We set off this morning for our summer cruise along the west side of Kodiak and hopefully onward to the Aleutian Chain. After crazy rain and winds yesterday the sun came out today and warmed everything. The sky was blue the water sparkled, otters fed and played as we cruised […]
Summer 2019
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Alaska has so much to offer, but today we had to more work for it. We normally are not the type of sailors to just motor into the wind, but today we did! 15 to 23 knots of wind on the nose all day. We suppose having 15 to 20 […]
We feel so blessed to have our friends Kip and Leigh invite us to their set net site and learn the ways of salmon fishing on Kodiak. A set net is a semi-permanent location where someone can obtain a license to catch salmon fish with a net. The site is […]
We made it across the Shelikof Straight and we have not stopped motoring along the shores of the Alaska Peninsula. We have thought about stopping, but in 24 hours the winds are forecasted to change and will not be in our favor to move west. During these calm almost glassy […]
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 […]
According to regulations we hit our daily fishing limit on Black Rockfish. Sara was on fire, each time her lure sank to the bottom she felt a tug then another tug, and pulled up two big Black Rockfish. The average age for Black Rockfish is 15 to 75 years old […]
We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration in the village of Sand Point. We went into town and everyone was so welcoming and invited us to their homes for dinner. We declined primarily because we had previously prepared a crab dinner feast on the boat. We have two crab […]
So this is a first! We normally don’t anchor at midnight, but today was a busy day. Someone who shall not be named decided to sleep in until 10 am. We won’t judge, but our day got a late start. We first dropped the dingy and went to shore to […]
We awoke this morning to what seemed to be a bright and sunny day, but going outside revealed that we were surrounded by fog. It seemed so unusual that it could be so bright out while at the same time being socked in by fog. Sara flew her drone above […]
Yesterday we deployed our subsistence gill net for the first time. If you remember we got it for free from Mike in Seward when we drove from Key West to Kodiak last year. We have carried the net this far and finally set it to catch salmon. When we were […]
We pulled up anchor from Captain’s Harbor and arrived in King Cove. We were greeted with AT&T reception where Sara learned the loss of one of her greatest Navy friend’s passing away too young. Today we honor Timothy Harris as he was a wonderful person and always a good friend […]
Iridium Go has become more like an Iridium “No Go” lately. We hung around King Cove a little this morning trying to get our Iridium Go data connection fixed, to no avail. We’re still using our Single Side Band (SSB) to get weather grib files and send Noon Reports and […]