Airship Goes to Alaska We left Wrangell on Friday morning and headed around the back of Wrangell island toward Berg Bay. It was pretty windy (okay, very windy). Berg Bay was about 22 miles from Wrangell and we figured we could stay there for a night or two before moving…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We left Petersburg on Wednesday morning, timing our departure so we could arrive at the middle of Wrangell Narrows at slack tide, thus riding a favorable current in and a favorable current back out. The weather was gorgeous and clear and it was a smooth and…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Yesterday morning in Hobart Bay was calm and beautiful and we got up and got an early start on our way to Petersburg. Looking out of our little cove on Entrance Island: Back toward the cove and the public dock: Stephens Passage was calm…oh yeah, this…
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Airship Goes to Alaska This morning we headed out of Snettisham in some light fog, weaving our way through only a dozen or so gill netters. The weather forecast for Stephens Passage was “Wind SE 20kt diminishing in the morning, then becoming N 10kt in the afternoon. Seas 4ft subsiding…
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Airship Goes to Alaska We left Juneau yesterday at around noon, after saying goodbye to Steve at Nordic Tug Charters (with a loaf of homemade beer bread) and also to Dean at the boat yard (with another loaf of homemade beer bread). They both were so helpful and Steve’s hospitality…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Getting ready to get off the blocks and into the lift: Our new shaft seal arrived mid-day yesterday. Note: if you want to send something to Alaska and have it get there the soonest, do not use FedEx or UPS. Send it expedited vis USPS. The…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Oh, but I cut out that fourth one that was over on the left. Well, trust me…there were four. We walked into town today and stopped back in at Trickster Co. to pick up a shirt for my mom (requested after she saw Kevin's) and then…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Awwww, the last part that we're waiting for (the PSS dripless shaft seal from PYI in Seattle)…the one we thought would arrive yesterday, did not. And then it also didn't arrive today. Maybe they sent it via Fed Ex or UPS instead of expedited USPS as…
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Airship Goes to Alaska After we successfully installed our second new Cutless bearing this morning and did a ton of work (work work, not boat work), we thought we'd take Steve's and Julie's suggestion (and Julie's car!) and head north to check out Echo Cove. It was a beautiful drive…
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Airship Goes to Alaska Alrighty gang, here's an update on our mechanical issues. I don't even think there will be pretty pictures this time, so if boat mechanical issues are not your thing, feel free to skip this post. 🙂 As you may remember, we had a little excitement at…
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