We pulled out of Hanus Bay late yesterday morning and headed east in Peril Strait, spotting this one humpback along the shore as we cruised past. Chatham Strait was just the slightest bit choppy in about 15kts of wind on the nose, but a beautiful cruise down to Takatz Bay. It started raining soon after we arrived, and when it stopped (for a minute) we got out in the dinghy … Read more
We left Klag Bay day before yesterday (Saturday) expecting 3ft swells at about 6-7 seconds, but conditions outside were a bit sportier than advertised. Not terrible, but more like 4-5ft at about 5-6 seconds, with the occasional set of steeper, closer together 5-6 footers. So just this one photo because the rest of the time I was busy hand steering so I could keep us on our southerly route while … Read more
A bit of a teaser for some news we’ll be announcing soon: Kevin is doing the final edits on a novel he wrote (mystery, thriller, historical fiction) that is set in the area we are now exploring. The inspiration for the book came from our visit in 2016, when we went in search of a place called “Radioville” where a guy named Joe Bauer ran a radio outpost in the … Read more
We left Pelican this morning just after 8am. The low clouds persisted but the rain we listened to overnight had mostly stopped. Conditions in Lisianski Strait as we headed west to the outside of Chichagof Island were calm and peaceful, and the sky brightened as we neared the ocean. We saw one humpback near Cape Dearborn/Hill Island, and quite a few sea lions along the route, but it was raining … Read more
We had an exciting morning today! Yesterday, one of the sailboats that came into the anchorage later anchored a little close to us but didn’t seen close enough to do anything about, so we didn’t. What I should have done was turn on the radar and chartplotter and see how close they were relative to our swinging circle and anchor mark, since sailboats and power boats swing quite differently in … Read more
We decided to leave early from Flynn Cove today to make the slack (or close to it) at Inian Pass, and also allow some extra time in case there was any good humpback activity near Point Adolphus. There were definitely quite a few whales around the point. Just milling about though, no bubblenet feeding this time. This one we were able to identify via Happy Whale as SEAK-5383: The whales … Read more
We leisured late this morning in Funter Bay and didn’t leave until after 11am. Another gorgeous, sunny day! We watched the F1 race (Belgian Grand Prix, vroom!) and then pulled our anchor and headed out into the mostly glassy Icy Strait toward Flynn Cove. Turnagain left before us and then peeled off to stop in Hoonah and will meet up with us tomorrow in the Inian Islands. Lots of fishing … Read more
We’ll be buddy boating a bit over the next week or more with Dave on Turnagain, now joined by his brother Kyle. We all left Juneau this morning around 6am because low tide was going to be a minus 3.2ft at 9am, and Turnagain had some fishing boats rafted three deep between him and the jetty/breakwater and needed to get out while he could! We saw quite a few humpbacks … Read more