Boy, a little blue sky, warm sun and calm winds can really improve a cruiser’s disposition. This leg has had some of the most relaxing cruising we’ve ever done. When we left Pierre’s at Echo Bay on September 4, we weren’t done with the Brought…
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Freezer on the fritz!
Oh man, when it rains it pours! I did not want to be the “bad news queen” again. Benno just finished fixing the 120 VAC panel, when our freezer went on the fritz. I noticed with horror that the gauge indicated that the temperature inside the freezer…
September 1-3 – The Broughtons
The Broughtons are a popular cruising area east of Port McNeill at the junction of Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait. It has many protected channels, bays, coves and small marinas. On account of it being north of Seymour Narrows and its cousi…
The panel removed
Photo of the installation. (View Post…)
August 27–30 -Prince Rupert to Port McNeill (aka “Now its time to slow down”)
It seemed as though we’ve repeated the frenetic pace of the northbound trip in our southbound journey. We are now docked in Port McNeill after covering the 295 miles from Prince Rupert in four days. The last three days were all nearly 12 hours underw…
Change In Plans
Change in plans: we’d planned to winter over the boat in SE AK again this coming winter, but family issues have caused us to reconsider. We are now enroute south to Bodega Bay via the Queen Charlotte Islands, west side Vancouver Island and Pacific Coas…
The morning after
Although Hurricane Irene caused a lot of damage in this area, she was not as destructive as feared. However, the number of homes still without power is in the thousands and it will take several days for the cleanup crews to deal with the downed trees …
Riding out the storm
The wind is howling while the rain is pelting against our windows. So far, at 14:15 hrs it is gusting 35 kts and the Weems Creek has become choppy. Diesel Duck is dancing around on her mooring. Benno thought it prudent to let out our mooring line to…
Shitty Weather
Picture of Benno in the rain with mask. Didn’t need the snorkel! (View Post…)
August 25-26 – Thorne Bay to Prince Rupert (aka “Escape from Alaska”)
The weather on Thursday, August 25 was a 180 degree change from the recent weather. We left before dawn to calm winds and flat seas in Clarence Strait. We decided to take as much advantage of it as possible by going as far as we could. We blew by Ket…
