Jackson Passage

Airship | Rescue Bay and Shearwater

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We left Kent Inlet yesterday — a couple hours before low slack at Philip Narrows with a few knots of current pushing us through. More fog, but it eventually cleared not long before we turned into scenic Jackson Passage. The current was pushing us along at a good clip through the narrows, but still no issue (and we were traveling the same direction as the kelp was flowing, so that’s … Read more

Days 11-12 | 2023 Flotilla to Alaska | Rescue Bay to Khutze Inlet

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This morning the plan was to transit Jackson Narrows about an hour before low slack…giving us a little more water under the keel and maybe only a slight bit of current against us, but we actually had a little current with us, so apparently it had already turned. We all made it through just fine and it was a fun piloting challenge! The rest of our cruise today through Jackson … Read more