Today we motored in calm winds to Bluefox Bay, not to be confused with Kodiak’s Bluefox Bay on Afognak Island, we are still exploring Atka Island. We were hoping to motor close to shore so we could scout out other bays and to search for Caribou; however, we woke to […]
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It has been two days of rain and winds of 30 knots where we have been anchored and we started to wonder of our decision to sail so far west to Atka. But today the wind moderated, we had intermittent sunshine, and no rain. We woke early knowing and hoping […]
The day started off sunny with blue skies, and as we approached Atka we could see Korovin Volcano rising 4,851.7 feet. The volcano is extinct and looked stunning in the glowing sunrise. As we sailed closer to our anchorage the fog and rain moved in. We thought to pick a […]
Both of us had active watches. The wind wanted to die or blow hard. We’d take out sails, put sails away and turn on the engine all night. The wind would shift from nearly in front of us to nearly behind us, so the sails needing sheeted out and trimmed […]
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 […]
We started this wonderful sunny day with heart shape pancakes and then we lifted anchor and motored on this windless day to Table Island. This destination is exposed to theopen Gulf of Alaska to the east and northeast, but winds are out of the northwest so we are fairly comfortable […]
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 […]
Different than the rocky east side, the west side of Olga Bay has low lying hills and grass. We have enjoyed these last several days of walking the miles of beach and hiking deer trails. For days we hiked deer trails where ever they took us. Up 500 feet to […]
We hid away in our little cove fully protected from the flag (50 knots) of wind predicted, or so we thought! The US Coast Pilot 9 stated Alpine Cove was “An excellent anchorage near the entrance in 12 to 15 fathoms, mud bottom, and sheltered from all winds and seas.” […]
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 […]
Nope not the Alaska Brewery IPA beer called Icy Bay, but our first time to anchor in ice. We knew part of the risk of cruising Kodiak in the winter would be icy bays, but the beautiful sunny and blue bird sky of a crisp Alaskan winter is priceless. So […]
We stowed the dock lines for the first time in over a year! Today we left Kodiak(town) and motor sailed the east side of Kodiak Island for a well protected anchorage in McDonald’s Lagoon. The winds were better yesterday, Thursday, but shortly after a 7 am departure we found ourselves […]