Day 2 - at sea

I had asked Edgar, the day before we arrived in Vancouver if Sarah would be getting a bottle of champagne. Not to worry. He would take care of it.

So the tradition starting back on the QE2, through the world cruise, med cruise, and in Tokyo...we sat on the balcony with champagne and hors d’ouevres for our sail away.

Yes. All about the food & drink.

We had a pleasant evening. Met our new table neighbours. The first “couple” we met, weren’t at all a “couple”. Just friends who have known each other for 60 years & like to cruise together. We were confused at first when she said she had a flat in London & he lived in the NW of the city. 

We thought about going to the theatre - there was a Barbra Striesand singer...but didn’t make it.

We DID manage to stir ourselves to listen to our guest lecturer, Ann Daniels. She has been on a number of expeditions on the Arctic Sea - which refers to the polar ice. Interesting how she sort of fell into it. Not something I’d want to do once or even for a few days.

A misty start to the day. Winds increased to about 25 knots...finally, some swells! The  noon update included the origins of the term “sky scraper”. It came from the top sails used in light winds. There were also “moon rakers” & “star scrapers”. On land, the first use of a sky scraper to refer to a building was in 1880. 

Also in the Captain’s message, she advised we may not be able to have a scenic passage to/in Tracy Arm tomorrow morning, because of weather and...ice? 

First ice sighting

Winds have steadily increased & are now at 37 knots, but the sun is shining & our balcony is in the sun AND in the lee of the wind. Only 50F but feels wonderful! Sarah spotted a full rainbow around the sun...kinda neat.

Sun encircled with a rainbow

Perhaps tomorrow we’ll see whales & no ice.