| DATE |
POSITION |
COMMENTS |
| 7/23/03 |
Valdez | left port 1530, 130
gallons gas
aboard |
| 7/24/03 |
Landlocked Bay |
fogged in, hope to get
to
Hinchinbrook Island this afternoon |
| 7/25/03 |
Garden Cove
(Hinchinbrook Is) |
pouring rain, may leave
if rain
lets up |
| Garden Cove
(Hinchinbrook Is) |
1830: still pouring
rain, E wind
15-20, put out second anchor |
|
| 7/26/03 |
Garden Cove
(Hinchinbrook Is) |
still E wind, wx said
blowing
hard Middleton Is so staying put again |
| Garden Cove (Hinchinbrook Is) | 1830: still raining,
hope to get
weather window tomorrow pm |
|
| 7/27/03 |
Garden Cove
(Hinchinbrook Is) |
good weather (finally),
leaving
this morning |
| 160o 05' N,
145o
58'W |
1800: appx 20mi E of
Hinchinbrook Is, 1/3 of the way to Kayak Is |
|
| 7/28/03 |
? |
real busy, returning to
Garden
Cove, will call this afternoon |
| off Montegue Pt. |
1345: strong E wind,
using storm
sail, unable to get into Garden Cove due to wind, may
go to Goose Is
passage, will call again 1800 |
|
| NE corner Montague Is |
1800: wind down a bit,
may
anchor in Zaikof Bay, will call again 2100 |
|
| Zaikof Bay (Montague Is) |
wind shifted now WSW,
going to
Cordova tomorrow or next day, 1/2 mi visibility all
day, looking into
getting tow across Gulf, will call 11AM, passed close
to the Statendam
(Holland America cruise ship) |
|
| 7/29/03 |
Zaikof Bay |
W wind, 5 day weather
looks
good, may make 2nd try, if not then go to Cordova,
will call likely late
today if gone to Cordova |
| 7/30/03 |
20mi W of Kayak Is |
rain off/on, light SE
wind,
waves slightly troublesome, going to keep going |
| 7/31/03 |
59o20'N, 143o16'W 45mi E of Kayak Is |
nice day yesterday but
rolly; N
wind today; under sail only; going 4kts; using
storm, mizen, and
jib; not planning to use motor |
| 8/1/03 |
58o45'N, 141o28'W |
1/2 way between
Hinchinbrook Is
and Cape Spencer 8am, having fun, good sailing
yesterday, hope to get to
Cape Spencer late tomorrow or early Sunday, sailed all
night with good
wind, porpoise played alongside 1.5 hrs this morning,
saw albatross, 87
mi first day, 64 mi the second, 50 mi yesterday, some
sun today, light
SW swell, 5.5-6 WSW wind, motoring with jib up since
not enough wind,
will call 9PM tomorrow |
| 8/2/02 |
Graves Harbor |
2200: 3mi offshore; 5mi
N of
Cape Spencer; will anchor overnight in Graves harbor
then head into the
Inside Passage in the AM; had a hard time sleeping
while crossing Gulf
due to motion of boat; going to Hoona but not Juneau;
seeing beautiful
snowcapped mountains of Southeast Alaska |
| 8/3/03 |
Graves Harbor |
nice cove, pretty day
yesterday
and today, anchored next to Coast Guard boat, will
call tomorrow evening
from Hoona, was concerned yesterday since E wind
started building, won't
need weather brief tomorrow |
| 8/4/03 |
Hoona |
1810: spent last night
in Gull
Harbor, 15 gallons gas left, got up to 9 kts yesterday
due to tide,
leaving tomorrow, will call again Wed 10AM, may stop
next in Kake |
| 8/5/03 |
Hoona |
not going to Kake,
goint to
Petersburg instead |
| 8/6/03 |
S of Tenaker Inlet |
sunny, 10mph tail wind,
using
main sail for first time this trip, going 7 kts with
motor & sails,
may spend the night in Warm Springs Bay |
| 8/7/03 |
went 70 miles
yesterday, hope to
get to Petersburg tomorrow afternoon, will call
tomorrow evening |
|
| 8/8/03 |
Petersburg |
1630: nice sunny day,
large
harbor in Petersburg, will call before leaving in the
morning |
| 8/9/03 |
Petersburg |
another nice day, late
leaving
(1030AM), hope to get to Ketchikan late tomorrow or
early Monday, will
call 2100 tomorrow, no Canadian maps available here
but hope to get them
in Ketchikan |
| 8/10/03 |
Ketchikan |
2100: Arrived 1900,
tail wind
yesterday, head wind today, will stay here tomorrow to
get maps, do
laundry, relax, etc., probably won't stop in Canada,
may get to Seattle
before the end of August if the weather holds |
| 8/11/03 |
Ketchikan |
2100: was able to get
maps and
do laundry today, taking a shower tonight, likely to
stay another day to
overhaul the motor, taking lots of pictures to be
posted later, unable
to extend the lease of the satelite phone so likely no
contact after
leaving Ketchikan until WA (about 2 weeks), keeping a
journal to be
posted later, will call tomorrow afternoon if leaving
or evening if
staying another night in Ketchikan |
| 8/12/03 |
Ketchikan |
2100: weather predicted
to turn
bad so staying until probably Saturday, checked
e-mail, catching up on
lost sleep, small craft advisory for outside waters |
| 8/13/03 |
Ketchikan |
2100: weather turned
bad, rain
and low visibility most of the day, found book store,
called Frankie
several times and spent time finding fax & notary
so Frankie could
sell a piece of property in Fairbanks this afternoon,
saw several large
ships in port, advisory upgraded to storm warning (up
to 50kt winds) |
| 8/14/03 |
Ketchikan |
2100: wet &
miserable day,
pouring rain & windy, must move boat tomorrow
since owner of current
slip he is in are returning, hopefully leaving
Ketchikan tomorrow
morning, weather expected to be improving, not
planning to stop so no
contact while traversing Canada, expect to be in US
waters before
September 7, if not he will go ashore and call to give
location and
update ETA, getting bored waiting in Ketchikan, will
call tomorrow
morning |
| 8/15/03 |
Ketchikan |
1030: getting ready to
leave,
Canadian customs asked him to stop in Prince Rupert,
he may also stop in
Bella Bella, not planning to spend the night in either
place but will
call to check in, weather clearing |
| 8/17/03 |
Prince Rupert, Canada |
2100: head wind in AM,
shifted
to 20kt crosswind allowing 8-9kt sailing for a few
hours then died back
down, pouring rain all day, staying overnight, leaving
early AM, 1 hr
line yesterday at the fuel dock to get fuel, now in
Pacific Time Zone,
cleared customs ok, still anticipate arrival in
Seattle on or before
Sept 7 |
| 8/20/03 |
Bella Bella, Canada |
1500: passing through
Bella
Bella, terrific weather yesterday but nasty today,
will call again in
about a week, still making good progress |
| 8/25/03 |
Friday Harbor, WA |
cleared customs, expect
to be in
Seattle in a few days |
| 8/26/03 |
Friday Harbor, WA |
staying an extra day to
rest |
| 8/28/03 |
Seattle, WA |
1000: HE MADE IT!!!
called from
PMC's boatyard in Ballard, will unload our belongings
the next few days
then take them to my parents near Spokane for storage,
had to wait for
train to cross before opening the drawbridge, had no
trouble going
through the Ballard Locks, a worker was waiting for
him in the boatyard
this morning (he called previously and told them his
ETA to the yard),
having dinner with friends tonight in Seattle,
returning to Fairbanks
on Tuesday night |