Yesterday it rained ALL DAY. Okay, I exaggerate. It stopped for about a half hour once at about 5pm. I worked most of the day from the boat, and then in the afternoon when it was just drizzling (and not raining sideways anymore), I walked up to Tongass and exchanged…
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The weather improved quite a bit today, and after a whole lot of work in the morning we caught the free shuttle bus downtown for more exploring. It was late enough and the cruise ships were leaving early enough today that it wasn't super crowded either. Bonus! We met Margaret…
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We've got some really rowdy neighbors here at the Bar Harbor marina in Ketchikan! Yesterday we worked all morning and then headed up to nearby Tongass Trading to spend a few boat dollars. We picked up an Anchor Buddy and two small anchors for the dinghy, a new gas can…
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Airship Goes to Alaska – Day 18 (Hi from Ketchikan…we made it!) The alarm went off at 4am this morning in Prince Rupert and we got up and checked the weather for Dixon Entrance again. It was the same forecast. Waves less than a meter. Wind something something no big…
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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 – 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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