The 2017 Slowboat Flotilla to Alaska was awesome! Six boats left Roche Harbor, WA in the San Juan Islands on May 21, 2017 and spent the next four weeks traveling up the Inside Passage through British Columbia and Southeast Alaska, arriving in Sitka on June 19. We traversed rapids, executed open ocean crossings, and outsmarted the notorious Pacific Coast weather. On the way, we encountered eagles, bears, whales, porpoises, seals, sea lions, otters, tidewater glaciers, icebergs, and numerous other riches that this amazing region offers.
We built a close camaraderie with our fellow boaters, enjoyed numerous meals and happy hours together, and started some lasting friendships. We all shared remarkable experiences, and improved our boating skills and knowledge along the way through a variety of exciting challenges.
To read our day-by-day reports, click on the links below.
Day 0 | Flotilla to Alaska
Day 1 | Flotilla to Alaska | Roche Harbor to Silva Bay
Day 2 | Flotilla to Alaska | Silva Bay to Pender Harbour, BC
Day 3 | Flotilla to Alaska | Pender Harbour to Squirrel Cove, BC
Day 4 | Flotilla to Alaska | Squirrel Cove to Shoal Bay, BC
Day 5 | Flotilla to Alaska | Shoal Bay to Port Harvey, BC
Day 6 | Flotilla to Alaska | Port Harvey to Pierre’s Echo Bay
Day 7 | Flotilla to Alaska | Echo Bay to Blunden Harbour
Day 8 | Flotilla to Alaska | Rounding Cape Caution
Day 9 | Flotilla to Alaska | Fury Cove to Pruth Bay
Day 10 | Flotilla to Alaska | Pruth Bay to Ocean Falls
Day 11 | Flotilla to Alaska | Ocean Falls to Shearwater
Day 12 | Flotilla to Alaska | Shearwater to Bottleneck Inlet
Day 13 | Flotilla to Alaska | Bottleneck Inlet to Butedale
Day 14 | Flotilla to Alaska | Butedale to Lowe Inlet
Day 15 | Flotilla to Alaska | Lowe Inlet to Kelp Passage Cove
Day 16 | Flotilla to Alaska | Kelp Passage Cove to Prince Rupert
Day 17 | Flotilla to Alaska | Crossing Dixon Entrance
Day 18 | Flotilla to Alaska | Foggy Bay to Ketchikan
Day 19 | Flotilla to Alaska | Lay Day in Ketchikan
Day 20 | Flotilla to Alaska | Ketchikan to Meyers Chuck
Day 21 | Flotilla to Alaska | Meyers Chuck to Wrangell
Day 22 | Flotilla to Alaska | Wrangell to Petersburg
Day 23 | Flotilla to Alaska | Le Conte Glacier
Day 24 | Flotilla to Alaska | Petersburg to Portage Bay
Day 25 | Flotilla to Alaska | Portage Bay to Pybus Bay
Day 26 | Flotilla to Alaska | Pybus Bay to Red Bluff Bay
Day 27 | Flotilla to Alaska | Red Bluff Bay to Warm Springs Bay
Day 28 | Flotilla to Alaska | Warm Springs Bay to Takatz Bay
Day 29 | Flotilla to Alaska | Takatz Bay to Deep Bay
Day 30 | Flotilla to Alaska | Deep Bay to Sitka
Join us for the 2019 Flotilla!