After several days of rain while at the Ketchikan Yacht Club, it looked like we were going to have a change in the weather, so we took off for Moira Sound on Prince of Wales island. Our route took us out Nichols Passage and across Clarence Strait. There was a little S.E. wind so after we made our way through the fishing fleet at Bronaugh Islands, I set our 140 Genoa on close reach to steady the boat and motor sailed in broken cloud/sunny skies to Moira Sound.
We went into North Arm and set the prawn trap at a likely spot before continuing to Clarno Cove at the head end to check out the anchorages.
We weren't satisfied with any of the coves at the upper end, so we dropped back down to Cannery Cove. 
After sounding the cove we anchored for the night.55° 06.710’N / 132° 08.600’ W
After getting squared away I rowed out the crab trap, under a rainbow, to a likely spot.
Click on the thumbnail photo to see some of the still existing pilings that once supported the cannery. The cannery operated until they canned the entire run of salmon they depended on. A testimony to a bygone day.
The next morning we found the crab trap empty, but on our way to Dickman Bay we hauled our prawn trap and it produced four dozen good sized prawns. This haul reinforced our confidence for catching prawns.
On our way to Dickman Bay we went into Niblack Anchorage to check it out. The chart shows the abandon village site of Niblack at the head end, 55° 03.480’N / 132° 06.630’ W. Since it became a fishing lodge for a while, and now is the site of a small scale uranium mine with a floating logging camp anchored in the southwest cove to serve the mining crew.
None of the coves in Niblack Anchorage suited us so we moved on to Dickman Bay.We set the prawn trap in a likely spot in about 400 feet before going up to the head end of the inlet to find an anchorage.
We found excellent anchorage in a very tranquil cove.
We anchored in a spot with a beautiful view. 55° 02.765’ N / 132° 15.037’ WMore to see in Moira Sound.
Stay tuned,
George and JoAnne
