Tag: Inside Passage

• June 29, 2018

  Log: From the magic of Klemtu to the enchantment of Sitka

  Tuesday 12 June 2018  Klemtu 52º35.6’ºN  128º31’W We break the usual long passage north with a stop in Klemtu, where we land at the fuel dock…

• August 13, 2016

  Log: Southbound home

  Boat Repairs in Exotic Places Okay so there’s a gap in our itinerary for what cruising sailors refer to as “boat repairs in exotic places.”…

• July 2, 2015

  Log: Beyond the Salish Sea

  Wednesday, June 17, 2015 – Campbell River to Shoal Bay 50º27’N 125º22’W Slackers waiting for slack, we head to the Canadian Superstore to stock up…

• June 7, 2014

  Log: Watery Roads through the Wilderness

  Wednesday, May 28  Campbell River  50º28.9’N 125º45.2’W Rips, ripples, and whirlpools. All day. Which get us off to a slow start because we have to wait…

• July 11, 2012

  Log: Deadman’s Reach to Cape Caution

  Saturday, June 23 57º28.38’N 133º53.78’W Appleton Cove off Rodman BayThis is the most beautiful day of the summer, and of all our Alaska spring. In…

• June 11, 2012

  Log: Anchorages and Outposts on the way North

  Sunday, May 20, 2012 –  Shoal Bay  50º27.49’N 125º21.95’W Mark MacDonald is as full of life as ever. More so because this is early season.…

• June 1, 2012

  Prettiest town on the Inside Passage?

  Dictated by promises, plans and the tide turn to a long ebb that would take us across Juan de Fuca, our departure was just before…

• July 30, 2010

  Open Ocean Adventure – Sitka, Alaska to Port Townsend, Washington

  After Hoonah and Sitka, worsening problems with Aurora’s 29-year-old transmission made it unwise for us to return to the lower 48 through the Inside Passage.…