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 […]
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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 […]
By 9:00 am we had both traps on deck and headed west to explore more of the Aleutian Chain. We caught two shrimp, but all our crabs were eaten by one octopus. This invading octopus is now in our freezer for to be later eaten by us. As we rounded […]
We left False Pass late so Wade didn’t wake Sara until 5:30 am. Wow! He’s a wonderful husband! Wade tried to sleep as much as he could but after around 4 hours of sleep the wind started to pick up and Sara let out the mainsail and Wade woke up. […]
Our original thought was to leave the False Pass Marina early, but local information told us that it’s better to leave the north False Pass channel on a rising tide. The tide started to rise at 10 am which was also the time the fuel station open. We were up […]
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 […]