Day 32: Juneau to Futner Bay: We have fog and rain this early morning as we say goodbye to Juneau and enter Gastineau Channel. With the crazy extreme tides we are leaving on a high tide at five AM so to be sure we can get out of the marina with plenty of water under […]
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Cannery Cove to Juneau
Day 28: Cannery Cove to Snug Cove: We have another twelve crabs to cook and pick from our two days of crabbing here in Cannery Cove. We may not be catching many fish yet but we sure are getting our fair share of crabs. We decide to travel only a short distance today to another […]
Petersburg to Cannery Cove
Day 25: Petersburg to Ideal Cove: Idyll Time is working hard this morning bucking a three knot flood current in Wrangell Narrows as we pull away from the Petersburg fuel dock. We have enjoyed our time in Petersburg and look forward to stopping here again on our return trip south from Glacier Bay. The sea […]
Wrangell to Petersburg
Day 22,23,24: Wrangell to Petersburg: Our destination today is Petersburg, located on the north end of Mitkof Island. We must transit the 21 mile long Wrangell Narrows which is one of the more challenging passages. This is a narrow channel and contains over 60 navigational aids and five sets of range markers. All traffic including […]
Ketchikan to Wrangell
Day 18: Ketchikan to Santa Anna Anchorage: We can’t seem to get away from the cruise ships. We barely have time to sneak out of the marina at 5:30 this morning just in front of a Celeberty ship as she is coming into port. We meet a Carnival ship just a mile north as we […]
To Ketchikan
Day 14-17: Kelp Passage to Ketchikan: The anchor is up and we are away from Kelp Passage at 5:00 am. We couldn’t have a better forecast for our crossing of Dixon Entrance, winds light for today and tonight. This is one of two open water passages on our way to Alaska that can get very […]
Inside Passage to Alaska: Part three
Day 11: Shearwater to Bottleneck Cove : Another 4:30 am wake up call and we are off the docks at 5:30. Rhapsody, a 55 foot Nordhavn, and Sunchaser V , a 50 foot Defever, are just ahead of us. The weather forecast is still calling for gale force winds ( 30-40 knots) starting late morning […]
Inside Passage to Alaska Part Two
Day 6 Port McNeil to Blunden Harbor: For those of you who wonder what we do all day on a boat let me tell you how our day went. The plan was to rise at 3 am for a weather check prior to a 4 am departure to cross Cape Caution. 1:30 am found us […]
Inside Passage to Alaska part one
Day 1: Sidney to Thetis Island: Today we are beginning our trip up the inside passage to Alaska. Our goal is to reach Glacier Bay by July 4 . We have been granted a much coveted permit to enter Glacier Bay July 5-11th. You can apply for these permits 60 days in advance. Only 13 […]
Shakedown Cruise Spring 2018
You can sense a wave of calm envelop Idyll Time and her crew as we exit Tsehum Harbor and transition from work mode to cruise mode. It is so nice to finally be away from the boat yard. We will spend the next week testing our systems and exploring some of the Gulf Islands before […]
