We are off on our second adventure to Alaska the summer of 2024.
Saturday May 25th, 2024 In boating circles Ketchikan is well known as a place where you can actually get things DONE, find supplies for both your boat and your galley, and generally have access to services that are unavailable during most of the journey through Canada. We wanted to give a “shout out” to a … Read More “Ketchikan Shout Outs” »
Friday May 24, 2024 Ketchikan is the land of cruise boats—or at least one of them. On our walk this morning we counted 5 cruise ships. The rain stopped and its a sunny overcast day. But whilst we are here it’s time for two more boat projects before we leave. OK, this first boat project … Read More “Ketchikan boat projects: day two” »
May 23, 2024 When you meet a seasoned boater who has taken their boat on a long journey the first thing they usually ask us is , “So what broke.?” Last year the answer was serious. We lost a depth sounder and our bow thruster. We got the thruster working last time we were here … Read More “Boat Projects in the rain in Ketchikan” »
Wednesday May 22nd, 2024 We left Cow Harbor in Prince Rupert at 5:30 am. Cruising out of Prince Rupert is a bit of a challenge if you have never done it. Just follow your course settings and you will be fine. You may see fishing boats cutting through the markers taking a short cut. DO … Read More “Arrived in Ketchikan Alaska” »
Tuesday May 21st, 2024 We arrived in Lowe inlet yesterday afternoon around 2:30. We have been to this inlet once before. It’s beautiful place to hang a hook but there is a bit of discussion amongst boaters as to “where to drop your hook.” Several of our boating friends choose to anchor in front of … Read More “A technical reporting day” »
Monday 20,2024 We left Bottleneck at 5:30 for our nine hour cruise to Lowe Inlet. It was a “misty fjord” kind of day as evidenced in the above photo. The seas were calm with the current running with us most of the way, giving us a nice lift in speed. It was calm enough for … Read More “Made it to Lowe Inlet” »
Sunday May 19,2024 With Marlene at the helm we set anchor in Bottleneck around 1:45 pm. We are the only boat in the inlet and we suspect this will remain the case for the night. We left Shearwater around 7:30 for our 5.5 hour cruise. It was a beautiful cruise through Jackson Pass. We had … Read More “All “Bottled” up” »
Saturday, May 18, 2024 Our alarm rang us up at 0500 as we grabbed some coffee and started to get the boat ready to depart. By 530 we could see that every boat in the harbor (all 8 of us) were pulling up anchor and we looked like a row of ducks quietly departing the … Read More “And Around We Go” »
Friday May 17, 2024 We arrived in Allison Harbor about 9:45 am yesterday. It was a bumpy ride the last hour with 4 to 5 foot chop, but once we cruised to the head of the inlet it immediately settled down and we had a very lovely evening. Mid morning today four boats came into … Read More “Playing the waiting game” »
May 16,2024 We had a comfortable, albeit short sleepover in Port McNeil, which is a great city in which to provision, wash clothes if need be (there is a good laundromat a short distance from the marina), and a good IGA supermarket with fresh produce, cash machines, and even a pharmacy. We arrived in Port … Read More “Running with Radar” »