All, thanks for the positive comments.
Sam, bears will be most likely seen in Red Bluff Bay early in the season when the sedge grass is best to their taste (this is also good for walking ashore-the short grass makes for much less danger in surprising a bear) & later when the fish are running-in between, maybe not so much. Because it is so beautiful & easy to access there is most always more than one yacht present. Bear density is higher in many of the remote outer coast bays of Chichagof Island & some of the bays on Admiralty Island, but very few bays have all the good qualities of Red Bluff Bay----beautiful, easy access, great anchorage, fishing & wildlife viewing. It’s my favorite bay in Southeast Alaska to Rest & Relax. Who knows may see you there this summer.
Dave, the video is from a Sony XR520 video camera that uses the AVCHD file in 1080. Holds up to 240 gigabytes of memory in HD video & 12 meg photos. It makes for very watchable video on a big screen TV & of course, loses much of that in rendering to Mp4 & You Tube sized video.
Plans are to head up to Prince William Sound, Alaska in April, stay for a month or so & and then back to Skagway & Southeast Alaska till the end of July. Of course the leaving time & even accessing the sound area with all their record snow this year is very weather dependent.
That lumpy water at the end of the video is from crossing Chatham Strait from Red Bluff Bay to the tip of Admiralty Island. The wind was coming from the north down the Strait, upon reaching Fredrick Sound it immediately turned smooth as glass. I was a tiny bit nervous about one of the waves rolling the Mokai, but as always it road them well. It was definitely rolly due to going almost directly down the wave troughs. Any rougher & some sig-sagging would have been in order.
Richard, Hope to start the winterizing late march to very early April. Had better with plans of leaving around mid-April. Hope to see you up there again this summer.
Jay
