Guten Morgen,
“Germany is a country for which Jews have a very visceral reaction.”
http://www.obermayer.us/german/german_conscience.htm
During our travels I’ve made attempts in several countries to seek out the “Jewish presence.” I visited synagogues in Singapore, England and India and while in New Delhi attended a Friday night service with Jewish cruiser friends Linda and Michael on B’Sheret. I’ve […]
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Poking Around Prince of Wales Island
We arrived in Craig on Wednesday, 5/21. We had good weather going around Cape Chacon but it started going downhill that afternoon as we headed up Cordova Bay.
Since we weren’t in a big hurry, we traveled only 30 – 40 miles a day and checked out three new (to us) anchorages along the way. We anchored in Max Cove (Klakas Inlet), Dunbar Inlet (Sukkwan Island) and Port San Antonio (Baker Island) before finally arriving at Craig. All three of the anchorages were very secure with good holding bottoms. We appreciated the holding because 15-20 knot winds were common in our anchorages. Fortunately, none had long fetches that built up big waves and the wind generally dropped at night anyway.
Since the neither the commercial nor the sport fishing seasons are really underway, we had our pick of spots on the transient docks at Craig. We chose to go into the north harbor since in our previous two visits, we were in the south harbor.
Similar to Ketchikan, we’ll be here a few days, go cruising in the local area, then return for a few more days. While here we intend to rent a car for a day and drive around Prince of Wales (PoW) Island. As it turns out, on account of past logging, PoW Island has more roads than the rest of the islands in SE Alaska combined. We’re also going to go out with a fishing guide for day of instruction and fishing.
River Passage from Papendrecht to Germany
Scenes along the river from Dordrecht, Netherlands to Emmerich Germany.
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River Passage from Papendrecht to Germany
The Piet Hein the ship reminded me of Piet Hein who, among other accomplishment wrote Grooks. Though that Piet Hein was Danish, not Dutch though I’m not absolutely sure where this ship is from.
Piet Hein (16 December 1905 – 17 April […]
On to Craig
After spending a few days in Ketchikan, we headed out around Revillagigedo Island (where Ketchikan is located) for a few days. We visited our favorites at Yes Bay and Fitzgibbon Cove and also spent a night in Walker Cove in Misty Fjord National Monument. We were successful crabbing and prawning along the way but it was slower that our previous visits which were in June and July.
We returned on May 14 to Ketchikan where we had our outboard serviced and picked up a piece of metal work we had fabricated to improve the mounting system for the downrigger we purchased to fish from Alpenglow.
On Saturday morning, shortly before we departed, Dave & Dorothy Nagle on DavidEllis came into Bar Harbor where they’ll meet their daughter and her family for a brief cruise. We had a whirlwind visit and set up a tentative rendezvous for later in the summer.
We are now anchored in Gardner Bay on Prince of Wales Island. From here we’ll head around Cape Chacon and explore our way through Cordova Bay towards Craig. In Craig, we’d like to go out with a fishing guide to pick up fishing techniques and local knowledge about the Craig area.
Passage from Vlissingen
Goedenavond,
Tonight we are 3 stops away from Vlissingen in Tiel at a lovely yacht club for the night. We traveled 60 kilometers from Papendrecht today with lots of current slowing us to a 4 knot average. Lots of barge traffic also. Tomorrow we may reach the Rhine and enter Germany. Writing these emails has […]
Follow us on Google Earth
FYI
If you want to follow along with us on Google Earth, here is the link that shows where we have been but also gives you an idea of where we will be going. We are on our way to Germany and the Rhine. We should be there in a few days.
http://cruisingtips.net/maps/wheresdoramac.php
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Middelburg part 1
Goedenavond,
We finally left Vlissingen May 13th and made it part way to Papendrecht. We tied up overnight just along the water way sharing space with lots of water birds which was wonderful. Today we made into Papendrecht and were helped into the only space possible for us at this small yacht club. Everyone […]
Leaving Vlissingen Finally!
Goedemorgen,
Two photos are worth a day’s work! Several days actually with lots of waiting for the wind to stop in-between. The paravane stabilizing arms came down several days ago but we had to wait for the wind to totally stop before the mast could be safely taken down. Yesterday the wind stopped and the […]
National Mill (Windmill) Day
Goedenavond,
It is 7:45 pm and the sun is till high in the sky. We hung laundry out to dry at 5 pm and the sun and wind are still working at drying several pairs of jeans. Quite amazing.
Yesterday was the Sunday of National Mill Day weekend. I browbeat everyone into going out into […]
Horses Trucks Sheep and Ducks. and a Train. And a Lobstah
Goedenavond,
It’s 9:13 pm but still quite light out. We walked about 7 miles today and have an early day tomorrow so everyone will cash in their chips and be asleep before dark. Remember when you had to do that as a kid and hated it? The wind has been fierce the past several days […]
