topaz is a “dead lake”. Made so years ago by acid rain from nearby coal fired industry. It is perfectly clear and has an aquamarine color to it.
It was a long, hot hike and the swim was refreshing to say the least! Here's Ross and Erin cooling off.
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