Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 17 Today was a 60 mile day form Lowe Inlet to Prince Rupert. We left Lowe Inlet at 7:30am and the cruise was pretty chill. No dolphins or humpbacks, but we did see a couple of deer attempting to swim across the Grenville Channel.…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 16 We left Bishop Bay this morning at 8am. Margaret had set a crab trap out last night, but this morning it was gone. She dinghied around trying to find it this morning, but no luck. On our way out, someone spotted it in…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 15 Departure from Windy Bay: 8am We stopped in at Butedale for a quick look at the waterfall and the old cannery (apparently being restored): We continued on and met up with several Pacific White-Sided dolphins and got a nice show. We could see…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 14 We slept in, made breakfast, showered, and departed Rescue Bay at a leisurely 10am. Sea Raven leads the flotilla: This weather!! We headed up Mathieson Channel and made a left turn into Kynoch Inlet, then over to Kynoch Falls where we oooh’d and…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 13 Today was a 34 mile passage from Shearwater to Rescue Bay. We left Shearwater at 8am and went through Perceval Narrows (20 miles away) at slack tide. Once again the morning started out gray with low clouds and ended up warm and sunny.…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Days 11-12 We left Ocean Falls on Wednesday morning and headed for Shearwater, about 20nm away. Passing through Gunboat Passage: Most mornings it starts out gray and misty and then is sunny by early afternoon. This day was no different. Arriving at Shearwater: Our new…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 10 We never saw the grizzlies at Fury Cove (dangit), and we departed at 7am for another long cruise to Ocean Falls (58 nautical miles). We saw humpback whales in Fitz Hugh Sound three different times (Airship seems to be the whale-spotting boat). The…
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(Posted by Kevin) The quadcopter (the one built with my own loving hands in August last year) had a very bad day at Fury Cove. It was flying along like usual, about a quarter-mile from the boat, probably capturing some beautiful video – when it suddenly plummeted to the ground…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 9 We left Port McNeill this morning at 5am (that means the alarm went off at 4am!) We had a 60 mile day and our first exposure to open ocean as we exited Queen Charlotte Strait and crossed Cape Caution (about a mile offshore).…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 8 We said goodbye to Pierre this morning at 8am and headed for Port McNeill. The waters were calm, the sky was gray, and it was a beautiful foggy/misty cruise over to the North Island Marina. This is our last stop before crossing Cape…
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