Author Archives: John

May 22 – 27 Hi All, Yep a sad day, our time in Glacier Bay is ending. What a display by Mother Nature, such beauty, both landscape and the critters. Off to Dundas Bay….west side of the Glacier Bay Park and unregulated. We go to the Upper Middle Arm, another DDG anchorage, large mud flat, … Read More →

May 18 – 21 Hi All, Yesterday: On our way to Bartlett Cove we passed 60,000nm on Mystic….ODG…..that is a lot of miles….8,530 engine hours, 9,900 GEN hours, and over 5,000 watermaker hours…..17.5 years!!!! May 18: ODG….it’s too bright…we woke up to a brilliant, bright sun, shining through the Pilot House windows….but NO complaints….put on … Read More →

May 14 – 17 Hi All, May 14: We did leave the Auke Bay dock ~7am…..after a good hour of John topping off fresh water, stowing things, engine room check et al….made it to the fuel dock….250 gals of diesel, $5.11…ouch….and 8 gals gas @$4.99….arghhhhhh!!! We only saw 1 small Minke whale and 1 Humpback … Read More →

May 10 – 13 Hi All, May 12: in Juneau….Yep….that time of the year…..so what did you do for your birthday and how do you feel, people ask: Well I guess I feel elated to make it another year, and when I consider the alternative, I definitely feel ecstatic. 1) I do feel special/blessed to … Read More →

May 3 – 9 Hi All, Haines: We did make it to the Port Chilkoot Distillery in Haines….what a delight!! I had a flight of their bourbon, rye and rum….loved the Rye and bought a few bottles!! The Manager was there training his replacement and we had a nice talk regarding surviving Covid in small … Read More →

April 28 – May 2 Hi All, Change of plans….Mr Weather has decided to complicate things a bit. Two storms are coming and we decided to make a 3-day ~150nm fast run to Haines/Skagway. We had to skip going to Tracy Arm and seeing the Dawes glacier (Endicott Arm)….for another day perhaps!! Thursday 4/28: We … Read More →

April 23 – 27 Hi All, Dave Miller, contractor, came around 7:30am on Saturday, 4/23 and we settled the bill….boating is never cheap and neither is a boatyard, but all in (haulout, contractor, hotel, parts) several BOAT units to fix a bloody cutlass bearing…oweee!!! We left ~8am to make it through Wrangell Narrows and head … Read More →

Hi All, Yes….we did it….another successful haul and splash for Mystic!!! We indeed hauled last Tuesday, 4/19 at 1pm. The boatyard here is well run and very clean, and is used mainly by fishing boats of all sizes. The instructions for lining up Mystic for the lift were mainly hand signals so it was good … Read More →

April 16-18 Hi All, Saturday 4/16: woke up to more ice in Red Bluff….maybe 80% of cove covered….ugh. Outside temp is 29*F so right at seawater freezing….we think there is some fresh water from some of the streams/waterfalls somewhat on top of the saltwater not well mixed in yet so thus more ice. Last night’s … Read More →

April 12 – 15 Hi All, After all the hard work the past 6 days Kathy and I celebrated Monday evening at Mangiare at the Sitka Hotel….a fun evening with good food and a funny bartender….and maybe celebrated a bit too much as it was very hard to get up @ 4:45am to be ready … Read More →