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Saturday, August 7, 2021 Hanus Bay to Auke Bay Miles today: 93 Total Miles: 2074 Motor hours today: 6.9 Motor hours total: 1137.8 The latest weather forecast as of early this morning confirmed our tentative plan from last night to at least start back north toward Juneau today. Today looked...

Friday, August 6, 2021 Baby Bear Bay to Hanus Bay (Portage Arm) Miles today: 35 Total Miles: 1981 We left Baby Bear Bay at 8:00, shortly after low tide. We motored slowly through the couple miles of turns toward Peril Strait, getting a nice boost from the incoming tide. Once in the main...

Thursday, August 5, 2021 Sitka to Baby Bear Bay Miles today: 39 Total Miles: 1946 We took a last shower in Sitka and had a relaxed breakfast before departing. Slack at Sergius Narrows (30 miles from Sitka) was at 3:54 pm, so there wasn’t any reason to start early. We left shortly after 9:00 am...

Mount Edgecumbe

Monday – Wednesday, August 2-4 Sitka On Monday, we walked downtown to see what may be available for later days. There’s a small (700 pax) cruise ship in port today, so the downtown wasn’t too busy. There’s a larger ship scheduled for Wednesday, so that will be the day to avoid. We had a nice...

Totem at Sitka Nat Hist Park

Baby bear sunset

Baby Bear Cove other boat

Point Retreat

Sitka Harbors from south of bridge

Salmon Sitka Hatchery

Seiner east side of Chatham Strait

Salmon climbing ladder Sitka hatchery

Salmon jumping Sitka Sound

Looking out to Salisbury Sound

Russian Bishops House Sitka

Eliason Harbor Mt Edgecumbe

Mark, I can relate to your experience. I generally like to stay no faster than 60-65, so it seems that everyone is going faster. With decent tires and well-maintained hubs, I think the trailer will be fine going a little faster, but my bigger concern becomes the ability to stop if needed. Les

Sunday, August 1 Appleton Cove to Sitka Miles today: 58 Total Miles: 1907 The critical timing for today’s plan involved arriving at Sergius Narrows no later than the 12:06 pm slack. Since that was only 28 miles from us, we ate an unhurried breakfast before leaving Appleton Cove shortly after...

Saturday, July 31, 2021 Tenakee Springs to Appleton Cove Miles today: 53 Total Miles: 1849 We cleared the breakwater at Tenakee Springs by 6:00 am, intent on completing our 20-mile run south on Chatham Strait as quickly as possible and before the seas rose to 3 feet as forecast. Our plan was...