Thursday June 19th, 2025 It’s been a pretty quiet day here in Petersburg. I like the weather app “Weather Underground” for giving me a reasonably accurate prediction of the weather. When I looked at it over coffee this morning the report was for a window of opportunity without rain from 8 to noon. “OK Marlene … Read More “Rainy Day in Petersburg” »
June 18, 2025 We took a day off. No wind, weather, currents, or boat projects! We spent today enjoying the town starting with a 7 mile hike. We walked out of town to the City Creek Trail that loops along the waterfront. Very nice meandering trail. We think this chimney is a remnant of a … Read More “Petersburg: Disneyland Day” »
June 17, 2025 We are just hanging here in the south harbor with all the other boats, many of which are fishing boats. It’s quiet and tranquil with the occasional fishing boat heading out for the day. Today was “boat project day,” specifically painting the anchor chain and trying to troubleshoot the bow thruster—truly the … Read More “Petersburg: Boat Project Day” »
June 16,2025 We arrived in Petersburg yesterday after an uneventful cruise from Wrangell. To get here (from there) our boat needs to transit once again through Wrangell Narrows. We have done this twice successfully, and the third time was not different, except the tide was EXTREMELY low this time through. I thought that Marlene timed … Read More “Petersburg AK” »
June 14, 2025 It was a pretty sunset last night in Meyer’s Chuck. The dock was full. It looked like it would be a very low tide in the morning so our plan was to leave around noon. However, when I got up this morning and checked the depth off the stern I had 22 … Read More “Wrangell, AK-Picture Perfect Day” »
Friday, June 13, 2025 We left Naha this morning at 6:00 a.m. for a four hour cruise to Meyer’s Chuck. Naha is a special place that will go down as one of our favorites. Fantastic hiking trail, beautiful scenery, and friendly folks. This is a picture of a skid ramp that was used to transport … Read More “Meyer’s Chuck, Sixth Time Around” »
June 12, 2025 We snagged a spot on the public dock here in Naha Bay. When we first approached the dock it looked to be completely filled up by what appeared to be a homeless encampment: big old fishing trawler, a tent structure chocked full of assorted clothes and then another fishing boat and gas … Read More “Naha Bay, Revillegigedo Island” »
June 11, 2025 Marguerite Lake We left YES Bay at 10AM this morning. It was a minus tide at 0730 and we decided to let the tide rise a bit before we attempted to cruise through two skinny parts of the inlet. Straight up, as we pulled the anchor it jammed at 65 feet just … Read More “Marguerite Bay on Revillegigedo Island” »
June 10th, 2025 We left Fitzgibbon Cove this morning around 7:30. We had a bit of a challenge pulling up the anchor. We have now encountered this on two occasions. When we have to anchor deep it’s a real strain on the windless pulling up the chain. All was going fine until about 65 feet … Read More “YES Bay but please slow down!” »
June 9th, 2025 Classic morning in the Misty Fjords. Misty, beautiful, breathtaking. We hated to leave Walker Cove after two days but it was time to move on. Next destination, Fitzgibbon Cove, a three hour cruise away. We had the bay to ourselves last night. Just us and the 🐻. It was an easy three … Read More “Final Night in the Misty Fjords” »