Last night was a little bumpy as the heavy currents whipped past the boat causing us to bounce. We could hear the chain rub against rock and the squelch from the VHF kept making noise. Sara got up to check our position and make sure we had not drift, thankful our anchor held fast.
This morning we tried to hail the cannery on channel 16 to get local information and learn if resources were available. After we didn’t get a response we motored to the pier and Jaime the caretaker came out to greet us. He let us know he does not monitor channel 16, but only 79. We learned there is fuel and water from the creek available. The diesel is good, but we’re probably not thirsty enough for creek water yet. We were excited because getting more diesel means we can extend our time exploring the south end of Kodiak.
We pulled away from pier and sailed to Deadman Bay. We had beautiful weather. A little foggy, and a little rainy, but the sun was out. You may be wondering how that happened, but that’s our story and we’re sticking with it. The waves were knocked down by Alitak Bay and the wind stayed on our beam and quarter, out of the east then south east. As we arrived at Alpine Cove we made our crab trap ready to try for any crabs.
The wind gust are predicted to be up to 50 knots the next couple of days and the sound of Deadman Bay might not sound so protective, but we tucked into this little cove and we have a large ham and plenty of puzzles. We’ll let you know our story in a couple of days.
Cheers,
Wade and Sara
Alpine Cove Anchorage Mud Bottom (No VHF Weather) 57° 08.190N, 153° 45.186W
SSB did not work due to COM port failure; Iridium Go is working amazingly for text and getting weather via Sailmail
