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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Kevin made another quadcopter video! Hope you like it, Pierre! 🙂
Comments closedAirship Goes to Alaska – Day 7 This morning at Port Harvey, George was down on the dock delivering fresh homemade cinnamon rolls before we headed out: How great is this? We've got to stop back by here on our way south. Next stop: Pierre's at Echo Bay. We headed…
3 CommentsAirship Goes to Alaska – Day 6 Wow, 5am is really early! We were scheduled to leave Blind Channel at 5:45am sharp, meaning off the docks at 5:30am and waiting in the channel at 5:45am, so the alarm went off at 5am and we made quick cappuccinos and were casting…
Comments closedAirship Goes to Alaska -Day 5 Our scheduled departure from Teakerne Arm this morning was a luxurious 9:30am! (We woke up at 6am anyway, but it was nice to have a bit more time to get around before getting under way.) The weather was again gorgeous…sunny and high 70s. Mark…
Comments closedAirship Goes to Alaska – Day 4 We left Pender Harbour yesterday morning at 7am, headed for Teakerne Arm. Pender Harbour morning light: Our fleet on AIS, just south of Powell River: The Pacifica Papers pulp mill where they have ten old Liberty Ships as a breakwater: I think this…
2 CommentsAirship Goes to Alaska – Day 3 Yesterday after we got to Silva Bay (Gabriola Island) and got most our work done (we did not rent scooters), we took the dinghy out for a spin to explore the bay. We got pretty close to an eagle sitting in a tree…
2 CommentsUpdate 5/24/17: We’ve begun offering our own flotillas! The Slowboat 2017 Flotilla to Alaska goes all the way to Sitka and is limited to six boats. The Slowboat 2018 Flotilla to Alaska will go from the San Juan Islands in Washington all the way to Juneau, Alaska. Additionally, we are…
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