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
Early start today! We wanted to get back to Juneau with enough time to do some more in town stuff before Taylor and Lauren have to leave in the morning, so the alarm was set for 5:30am. I know, ew. Kevin and Taylor popped out to retrieve the crab traps…they were full, but full of females! Two too-small males, about 30 females — 17 in one trap! Taylor snapped a … Read more
Last night at Wood Spit, just as we were going to bed, a humpback cruised past us, spouting and lunge feeding as it made its way around the spit. The light was very low, but I took a few shots anyway. Super cool! Also, I forgot to post the video Kevin took while he and Taylor were out halibut fishing…several humpbacks breaching right behind them (mama and calf are first). … Read more
We had a couple days off (sort of) in Juneau between the flotilla and having friends join us…we also provisioned, did a bunch of laundry, picked up some supplies, went to the marine store, and also tried to do some sightseeing and touristy stuff with Andrea before she left. Wednesday: Once our friends Lauren and Taylor arrived, we were fully back in non-work mode. We stopped at Devil’s Cub Brewery … Read more
If you missed having a bunch of photos in yesterday’s post, hold onto yer britches for today because today we’ve got a TON. Here we all are at anchor before heading out this morning: We saw several humpbacks early along our route today. Another humpback: We made it to within a mile of the face of South Sawyer glacier, going mostly regular speed the entire way. Only at the very … Read more
We left early this morning from Pavlof Harbor…5:30am-early. The NOAA forecast said 20kts and 4ft in Northern Chatham — (originally also had gusting to 35kts in the afternoon, but that was downgraded last night) — but the ECMWF model on Windy (well, and all the other models) did not show it getting over 15kts. The NOAA forecasts for Icy Strait and Southern Lynn Canal also didn’t show anything too dramatic, … Read more
We opted to stay in Pavlof Harbor for another day because…bears. It was so nice to sleep in and have a little down time this morning. We motored up to the waterfall and fish ladder to look for bears, but no bears, and just a couple of fish spotted up there. We’re still a little early here, but it should just be a matter of days before the fish are … Read more