We departed Sitka about 10 AM in order to time a slack current transit of Sergius Narrows, the protected water route from Sitka to Chatham Strait. A local eagle sat on the stabilizer poles of a nearby fishing boat and watched us depart. Along the way…
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August 14-16 Touring Sitka
We got back this afternoon from doing a short two night cruise to some local anchorages. Our “guide” has been Wade, a friend of the Nagles who is joining them for the return trip to Seattle. Wade is a retired United Airlines 747 pilot who, post ret…
August 9 – 12 – Elfin Cove to Sitka
We departed Elfin Cove Monday, August 9, for Sitka. We started the trip by going to Pelican, another board walk community similar to Elfin Cove with no roads, only a board walk. The cannery in Pelican closed a few years ago and many other businesses in…
August 5 – 8 – Elfin Cove
After three glorious days in Glacier Bay, the clouds returned and the morning fog did not burn off. We motored south out of Glacier Bay into Icy Strait. The visibility was less than 1/2 mile so we relied on our radar to tell us what vessels were out t…
August 1 – 5 – Glacier Bay
To say we had a wonderful time in Glacier Bay is an understatement. Bookend between a bit of clouds and wind at the start of the trip and mist and fog and the end of the trip were three absolutely gorgeous days. Glacier Bay is quite deep, proba…
July 31 – Swanson Harbor
We left yesterday, July 30, for Glacier Bay National Park. We have a six day permit for entry on August 1. As an intermediate spot between Juneau and Glacier Bay we went to Swanson Harbor. The state of Alaska has two floats in Swanson Bay a…
July 30 – A Few Photos
While breakfasting at a local waffle shop, I am taking advantage of its WiFi to upload a few photos of the trip since Petersburg. The whale photos are courtesy of Dorothy Nagle. I never seem to have our camera out and telephoto attached when th…
July 27 – Juneau
The Internet connection here is very poor so no pictures at this time. We arrived late this morning in Auke Bay, about 7 miles NW of Juneau proper. The marinas near downtown Juneau have very little transient moorage and the docking is very tight…
July 23-24 – A Tale of Two Cities; Wrangell to Petersburg
We left Wrangell (photo right) in the steady rain at 8 AM in order to arrive at Wrangell Narrows at the appropriate time to transit the narrow 20 mile route to Petersburg. We got there a bit early on account of favorable currents which meant we had to…
July 21 – Anan Bay & Wrangell
A busy day today. While not as early a start as yesterday, we still managed to take our dinghy out at 5 AM and pull a crab pot we left soaking all night that contained one keeper crab and then get going from Santa Anna Inlet by 6 AM. We had about 15 mi…
