Aug 2-4 Hi All, Weather: After raining, foggy et al with occasional sun the first 6 days of Adam and Cindi’s visit, the bright blue sky days finally broke out in Cameron Cove…..and it is warm to hot….shorts, t-shirts and flip flops baby:)))) Sunrise is now 6am and sunset is 9:30pm. We have gone from … Read More →

July 26-Aug 1 Hi All, We had a rousing opening ceremony with Adam and Cindi on Thursday ending in a great dinner at the local Pub!! They are in the process for selling “old” Bravo in Australia and buying a high latitude boat being built in France, they call “New” Bravo, a Boreal 52….sweet as!!!. … Read More →

July 23-25 Hi All, We had closing ceremonies with Mark and Roseanne on Koinonia on the 23rd. The day we replaced the Balmar alternator in Nichols Point Mark had gone prawning and did quite well. Roseanne sautéed the big Spotted prawns and we had a lovely dinner and toasted with some good wine all the … Read More →

July 18-22 Hi All, We left Hydaburg on Thursday the 18th around 9am as we had to time more narrows. It was pretty calm but had some nice current in the Tlevak Narrows…..up to 11 kts…..GO MYSTIC GO!!! We also passed this huge resort, Waterfall Resort, looked like a renovated old cannery but had to … Read More →

July 13-17 Hi All, Roseanne, Mark, and me had an excellent tour of the El Capitan Caves (Kathy sat this one out….maybe too many caves in the Philippines:))). The limestone was formed millions of years ago near the Equator and the caves only discovered in the 1990’s. There is a dense forest on top of … Read More →

July 6 – July 12 Hi All, It seems the last few days we are in a pattern of thick fog late at night to sometime the next day….maybe clearing from 10am to noonish to late afternoon. We waited in Kritoi anchorage until about 9:30am to head the 14nm to Sandy Bay. It was clear … Read More →

June 30 – July 5 Hi All, Woke up Sunday, June 30 and knee was somewhat sore, maybe 80%, and made the decision to leave Sitka!! We first went to the fuel dock for 802 gallons of diesel ($3.21/gal, last March is was $3.15/gal but better than the $3.44/gal at Auke Bay)and 15 gals of … Read More →

June 24-29 Hi All, Yep….I did it….fell down some stairs and landed hard on my right leg and buckled the knee….oweee!!!! Instant pain…..ugh!!! The right knee had been sore since we did the hike at Baranof Warm Springs, over a week ago….and we had been walking 5-6 miles/day for the past 3 days in Sitka … Read More →

June 18-24 Hi All, We stayed in Rodman Bay off Peril Strait for 2 nights. It started raining hard when we dropped anchor and rained until about noon the next day. Then we actually saw the sun….wow!!! But, it got a bit colder as now there is a HI to the west of us and … Read More →

June 10-17 Hi All, Wayne and Sharon left on Monday the 10th…. we went 8nm across Tenakee Bay to Crab Cove….we had such a good time but we were pooped…..took a 2.5 hour nap, read, emails, then an hour nap, popcorn, movie, then slept 10 hours…..much, much better the next day…..but, did about 3 hours … Read More →