Tag: navigation
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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.…
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Puffins, Artic Terns, and Marbelled Murrelets Holkam Bay is a flutter with birds. As Jack tries to keep Aurora on course among ripping…
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Milbanke Sound After Duncanby Landing we’d anchored at Green Island in Fish Egg Inlet, before leaving Fitz Hugh Sound for Fisher Inlet and Loma Channel.…
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How to tell a rock from a large mammal. As soon as we passed Allison Harbour coming north, the look and feel of the coast…
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Tips for getting around Cape Caution
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The heavens could not have done a better job conspiring in our favor. We passed the little rocky point on flat seas under full…
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Midsummer Nights This trip has not exactly been lazy but it’s felt like it on one count. We invariably get up long after daybreak…
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Environment Canada reports aside, we knew from the sound of wind and the speed of puffy clouds across the sky it was pretty rough…
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Navigating the waters between Shoal Bay and Forward Harbor.
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Seymour Narrows to Shoal Bay Seymour Narrows is like a sphincter in Discovery Channel, which carries all the large cargo and cruise ships that ply…