We are off on our second adventure to Alaska the summer of 2024.
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 We left Montague Harbor around 7:30 this morning, bound for Anacortes Marina where we moor our boat. It was a smooth, calm cruise. Even our “last” strait crossing, the Straits of Juan de Fuca, was calm and uneventful, which definitely hasn’t always been the case. We cruised up in front of … Read More “Our second Alaskan Cruise comes to an end!” »
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 We left FairWinds Marina at about 10 am for a six hour cruise to Montague Harbor. We had no problems taking the “outside” route floating past Nanaimo and around Gabriola Island, and tucking in by Silva Bay tjen proceeding through Gabriola Pass about an hour before slack. The tide in the … Read More “Made it to Montague” »
Monday, July 15th, 2024 We left Comox this morning around 9:30. We had a light breakfast, went for a walk and then headed out. It was already 70 plus degrees when we left. Our entire cruise was from the flybridge. Beautiful day, calm seas, no issues. We arrived at the FairWinds Marina just North of … Read More “Straits of Georgia, Dream Date Two” »
Sunday, July 14th, 2024 We departed Blind Channel to coordinate with the Slack Tide at Seymour Narrows. After consultation with several other boaters in Blind Channel we determined that we could go through the Narrows “early” based on the fact that we are going through on a ebbing tide, and the the the change in … Read More “Straits of Georgia, Dream Date!” »
Saturday, July 13th, 20224 This is our last day in Blind Channel. We spent the day visiting with old and new friends and talking a walk on the local trail. But we started the day out getting in line for Blind Channel’s famous cinnamon buns. The last time I was here we missed out. The … Read More “Last Night in Blind Channel” »
Friday, July 12th, 2024 In our boating life we have been round trip “up and down” Johnstone Strait three times. Since the journey takes a bit over 8 hours each way, this means we have spent 48 hours in this Strait. Those of you who are familiar with this body of water understand that this … Read More “Made it to Blind Channel” »
Thursday July 11th, 2024 We decided to spend a second night in Sointula. Between the 40 hours of cruising over the past four days, combined with crossing Cape Caution and then having a fishing boat hit us we decided we needed a rest. Besides today’s forecast was not as good as tomorrow’s for cruising to … Read More “Second Night in Sointula, CA” »
Wednesday July 10th, 2024 We left this beautiful anchorage this morning at 5:00 a.m. anticipating relatively calm seas across Cape Caution. Our meteorologist Chris delivered a detailed report on the sea conditions we could expect across Cape Caution and through Queen Charlotte Strait. His forecast was spot on. We experienced 2 to 3 foot ocean … Read More “Cape Caution, Wind, and Bumper Boat” »
Tuesday July 9th, 2024 We left Rescue Bay this morning at 5:00 am bound for Fury Cove, a 10 hour cruise. We received the report from Chris Parker last night, and he said that Wednesday the 10th was our “best” day to cross Cape Caution, so we discussed our options and decided for another long … Read More “Positioned to cross Cape Caution” »
Sunday July 7th and Monday July 8th We just competed two 10 hour days cruising south. Last night we anchored at Coghlan Anchorage near Hartley Bay. We used this anchorage last year, and although it is not “perfect” (it is pretty exposed to wind from the SE) it is convenient, has a large anchorage area, … Read More “Long Cruising Days” »