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July 15, 2018

LeConte Glacier
As agreed upon we showed up at the Alaskan Vistas coffee hut at 10am to go on our Glacier tour. Sylvia, the guide, and as it turned out also one of the owners, gave us a quick overview of what we were →
July 15, 2018

Wrangell
The town of Wrangell on the north side of Wrangell Island and just south of the Wrangell Narrows was going to be our northernmost destination in Alaska. Located at the delta of Stikine River it has amazing →
July 15, 2018

Meyers Chuck and Berg Bay
After picking up Stephanie directly at the float plane dock of the Ketchikan Airport we headed straight north. With the wind behind us we sailed up Clarence Strait and pulled in to Meyers Chuck just before →
July 4, 2018

Misty Fjords
It turned out to be pretty misty in Misty Fjords, who would have known... After leaving Ketchikan we sailed with the south wind, up Behm Canal. The wind was so good we skipped our intended anchorage and →
June 30, 2018

Alaska!
It felt like we were slowly becoming locals in Prince Rupert. We knew everybody on the dock, had eaten at all the restaurants and played foosball at the little brewery. But by Monday we also could not →
June 25, 2018

North Pacific Cannery
Since we are stuck in Prince Rupert for a few days while we wait for our fuel tank to be made, we went on a shore excursion to the North Pacific Cannery near Port Edward about 30 miles south of Prince →
June 24, 2018

Prince Rupert
After leaving Kuhtze Inlet we headed up Fraser Reach to Hartley Bay. With light winds we ended up motoring most of it. Hartley Bay is a Native village. They offer water and fuel but otherwise don't care →
June 22, 2018

Roasting coffee
I tried this once at home and thought it is perfect for a long boat trip. Green coffee keeps forever and you can just roast as much as you need. It is easy too.  Just heat up a pot or pan, cover the →
June 19, 2018

Graham Reach and Kuhtze Inlet
Sometimes we have to share an anchorage with other pleasure boaters. Whenever that happens we noticed that while there may be a boat around in the evening when we wake up in the morning we are all by ourselves. →
June 16, 2018

Shearwater
One of the few fuel and provisioning stops on the Central Coast is Bella Bella/Shearwater. We made a quick stop to get fuel, water, groceries and do laundry. Moored to the breakwater we had to dinghy over →