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 Kent Inlet on Princess Royal Island a bit before slack for Philip Narrows, but there was little to no current to worry about. (We were at a 17ft high yesterday and had about 22ft under us at the shallowest spot.) We dropped our anchor in the far head of the bay where we’d dropped before, near the small waterfall, then immediately got out in the dinghy to … 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 were originally planning to cruise 6nm or so down to a spot at the north tip of Campania Island yesterday morning, but we decided to stay another day here (since the fishing is good) to hopefully add more salmon to the freezer. Later in the afternoon, about 30 minutes after I looked over toward shore where a little trickling stream was emptying into the cove and said “there really … 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
We left Ketchikan yesterday morning after deciding we’d rather wait out this upcoming low pressure system (35kt winds and rain) at anchor in a pretty place with a view of trees and water, rather than at the dock in Ketchikan with a view of a very poorly maintained wooden boat (containing several dogs barking for most of the day) and a half sunk dinghy. We shopped and got enough produce … Read more
This morning we had another present on our anchor to deal with before we could leave our beautiful Honeydew Cove. All the prettiest spots seem to come with kelp! All the finger-crossing and whale-dancing we did this morning to conjure the whales today worked!! There were SO many whales out in Frederick Sound after we rounded Pinta Point. Several large groups…some breaching and some tail-slapping and fin-slapping…it was hard to … Read more