Alaska

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We fell in LOVE with Alaska! When leaving Honolulu, July 2017, we did not know where we’d make landfall, but we thought we’d start as far west as we could and work our way east. We thought we would see all we wanted to see in one summer. After sailing 17 days we made it to Dutch Harbor and within one week we decided we wanted to stay. We hope you enjoy our stories as we sail Alaska in all four seasons. 

Foxhole Inlet Popof Island

We made it! Today around noon we pulled into Fox Hole Inlet and anchored. The anchorage approach is straight forward with a wide channel and easy anchoring. Upon arrival we dropped our bigger crab trap that had really stinky Black Rockfish bones from before we left Kodiak, yummy, at least […]

Sailing Williwaw’s

Today looked like an ideal day for sailing. The sky was blue. The waves were small. A steady wind speed of 15 to 20 knots . . . that is until we would get williwaws from the steep mountain valleys funneling wind from the northwest. Reading the water is one […]

Kelp Let Down

We survived! The NOAA weather forecast could not have been any better. Around 10 am yesterday it was like a wall of wind hit us from the west. Most of the day was 30 to 40 knots of wind, and peaked for a couple hours of sustained 40 to 45 […]

Alitak Cannery Lazy Bay

The Alitak Cannery located in Lazy Bay is operated by Ocean Beauty a company from Seattle. Without a doubt the cannery is a great stop for cruisers. During the summer Woody is a popular and informative source of the area, the history, and petroglyphs. During the winter the cannery empties […]