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 […]
No SSB
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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 […]
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 […]
Around 8 am two days ago we realized we had 33 miles to Three Saints Bay and 99 miles to Kodiak City and we would not make Kodiak City during daylight. We did not want to spend a third night sailing, so we decided to stop and anchor. Navigating through […]