tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13116180539615679152024-02-19T08:27:55.780-08:00Sea Jay Goes North 2011This Blog is for our boat trip starting on May 1 2011 and ending in early September Taking us from Everett Washington up the West Coast through British Columbia to South East Alaska with Glacier Bay as the farthest northern destination. This photo is Dawes Glacier in Endicott Arm Alaska. We weaved our way through the bergs for 30 miles to get to the face and watch it calve.Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-73903826622842742022012-07-13T08:41:00.001-07:002012-07-13T08:41:13.098-07:00Today July 13 we fly to Scotland via Paris.<br />
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We will be in the village of Largs on the south west coast of Scotland for one week then off on a steam train to the Isle of Sky then to Kyle of Lacoulsh and Plockton to see the Matheson Castle then north to Inverness and back to Edenburgh then home. total trip will take two weeks.<br />
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Bon VoyageJim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-34976318996995259622012-07-13T08:34:00.001-07:002012-07-13T08:34:41.784-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Matheson's go to ScotlandJim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-70334426896319391652012-07-11T06:53:00.000-07:002012-07-11T06:54:05.801-07:00SEa Jay Goes North 2012 via Scotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sea Jay Goes North 2012Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-35050847544148293172011-08-16T18:59:00.000-07:002011-08-17T13:06:32.713-07:00Roche Harbor to Everett<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNrGkObIzVvhL53Ex4KhBt_vENLYMsksVcr0mEiQ1PzWFhzhi9T7Vad2eFw2HyN6YIYJ0FjNNl526aDYtW2VKAIuXVI0s4LViKaf4vByUKB3xAEKKGOKcKGLskecK1B7L4v35zYxAYUcI/s1600/IMG_1694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNrGkObIzVvhL53Ex4KhBt_vENLYMsksVcr0mEiQ1PzWFhzhi9T7Vad2eFw2HyN6YIYJ0FjNNl526aDYtW2VKAIuXVI0s4LViKaf4vByUKB3xAEKKGOKcKGLskecK1B7L4v35zYxAYUcI/s320/IMG_1694.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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We traveled a total of 3069 miles and used 5302 gallons of fuel for a whopping .7 miles per gallon. If we had run 10 miles per hour instead of 12 miles per hour we would have attained 1 mile per gallon.<br />
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This is the end of Sea Jay Goes North 2011Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-12021728770358113032011-08-14T15:46:00.000-07:002011-08-16T18:41:39.915-07:00Nimmo Bay ,Port harvey, Campbell River, Montague Harbor, Roche HarborWe left Nimmo Bay Helicopter Adventures with a smile on our face and memories we will never forget.<br />
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We chugged down Tribune Channel across Knight Inlet to Port Harvey and had a great Pizza cooked from scratch by George.<br />
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Next morning we slipped out at 6AM and headed down Johnstone Straits hitting Seymour narrows at slack with in 3 minutes and moored at Discovery Harbor. Ray and Sue Biggs were there and we had a nice chat with them.<br />
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Next morning at the crack of 9:30 we left Campbell River and headed south in Georgia Straits. The water was fine with a slight push from the tide until we got past Comox then all hell broke loose and we were heading straight into a 40 knot winds with 6 to 7 foot breakers. We slowed to 9 knots and when we got to Belinas Island the waves were very large and breaking so we headed paralell to the waves shore towards shore and hugged the shoreline through the small islands until we got to Nanaimo. This was the worst water of the whole 2900 miles we have traveled so far. We checked the Dodd Narrows chart and we could hit slack perfectly so we forged on to Montague Harbor which was very crowded with boats scrambling to get out of the wind. This morning we left Montague Harbor at the crack of noon and now we are at our beloved Roche Harbor.<br />
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The next morning Cheryl and I idled to Burly Bay (about 6 miles) to anchor for the night. Burly Bay is just off of Mackenzie Sound is not used much and it is only four miles from Nimmo Bay. It was very pleasant quiet evening.<br />
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Next afternoon we went back to Nimmo Bay Resort for a helicopter ride to the top of the world and dinner.<br />
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Tonight we had another outrageous dinner at the lodge then we will move on to Wells passage in the morning for some serious Salmon fishing. This is a day we will not forget!Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-48493830759333057002011-08-03T10:22:00.000-07:002011-08-04T07:50:27.373-07:00Sullivan Bay Aug 2-3-2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNu6_gZriwhHqbXPtpE3lGPBCIB_bqlaw-ehcA4Lut-UXTm004oI5252K9YG65l6KOsrjPWjRvtjgqWFMM6fkgHpC-pg5GreOAc2H3NA1vOBh5FgsZNup4ZGaxjJg3OdQrUT0KjyO74dz/s1600/DSC_1095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNu6_gZriwhHqbXPtpE3lGPBCIB_bqlaw-ehcA4Lut-UXTm004oI5252K9YG65l6KOsrjPWjRvtjgqWFMM6fkgHpC-pg5GreOAc2H3NA1vOBh5FgsZNup4ZGaxjJg3OdQrUT0KjyO74dz/s320/DSC_1095.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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They charge $1.50 per foot and $45 for power so it is much like staying at home at the cost of a fine hotel... but the food is good and they are very nice people so I would go back again.<br />
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Leaving at 07:00, an hour behind early bird Spirit, our trip across Cape Caution was lumpy at the start but then we settled into 5 foot swells at 8 seconds from the starboard side all the way to the tip of Vancouver Island. Sea Jay does very well in this kind of water with the stabilizers doing their job to stop the rolling from the beam seas.<br />
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We arrived at Port McNeal at 1 pm and topped off the fuel tanks. Sprit arrived just as we were tying up at the dock.<br />
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We had been having intermittent low boost pressure issues with the starboard engine allowing us to go only 11 knots and then it would slowly build up to the same pressure as the port engine. I called Dan Claire owner of Black Cat, a very good diesel repair company in Port Hardy and ordered a boost pressure sensor as a possible fix to the problem. Dan came down to the boat after we arrived and switched the suspect sensor to the port engine. We took SeaJay for a spin and sure enough the port engine had the same problem. We are waiting for a new sensor to arrive from Edmonton so Dan can install it. We could go on without this repair at ten knots but sometimes I feel the need for 26 knots and this repair will allow that need to be met.<br />
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Not a big deal but we needed a down time period any way.That evening we celebrated Cheryl's birthday at the local bistro and had Miriam's wonderful chocolate cake on board Spirit after dinner. Spirit even had vanilla ice-cream to go with it. Then we watched a fun movie called Space Cowboys on Spirit before retiring for the night.<br />
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Last night we had uninvited visitors on our boat who removed two new, full prawn bait buckets to the swim step from the cockpit for a robust smelly feast. The lid was open on one bucket and the contents were gone. The other bucket was partially open but the very smelly prawn bait pellets were still there.\ in its plastic bag.<br />
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This cleaver work of carrying the buckets out of the cockpit and opening the tightly sealed plastic lids was beyond the pay grade of a dog. There were small foot prints in the swine step so Later I checked with the marina office and the docks are the home of some cagy little creatures with white rings around their eyes.<br />
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We talked to Linda Collier on Reflections on the radio late yesterday as they were coming out of Wells passage about 25 miles east of Port McNeal, and we will meet them and the Stewarts at Jennis Bay on Tuesday. Steve Driscoll called on the phone and Steve and Sandy are on their way up and will meet us at Jennis Bay as well. So we will have a Roche Harbor Yacht Club mini cruise next week at Jennis Bay with Reflections, Mirage, Crescendo, Sea Jay and Spirit attending the Weekly Sea Food Gumbo Dinner at Jennis Bay.Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-31793638426909770212011-07-20T15:07:00.000-07:002011-07-21T00:02:17.620-07:00Shearwater to Ocean Falls<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Had a great thick crust pizza dinner at the Shearwater pub and caught up on e mail anchored in the bay.<br />
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Worked our way through Gun Boat Passage to Ocean Falls and were delighted to see that the docks have been rebuilt like new. Set the prawn pots and crab pots and had a great halibut dinner that Cheryl fixed using a new recipe from Jackie.<br />
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Today we were taken to the local general store owned by Gwen Swan in her jeep. Got a killer Ocean Falls hoody sweat shirt and some other neat stuff then Gwen gave us a one hour guided tour of Ocean Falls and Martin Valley. Gwen has lived here all her life and it was a very interesting tour . She even took us up to the Dam and we watched workers work on the face of the dam then drove even farther up a steep gravel road to see Link Lake that was man made by diverting water into the valley and building the dam for hydro electric power for the pulp and paper mill. Population topped out a 5000 and now is 35 year round and about 100 in the summer. Yesterday a small Husky float plan flew in under a 200 foot ceiling and landed here. I had a chat with the pilot and he is doing a trip from California in the Husky float plane. He made dinner on the dock and even has a shot gun mounted on the struts for bear when he is camping on a lake.<br />
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What a cool thing to do but I would not like to solitude of camping alone with the bears.Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-85064977353577267852011-07-18T17:58:00.000-07:002011-07-18T18:10:10.033-07:00Prince Rupert to Lowe Inlet , Khutze Inlet then Shearwater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKfzUPVe2HIE-y0o7NrqxSSeVNZMvnevxPvFd8ST5boTGuK-ut-fGaEmGRupdNEvNmoskM63uw8DJLsSiqeIlEUTtvMrOevfDsJhrpA672L6fYFUffTSxZAKrPI0T4P6tcU11ipG0Urgk/s1600/DSC_0951.AVI" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv21.nonxt7.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Dcf75afd49e0347dc%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1311057043%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3DCC5F8F148B3ECB02102BA5835C02F750457F20CF.1D5E421888600D42752083ED70D1D42E64D69DBC%26key%3Dlh1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv21.nonxt7.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Dcf75afd49e0347dc%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1311057043%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3DCC5F8F148B3ECB02102BA5835C02F750457F20CF.1D5E421888600D42752083ED70D1D42E64D69DBC%26key%3Dlh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />
We had a nice dinner in with the Gills in Prince Rupert and met a fun Couple from California ... Jim and Kristi Bartlet. Topping off the tank in PR was over 5$ per gallon. We have been running about 10 knots and that helps a lot to ease the pain.<br />
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Next stop was Khutze Inlet and the weather was wonderful but my Sea Doo had a dead battery. Patrick took us on a nice ride up the river and he pulled 24 crab that evening enough to make us all limit. These were monster crab so we are set for crab for a few days. Prawns were good in Lowe and there were no bears out fishing. We are now anchored in the bay just outside the breakwater at Shearwater.<br />
Tomorrow we will go to my favorite place in this area Ocean Falls.Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-32082485932182282032011-07-14T16:33:00.000-07:002011-07-14T16:33:36.779-07:00Ketchikan to Prince Rupert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXpp7vh44OcVxoMSAUn3kYS1OlOs2LILL2GNbdlI_KhrRZmiJ5d5QwkIFOLZWLt0EGPdSu3d3CgTHKeOSeC8TGMcDndBQr0Vg8BIpQS5ivrAlDLa-FSuITvDS6jlAAXB7Lj-PmXkqjn04/s1600/DSC_0951.AVI"><param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv14.nonxt7.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Da91067b218e2aa6e%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1310707022%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D304A6546F32F0383B71F38D1093623F5D996469C.4F2772E75BC1187EF464CB7ED6CD4A67A8041635%26key%3Dlh1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv14.nonxt7.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Da91067b218e2aa6e%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1310707022%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D304A6546F32F0383B71F38D1093623F5D996469C.4F2772E75BC1187EF464CB7ED6CD4A67A8041635%26key%3Dlh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />
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<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Sitka to Kalinin Bay May 21, 2011</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We decided to go back to Kalinin Bay and meet up with Lady J, Jackie and Layne, so they could show us how and why they are so successful at catching halibut. After a wonderful day with them we caught 5 halibut, not very big but certainly worth keeping for some delightful meals. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The next day we went out one final time at Kalinin and Jim caught a 30 lb king. Later that day we left for Rodman Bay and spent the night. There was nothing there but at least 50 commercial crab pots. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On Friday the 24th we went to Ell Cove and found a beautiful, quiet little cove and stayed there for 2 days. We also caught 8 Sea Bass and had a delightful bass dinner that evening with Asplunds and Gills. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Onward to Warm Springs Bay the next day where there was a magnificent waterfall. We had to be careful leaving Ell Cove due to all of the purse seiners that had just arrived the previous day. They couldn’t start fishing until midnight and had 15 hours before they had to stop so there were nets everywhere. It was estimated there were around 60 boats. After we arrived in Warm Springs, the purse seiners started coming in when they were through for the day. We took a walk up to the hot springs that are right beside the waterfall and then walked a short distance to Baranof Lake. Great boardwalk path. We then went out for more fishing and Jim caught 2 good sized halibuts. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Tuesday June 28th - Warm Springs to Patterson Bay </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b> Patterson Bay June 29</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is a<b> </b>was long and narrow bay with steep high sides with exposure to the South wind. We anchored in 90 feet of water at the had of he bay and put out 300 feet of chain. The 150 pound Rockna anchor really did its job holding solid in gusts up to 37 kts that night.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is a very scenic anchorage but must be treated with respect due to the deep and rocky bottom and narrow head of the Bay. Patrick did extremely well pulling in 16 dozen prawns in three sets.We got about 4 dozen nice pawns that night. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Red Bluff Bay June 30-31</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Red Bluff Bay is as it is named with high red rocky bluffs at the entrance.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It has a winding entrance and must be treated with respect to avoid fowl rock infested water.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> We keep saying it over and over but this is an outstanding and beautiful anchorage, with high and dramatic waterfalls, snow capped peaks and green pasture at the head of the bay and plenty of brown Grizzly bears grazing on shore.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Patrick got a hot tip from Steve Oberto on where to set the prawn pots and we did very well for two days harvesting a robust catch of prawns by the bucket full. We set the prawn pots in a secret spot close to shore on a steep declining bottom in about 240 feet of water.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Spirit went on to Petersburg today and we decided to stay another night before heading for Petersburg and on to Wrangle for the 4th of July and a tour of the Anan Bay bear and wild Life Observatory Grizzly bear watch. July 4 was wonderful in Wrangle with all the logger stuff and great fireworks. We have done the Behm Canal and are leaving Ketchikan tomorrow headed for Prince rupert and work our way south to the Broughtons. Changed the oil and water pump impellers on the gen sets and we are ready for another round of anchorage.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Petersburg July 1</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We arrived in Petersburg just in time for the beginning of a festival that started with bagpipes as we walked to the store for supplies. The town seemed busy and festive. Also made arrangements to have more salmon and halibut shipped home to ease up some space in the freezer in anticipation of more crab and prawns!! We took a shuttle to the Beachcomber Restaurant and had a very pleasant dinner with a delightful couple from England, Bob and Jean. They were touring Alaska via ferry and car and having a great time. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Wrangell July 2 - 4</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Saturday we left Petersburg and headed for Wrangell - 5th day in the rain! Our original plan was to take the Anan Bay Bear watch tour but discovered we were probably at least a week early to be able to see much. So that plan didn’t work out. We did, however, have a wonderful dinner at the Stikine Restaurant with the Gills. All four of us shared a mountainous mud pie for dessert. Biggest I’ve ever seen.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You never know what you’re going to see next when you’re boating. Just after we docked, a small dinghy arrived in the marina towing a 62’ Selene that had lost its controls and was dead in the water. Definitely not an easy thing to do when it’s windy. Brad and Rosy were the owners and we met them later. That evening a Purse seiner docked next to us, put the boat into reverse while docking, and the 350lb propeller fell off. The next day a diver was able to help the fishermen pull it out for repairs. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">On July 4th we were still in Wrangell for their celebration. We started the morning off with an excellent egg breakfast that Patrick prepared and then took a taxi into town (it was raining again) to watch several events. They started off with a logging contest with chainsaws, then axes, then single crosscut saws. There were dual crosscut saws but we didn’t see that. We were very wet and cold so started walking toward a nice warm restaurant for a bite to eat and watch the log rolling contest. The downtown area was very crowded and busy with homemade games for the kids and an outdoor BBQ and Beer Garden. Everyone was having a great time. We took a small break and went back to the boats for cocktails on Brad and Rosy’s boat. That evening we saw an excellent fireworks display even in the rain. Supposedly the best in Southeast Alaska.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Tuesday, July 5</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We left the Gill’s behind at Wrangell to make some repairs to their boat and headed for Santa Anna Inlet. We just relaxed and decided to do nothing except have some wonderful smoked Sockeye Salmon. Our destination was to take Behm Canal, making several stops and then head for Ketchikan before making our way south.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Wednesday, July 6</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After leaving Santa Anna Inlet, we had the company of several porpoises jumping along beside us. What a treat to see! Jim took some great pictures. That evening we went to Yes Bay. It’s beautiful and we had great anchorage at the very end of the bay. The Yes Bay Lodge is one of the top 15 fishing lodges in the country and is open to the public for dinner so of course we had to try it. Very expensive but good. The lodge was at full capacity for fishermen and is very exquisite inside. We spent two nights there and got the biggest jumbo prawns we’ve ever seen, and lots of them. Also caught 4 medium crabs. We then left Yes Bay on Friday and went to Fitzgibbon Cove for the night.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Saturday, July 9</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It was very cloudy as we went on to Walker Cove. Once we entered the cove most of the clouds and fog seemed to go away and left us with very beautiful scenery. We found anchorage at the end of the cove and had the delight of watching a big grizzly eating grass and digging for clams. We kept an eye on him for at least a couple of hours before he disappeared. He totally ignored us! When we got up the next morning the sun was out and then we realized why people told us to go there. We could see the tops of the snowcapped mountains. It was fantastic.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sunday, July 10</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This was a short trip down the Canal to Punchbowl Cove. Just as we were coming in a big sailboat was ahead of us so we kept going down Rudyerd Bay and glad we did. We found good anchorage in the South arm and it was beautiful. The mountains in this area are different from any we’ve seen anywhere else. They are straight up vertical granite, some of them 4300’ with a few of them snowcapped. Lots of waterfalls but never found a bear. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Monday, July 11</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As we leave Rudyerd Bay, there is a 230’ rock, New Eddystone, in the middle of Behm Canal that is a much-photographed landmark of the area. The day is bright and sunny as we head to Ketchikan to join the Gills for a couple of days.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-picasa-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GJHkZSHgtN0/Th5S3Uq_f-I/AAAAAAAABa4/5okwL0mUk9o/s1600/clip-2011-07-04%2B20%253B37%253B08.mov"><param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv5.nonxt2.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Df77132fd6d242d73%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1310631742%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3DB6C5AC18141B6EAF45BF437CBFE51263237C9097.4A44BDACF7945931148086BF5FA5A25AB8566497%26key%3Dlh1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv5.nonxt2.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Df77132fd6d242d73%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1310631742%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3DB6C5AC18141B6EAF45BF437CBFE51263237C9097.4A44BDACF7945931148086BF5FA5A25AB8566497%26key%3Dlh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span></div></span></div>Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-61858641477230819162011-07-02T07:51:00.000-07:002011-07-02T11:12:56.756-07:00Kalinin Bay with Lady J and Spirit<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3kLHUdQav-Z2VbcoKU73toRGlS4pj70aF8Kjrnp6skIkE-abeeB_EhjMQYTZdGOQhSd635luxorRBAuy2ewrUUq6uaLup98a8cuHVL9qYmMr5ZY-zj722qW5PJsNOZfjQ0ogUT9awo4R/s1600/DSC_0828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3kLHUdQav-Z2VbcoKU73toRGlS4pj70aF8Kjrnp6skIkE-abeeB_EhjMQYTZdGOQhSd635luxorRBAuy2ewrUUq6uaLup98a8cuHVL9qYmMr5ZY-zj722qW5PJsNOZfjQ0ogUT9awo4R/s320/DSC_0828.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Sitka to Kalinin Bay May 21, 2011</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We decided to go back to Kalinin Bay and meet up with Lady J, Jackie and Layne, so they could show us how and why they are so successful at catching halibut. After a wonderful day with them we caught 5 halibut, not very big but certainly worth keeping for some delightful meals. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The next day we went out one final time at Kalinin and Jim caught a 30 lb king. Later that day we left for Rodman Bay and spent the night. There was nothing there but at least 50 commercial crab pots. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On Friday the 24th we went to Ell Cove and found a beautiful, quiet little cove and stayed there for 2 days. We also caught 8 Sea Bass and had a delightful bass dinner that evening with Asplunds and Gills. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Onward to Warm Springs Bay the next day where there was a magnificent waterfall. We had to be careful leaving Ell Cove due to all of the purse seiners that had just arrived the previous day. They couldn’t start fishing until midnight and had 15 hours before they had to stop so there were nets everywhere. It was estimated there were around 60 boats. After we arrived in Warm Springs, the purse seiners started coming in when they were through for the day. They rafted 5 deep at the dock and one rafted to Sea Jay. We took a walk up to the hot springs that are right beside the river at the head of the waterfall and then walked a short distance to Baranof Lake. Great boardwalk path. We then went out for more fishing and Jim caught 2 good sized halibuts. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Tuesday June 28th - Warm Springs to Patterson Bay </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b> Patterson Bay June 29</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is a<b> </b>was long and narrow bay with steep high sides with exposure to the South wind. We anchored in 90 feet of water at the had of he bay and put out 300 feet of chain. The 150 pound Rockna anchor really did its job holding solid in gusts up to 37 kts that night.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is a very scenic anchorage but must be treated with respect due to the deep and rocky bottom and narrow head of the Bay. Patrick did extremely well pulling in 16 dozen prawns in three sets.We got about 4 dozen nice pawns that night. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Red Bluff Bay June 30-31</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Red Bluff Bay is as it is named with high red rocky bluffs at the entrance.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It has a winding entrance and must be treated with respect to avoid fowl rock infested water.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> We keep saying it over and over but this is an outstanding and beautiful anchorage, with high and dramatic waterfalls, snow capped peaks and green pasture at the head of the bay and plenty of brown Grizzly bears grazing on shore.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Patrick got a hot tip from Steve Oberto on where to set the prawn pots and we did very well for two days harvesting a robust catch of prawns by the bucket full. We set the prawn pots in a secret spot close to shore on a steep declining bottom in about 240 feet of water.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Spirit went on to Petersburg today and we decided to stay another night before heading for Petersburg and on to Wrangle for the 4th of July and a tour of the Anan Bay bear and wild Life Observatory Grizzly bear watch.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The second day at Red Bluff we caught more prawns and thew next morning we headed for petersburg with Gail Warnings for that day. We bumped our speed up to 14 knots from the usual 10 but the wind caught up to us and we were seeing gusts above 35 knots. SEa Jay was fine but the dingy got the ---- kicked out of it so we slowed to 10 knots for the last third of the 75 mile 7 hour trip. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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Last night we went to a wine tasting dinner at a local hotel with the Gill's, Oberto's and Bonnie and Ron who are new friends of the Gill's. The dinner was nice and we got an interesting presentation from the wine maker, from Robert Strong winery.<br />
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They produce and sell about 12 million bottles a year. Today we will go back to Kalinin Bay for the third and last time to see if we can get some bottom fish and a salmon or two then begin out journey back south. Our goal is to be in Wrangle for the 4th of July and be in the Broughtons late JulyJim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-51510073972416365392011-06-13T15:55:00.000-07:002011-06-13T16:44:13.059-07:00Sitka to Kalinin Bay & Sukoi Bay 6-10-6-13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqZJZNt1kXI7HOd7L7F7_WXSGtsj4OWrEoG1F3CGJKfnQJBP_JXA9jaJMfpJUAUvBHfbLqt-0Us590aXFer3ZPX1a272JcOjgee1lMYoJRdLDhnaxXAk0Le20-tRbfwJfhHfcayxQKgpB/s1600/DSC_0609.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqZJZNt1kXI7HOd7L7F7_WXSGtsj4OWrEoG1F3CGJKfnQJBP_JXA9jaJMfpJUAUvBHfbLqt-0Us590aXFer3ZPX1a272JcOjgee1lMYoJRdLDhnaxXAk0Le20-tRbfwJfhHfcayxQKgpB/s400/DSC_0609.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617853737597859058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5afU8t9irYBWwnYDR6PGecl5e32m1r-y22WqmniLv4qKOsfcXlJNA_fi7m2jEMZItQBQl4csNDh5EOSWzKKHCUwHKS7RATdaeypH8SpQ8v3LLTVXst8Ep6pRGX0mE4v4mqvffsukTsAe/s1600/DSC_0601.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; 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Spirit went South to go around the south end of Baranof Island. Kalinin Bay is a very nice anchorage just inside open ocean and we found it to be very popular with the sport fisherman. Next morning we took the Aksano out at the tide change at the crack of ten and within two hours we had our daily limit of King Salmon and one nice Black Cod/Sea Bass.<div><br /></div><div>The next morning we went out again and as soon as I got the herring set with the down riggers Cheryl had a salmon on then at the same time I had one on. Our first double header. It was a calamity with Cheryl reeling a 35 pound King and me trying to reel and net a 25 pound King single handed ....but eventually we got them both in the boat and once again after only 20 minutes we had our daily limit and enough Salmon to last us a year. That afternoon we went a few miles southeast and anchored in Sukoi Bay and were there alone for the night. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sukoi Bay is a beautiful setting complete with Grizzly Bears, Black bears on the beach. (the Grizzlys eat grass and the Black Bear pick through the rocks looking for food). There were also three adult deer and a fawn running about. It was all very entertaining.</div><div>Today we returned to Sitka for my final blood test and plan to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday with the Gills (their wedding anniversary was three days ago) .</div>Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-83640062219055368072011-06-09T12:58:00.000-07:002011-06-09T14:19:44.615-07:00BABY BEAR COVE to SITKA 6/4-6/9 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFG3sBbVsU744S4PyEcjfYcvELQUK9buyOM0FzYulvTy0qASrtmj3pCJHtlvd0HremYtv137KAmKmRi6RDlUw8Nmjxr26-8ZHcw-9JUfje4xdLYeYAvtcZXtBoHrgPmxdskwhO4GmE5jvJ/s1600/DSC_0546.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFG3sBbVsU744S4PyEcjfYcvELQUK9buyOM0FzYulvTy0qASrtmj3pCJHtlvd0HremYtv137KAmKmRi6RDlUw8Nmjxr26-8ZHcw-9JUfje4xdLYeYAvtcZXtBoHrgPmxdskwhO4GmE5jvJ/s400/DSC_0546.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616332090464451410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLc5hQW_6PYT8KRDLf7j0FXo8yydY3bAoDoQ1qZHMDWRcYO5Kt8dL4qrp7qh7HJ7JUNPI3zhLhWjslpCyXUtk7XKpv2FQW6XGCph3xsFiS7GKAA63FbitkI017OtS5yRzu4yroM30qb9Q0/s1600/DSC_0847.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9L6j7MBTFcvd3Pj2Ng9X8zp25FRQZGWHNMayMhDXeO7rz1X6MxPo8CucN0pmvyEnEurf5mQ0cJOdROjvHM5wIszSkV02TTpxyuSM4s2kX5AjQEfUO19E34TKENBNs_Dw1Fu_p6fxxq0jO/s400/DSC_1021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616318265519881234" /></a><br />We left Appleton Cove and headed for Baby Bear Cove about 30 miles away. The weather was great and on the way a Large Alaska Cat Ferry passed us at over 40 MPH. It is a monster Cat with lots of power. As we travel at 10 knots and Spirit travels at 8.7 we arrived first at Baby Bear and the entrance was all but hidden and we had to really trust our charts weaving through Sharks Teeth rocks to a wonderful well protected anchorage. After Spirit arrived they rafted to Sea Jay and we went to Long Bay about 5 miles away in the shore boat to set the crab pots. Later that evening we pulled the pots with moderate success and moved them to Baby Bear. Next morning Patrick pulled the pots early and we left at 07:00 to reach nearby Surges Narrows at slack tide and arrived at Sitka by noon. That evening we had another wonderful dinner and the Channel Club where I had Smoked Black Cod and it was to die for. The Sitka Marina is very large and it seems like we are a mile from the ramp. On Monday June 6, our Everett Marina next door neighbors Brian and Nancy flew up to Sitka to visit until today June 9. We took them to De Groffe Bay about 13 miles from Sitka. It is a very beautiful Bay with good holding and maximum protection from the weather. That evening Brian and I set the crab pots and in the day and a half there we got only one nice keeper. On Tuesday we went on a safari in the AKSANO and got the full meal deal including a great Hump Back Whale demo with full tail viewing, a momma grizzly and two cubs on the beach, seals on the rocks, eagles every where and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. Our weather and location was wonderful for their visit as is was blowing 35 kits on the outside and in Sitka. We headed back to Sitka and had the whole afternoon touring downtown to get neat stuff including a wonderful metal Hump back Whale art piece done by a local craftsman and had another great dinner at Ludvigs Bistro with our guests and the Gills.<div><br /></div><div>Today is a quiet day of R&R and we plan to go fishing later this weekend or the first part of next week.</div>Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-30353140666311303202011-06-04T18:58:00.000-07:002011-06-04T19:33:58.292-07:00Swanson Harbor, Tenakee Springs, Takatz Bay, Appleton Cove<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeF6DcHh2kJgIwGIX6-eDw-jVOcmifQhlqAW1av-K8u8dmhcrjmTT2bu72f1Tbv3E5P-yfAswyLvRJKkIaVF2n9eccM1AHbOvmrIsWpVKhzABYzMxAE-YVwWT1fZkJXt8qSnIc8m_Sou5n/s1600/DSC_0483.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsDLljyG5yey2h3bZAN4dTRLo0rWEZBLUrhct0Z_AkUybVn66jLCAEcmEQCeukpZA5WO0NgJiq50HRPo3BcT8tBj8UZJKPFec8aaW1NkxUofoXfCeEN4-ShoJgFEjc0xVVItmSuWRHFSu/s400/DSC_0367.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614551711461086130" /></a><br />We went from Juneau to Swanson Harbor and spent a relaxing three days moored at a Government Float with some pleasant locals from Juneau. Patrick and I tried our luck at Halibut fishing with no luck. Then we went to Tenakee Springs, a town of about 80 folks. We walked into town and all the stores were closed for the holiday. Next we traveled to Takatz Bay which is arguably the most beautiful anchorage on the west coast. This was a dream like a movie set with waterfalls and snow capped mountains. Patrick and I both caught a nice local fish and we smoked it on the Traeger BBQ.Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-48944608908975325692011-06-04T18:18:00.000-07:002011-06-04T18:52:22.617-07:00Juneau & Skagway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYctP-wRw_UEZfwHLVDsqlMhYVrt-sTiameFwFO42B6wA4IdIrT_pTUtD6S6bDedsPUh15gs5H5DHPCfHgsap7t1glURL3f2xovl5BObXQxaISba983EqQ9yBHgnCqAciNMcNxJba3QESF/s1600/DSC_0333.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYctP-wRw_UEZfwHLVDsqlMhYVrt-sTiameFwFO42B6wA4IdIrT_pTUtD6S6bDedsPUh15gs5H5DHPCfHgsap7t1glURL3f2xovl5BObXQxaISba983EqQ9yBHgnCqAciNMcNxJba3QESF/s400/DSC_0333.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614546712135908626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcndHHMXzjTMAOB1xdXIxcLeYd-lycIddhxIdt1QnK665RXhLFRjrIcJZKMO3FzPjxtDnoNuiDuiTYESKwHHk6jFugkhbM9BVy9DwpKGMr4WE4Rib0rA_fiAxLXnEviJovpNcjtI8m0MTE/s1600/DSC_0306.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The trip to Juneau was uneventful with the exception of too much fog. Probably would have been pretty otherwise. We came across a few humpbacks grazing on the way up but none of them wanted to get up and play so we only saw one tail. Once moored at Aurora Basin, we explored a little bit of Juneau. The city was filled with 5 cruise ships and the streets were filled with </span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px">every one</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> of the people from those cruise ships. WOW what a crowd!! Managed to find a good restaurant for dinner and called it a night.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Trip to Skagway</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">One of our main reasons for coming to Juneau was to fly to Skagway and take the 3-hour train ride through the mountains. So early Tuesday morning we flew to Skagway (sure glad we didn’t take the boat - it’s 100 miles). Fortunately for us, all fog lifted and we had a wonderful clear 40 minute ride. We flew into Skagway only to find another 4 cruise ships docked. And all of the people from </span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px">those</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> cruise ships were walking around this tiny, little town of Skagway. It’s what keeps these little towns going. We had breakfast, walked around the town for a while and fortunately got on one of the last trains that wasn’t completely full so we each had our own seat. All I can say about the trip is that everyone has to do this at least once in their lifetime. It was fantastic! AWESOME!! The scenery is to die for; just like you’d expect to see in Alaska; steep cliffs, lots of wonderful waterfalls, heavy snow capped mountains, beautiful trees, two pitch-black tunnels to go through in the train, old trestles where you look straight down 2000 feet or more. The trip was exactly what we had wanted and a dream come true. Jim had a smile on his face the whole time while taking lots of pictures.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Our flight back to Juneau was beautiful. The pilot took us through the heart of the snow-capped mountains, where all we saw were the mountains and nothing else - except for a few more glaciers. An exceptional ride. Came back to the Gill’s for a wonderful dinner and called it a night.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Wednesday we’re playing tourist around Juneau.</span></p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></div>Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311618053961567915.post-61881430914067908662011-05-25T16:39:00.000-07:002011-05-26T08:58:30.448-07:00Endicott Arm Dawes Glacier<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39KxGby_eE3QPbIgsdgaYYdLYnqGwPVUsniaSGmdsBus3ChtXDp4KSJpvQ7IlnOw0x_jpGalxjlMDZPmbU1DhDvFaffw29HQwks45-BfYrafD23NpBl9lhhd4ouiSv14OZiKWdCKk97Iu/s1600/DSC_0849.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> Hope you enjoy the photos. We were also greeted by a lot of icebergs. The guys happily retrieved some great martini ice off of these.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The next day we headed for Endicott Arm after hearing that Tracy Arm was clogged up with icebergs at the S-curves. So we took off on the journey of 30 miles to the end of Endicott Arm to find an actual glacier. Gill’s had seen one - we hadn’t, so they led the way, going in and around a whole lot of giant ice cubes, a few of them easily as big as the boat. However, what was at the end of the Arm was unbelievable - a giant glacier, apparently not one of the big ones, but to us it was HUGE. A great big monstrous chunk of ice flowing out of the mountains. When a piece of ice falls off it’s called “calving” and a small one fell when we were there. Cruise ships used to come up to these glaciers and honk their horns to get them to “calve” for the entertainment of their travelers, but officials have put an end to that. Got a good Photo of Spirit in front of Dawes Glacier and a nice waterfall in the Arm. Also caught a black bear photo on the way out. Glad we were able to see the glacier and all of it’s little “berg bits.” It was a challenge to mane ver around all of them and quite an adventure. We went back to the cosiness of anchorage at Tracy Arm Cove for the evening but the grizzlies weren’t there this time.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Tracy Arm to Juneau</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The trip to Juneau was uneventful with the exception of too much fog. Probably would have been pretty otherwise. We came across a few humpbacks grazing on the way up but none of them wanted to get up and play so we only saw one tail. Once moored at Aurora Basin, we explored a little bit of Juneau. The city was filled with 5 cruise ships and the streets were filled with </span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px">every one</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> of the people from those cruise ships. WOW what a crowd!! Managed to find a good restaurant for dinner and called it a night.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Trip to Skagway</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">One of our main reasons for coming to Juneau was to fly to Skagway and take the 3-hour train ride through the mountains. So early Tuesday morning we flew to Skagway (sure glad we didn’t take the boat - it’s 100 miles). Fortunately for us, all fog lifted and we had a wonderful clear 40 minute ride. We flew into Skagway only to find another 4 cruise ships docked. And all of the people from </span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px">those</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> cruise ships were walking around this tiny, little town of Skagway. It’s what keeps these little towns going. We had breakfast, walked around the town for a while and fortunately got on one of the last trains that wasn’t completely full so we each had our own seat. All I can say about the trip is that everyone has to do this at least once in their lifetime. It was fantastic! AWESOME!! The scenery is to die for; just like you’d expect to see in Alaska; steep cliffs, lots of wonderful waterfalls, heavy snow capped mountains, beautiful trees, two pitch-black tunnels to go through in the train, old trestles where you look straight down 2000 feet or more. The trip was exactly what we had wanted and a dream come true. Jim had a smile on his face the whole time while taking lots of pictures.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Our flight back to Juneau was beautiful. The pilot took us through the heart of the snow-capped mountains, where all we saw were the mountains and nothing else - except for a few more glaciers. An exceptional ride. Came back to the Gill’s for a wonderful dinner and called it a night.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Wednesday we’re playing tourist around Juneau.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwi0hw2CfeA6Y0C7ctAQKAhdJtTpo4zf547mv2Zhi1Ns0rM2Qb3Q3Nx51iJWBNV8LS0A0yc59Uudhrw3q1q1g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jim & Cheryl Mathesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945404985973126641noreply@blogger.com2