Kevin Morris 
Inside Passage: San Juan Islands to SE Alaska Prevost Harbor WA to Juneau AK | ~6 weeks | mid May to late June 2026 Update: We now have accepted deposits for all spots on the 2026 flotilla. But things often change for people, so if you’re interested in the trip and would like to be put on our waitlist, please let us know! Glaciers. Icebergs. Whales. Bears. Cruising to Alaska … Read more
Today was our 20th rounding of Cape Caution, and the calmest one yet! A few minutes after we exited Fury Cove, we spotted a group of humpbacks cruising from east to west, so we slowed so not to cross their path. They dove as I tried to get a couple photos, but both slight fog and low light were a little too much of a challenge for my autofocus! Reported … Read more
We decided to leave Shearwater this morning at 7am for the 50nm cruise down to Fury Cove. Conditions still foggy, but not AS foggy. As we were about to turn east into Lama Passage, I noticed a big circle of what maybe was bait fish, but it looked different than the usual surface disturbance from the fish…and sure enough, pretty soon a big humpback mouth came up right in the … Read more
We arrived at Bone Anchorage in Racey Inlet (on Princess Royal Island) right after 5pm yesterday, and immediately set out in the dinghies to go explore and look for bears. (We’re the only boats in here.) This is the spot our friends Dan and Eileen saw a spirit bear two summers ago, so we like to visit when we can in case one of these days we can add spirit … Read more
We left Saycuritay Cove yesterday around 9:30am and headed south to Campania Island. Missie was up early and snapped this cool photo of the morning sky: We thought we’d cruise in to take a look at the Harwood Bay anchorages, but ultimately figured we’d go further south to Dunn Passage, since so much area near Dunn Passage could be explored by dinghy. We anchored, had some lunch, and then set … Read more
We left Monckton Inlet this morning just after 9am and headed south in Principe Channel in much nicer conditions than yesterday. Last year when we took this same route home, we saw SO many humpbacks bubblenet feeding at the southern tip of Pitt Island (right there where the red/orange marker is) so we were hopeful there might be some whales in the area. Lucky for us, we soon spotted spouts … Read more
Our plan was to wait until conditions looked nice and calm on Monday to leave Foggy Bay and cross Dixon Entrance into BC. Saturday we saw some 35kt gusts inside Foggy Bay, but the anchorage is well protected and we were completely comfortable. On Sunday, the conditions looked a little choppy but overall fine, and the light station weather reports were reasonable, so we decided to head out a day … Read more
Many of you Slowboat readers have been part of this journey—chatting with me about the project, beta-reading early drafts, and cheering me on. I’m deeply grateful, and want to officially announce here on Slowboat, that my novel, titled Untamed Coast, will be published by Ballantine/Penguin Random House in about a year. How did we get here? Let’s rewind a bit. Back in 2016, while exploring the outside of Chichagof Island … Read more