June 8th, 2025 A picture is worth a thousand words and this is the case with the picture above showing how small our boat is in perspective here in the Misty Fjords tells it all, Of all the places we have been in Alaska over the past 3 years we will put this place near … Read More “Bear Watching in Paradise: Walker Cove, Misty Fjords” »
June 7, 2025 We departed Shoalwater Pass this morning around 7:00am. This was our second time in this cove and it was even more beautiful than we remembered. We were the only boat anchored there last night, which always makes the evening even more special. As we resumed our journey north we decided to pass … Read More “Walker Cove, Misty Fjords: Five Star Day” »
June 6, 2025 We left Ketchikan this morning just before 7 a.m. to be the first boat at the fuel dock. We were down to about 50% of our fuel capacity and I wanted to top up before we continued our journey north. Our intended destination today was to return to Punchbowl Cove here in … Read More “Arrived in the Misty Fjords” »
June 5, 2025 This is our last day in Ketchikan. We are off to the Misty Fjords National Park tomorrow morning. The challenge we face is that 2 of the inlets are deep only have ONE, just, ONE buoy to tie on to. We scored one two years ago and are hoping for the best … Read More “Hanging in Ketchikan” »
June 4, 2025 We had a casual day yesterday. Last night we met up with friends we met at Prince Rupert. Monica and Martyn with the Tollycraft Kia Ora, and Glenn on his sailboat, Meridian. Martyn and Monica are heading north like us in a few days while Glenn is picking up three friends here … Read More “Relaxing in Ketchikan” »
Monday June 2nd, 2025 The above light house is the beginning of Dixon Entrance. Please notice the calm waters. This 10 hour cruise around Dixon Entrance was our fifth and the smoothest one yet. We had relatively smooth seas the entire cruise save for about 3 hours of 2 foot swells with 7 second intervals … Read More “Arrived in Ketchikan” »
June 1st, 2025 We are still sitting in Prince Rupert, waiting out the storm and getting ready to forge North as soon as the winds are in our favor. We have heard back from our Meteorologist Chris Parker and it looks like things are settling down and we will be able to continue our journey … Read More “Boat Quilts: Prince Rupert” »
Friday May 30th, 2025 The number one rule of boating: NEVER have to be somewhere because Mother Nature doesn’t care. There are so many boating stories I have heard through the years about boaters and their “float plans” and how they need to be at a certain harbor, on a certain day, at a certain … Read More “Prince Rupert Day Two: It’s all about the weather” »
Thursday, May 29th, 2025 We left Kumealon Inlet this morning at 5:30. But first we had to pull up the anchor. As we posted yesterday we had to drop almost 350 of chain. As we started to pull up the anchor to remove the bridle (a device to assist in keeping pressure of the windless) … Read More “Made it to Prince Rupert” »
Wednesday, May 28th We waved goodbye to our safe harbor, Hartley Bay early this morning about 6:30. It was an uneventful rainy night which we will take after the day before. Here are a couple of parting photos The local church. Hartley Bay is a Native community with about 110 full time residents. There are … Read More “Sitting in the rain in Kumealon” »