Day 31 | Flotilla to Alaska | Takatz Bay to Appleton Cove

What a difference a day makes! Today was rainy and gray…which is to say, much more what we’re accustomed to for weather in SE Alaska!

Waterfall in Takatz near Airship’s spot at anchor

No bear sighting at Takatz Bay this time, but we enjoyed our time dinghying around regardless.

As we entered Chatham Strait and headed north for Peril Strait, Dog Star put up a sail!!

Dog Star with their Code Zero out!
Evenstar Kadey Krogen in Chatham Strait
True Grit on Airship’s starboard side, heading north in Chatham Strait. Admiralty Island in the background.
Airship and Evenstar Kadey Krogen heading north in Chatham Strait
Evenstar Fleming just around the corner from our next anchorage at Appleton Cove

We’re all anchored now in Appleton Cove. A few crab pots have been deployed, and we’ll see how we do. It’s a few days before commercial crabbing season opens, so this is the least crab traps we’ll see here in Appleton all summer.

Later in the evening, Dog Star spotted a bear on shore grazing over near where they were anchored, and we also saw one deer.

Tomorrow we’ll time arrival at Sergius Narrows for slack and get into Sitka mid-afternoon.