The second week's tacking was very different.  The geography was different, too.  Instead of the groups of islands with narrow channels that are characteristic of the east half of the North Channel, the water to the west of Little Current is open and broad.
 

Second Week Cruised west of Little Current

First Week Cruised east of Little Current

Wind is constant and has quite a fetch to it.  By the early afternoon there is a chop to occasionally stop a Dovekie dead in the water. With a  reef, the progress is nearly nonexistent.  So our destination for early the second week took two days to get to, and they were long, bouncy days.  But the goal was worth every bump and bruise.

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