Planning our route to Kodiak took a few considerations to time our arrival before sunset at 7:21 pm. The overall voyage from Missak Bay, Alaska Peninsula to St. Paul Marina, Kodiak Island is approximately 73 nautical miles. If you wanted to guess our arrival time off the average speed of […]
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Yesterday morning had a crisp chill in the air and the temperature in the morning was around 40 degrees. We haven’t harvested the garden yet, so we were a little worried about the plants wilting. As the sun came up it warmed the cockpit to 80 degrees. In the cockpit […]
Our alarm went off at 3:30 am. By 4:00 am we were pulling up the anchor. At 4:05 am Wade was rushing back to the cockpit, stating we lost power to the anchor windless. He went into the cabin to check the breaker switches, on his way and back to […]
Wide Bay is truly a blow hole. As we approached Wide Bay around 9 or 10 am there was no wind, literally no wind, glass calm water, and not a ripple anywhere indicating there was wind. The temperature read 60 degrees, and not only did we have the scenic rugged […]
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day, well, that isn’t exactly true as we wish we had some wind, but beggers can’t be choosers. The outside temperature not in the sun is around 65 degrees but in the sun is closer to 70 to 75, even 80 degrees […]
This must be a real vacation for Sara because she has not had to cook in two days (well maybe breakfast), but no seriously! Wade gets the triple C award (which is better than a three star Michelin rating). As normally a C would be an average grade, but here […]
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 […]
Bluefox Bay turned out to be a disappointment in regards to fish and deer. We found two signs that said no fishing on the opposite sides of our anchorage. We can only assume the no fishing signs were to protect the abundant amount of otters and seals in the bay. […]
If you are visiting Alaska and you want to see bears we highly recommend you take a plane or boat to Geographic Harbor. Our first day searching for bears was very rainy. Marj and Sara gave up and Wade went ahead to scout out for bears in the area. He […]
Today we crossed the 60 mile channel from Kodiak Island to the Alaska Peninsula and anchored in Geographic Harbor. This location is reputably “THE” place to go for viewing Alaskan Brown Bears and one of the most photographed spots in Alaska. Not only are there many bears, but people watch […]
We arrived at our anchorage Captain’s Harbor on the Alaska Peninsula around 3:30 PM. We heard from locals and other cruisers this is a great spot that is well protected and an excellent bear viewing. As we searched the shores before anchoring sadly we saw no bears, but a lot […]