We could choose from so many different titles; Welcome Leif, New to the Crew, Shake Down Long Island, We’re Back to Blogging, Eight Years in the Making. . . the list could go on. Eight years ago, Wade and Sara met the old-fashioned way at the Harbor Pub. Leaving the […]
Mud Anchorage
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There are a lot of challenging task to cruise on a sailboat and especially on a fishing vessel. Some days you think the list of issues needing attention will never end. Then there are the days etched in your mind forever. A scenery so beautiful no picture can capture and […]
We heard it in Valdez, we heard it in Sitka, and again in Petersburg. This year is a tough year for salmon. Even more strange this year the fish are still in the ocean and haven’t made it in to spawn. Frank gave us the best of advice on lures […]
We had an amazing time at the warm springs and enjoyed the prefect mix between hot springs and cold waterfall water. We got all cleaned up and raised our inner body temperature. Sara and Wade took one last dip before heading out as Justin and Jeff picked up the crab […]
Another not so comfortable cruising feature of Fishing Vessel “Mighty” McClure Bay are the lack of showers. Not to say the solar showers are really that bad, but considering Alaska during the rainy season isn’t really known for the rays. We appreciate Justin for boiling water and mixing it with […]
We left Sitka for the east side of Baranoff Island to begin our journey through the inside passage of southeast Alaska. We timed the Sergus Channel perfectly at slack tide so we had no troubles transiting the very narrow channel. We found ourselves at Rodman Bay and got busy getting […]
For our normal followers you know it is not like us to miss a noon report at sea. This is our first noon report we have ever missed sending! Yesterday was so busy. One thing after another. We had two alternator belts break during the night, one about four hours […]
November 8th How can this be? We have enjoyed six sunny days out of each week since leaving Kodiak Town, even our high wind days have been mainly sunny. We have been told that the weather depends on where you are on the island, but we hope Kodiak Town is […]
November 1st For novice hunters, as Sara, glassing or scoping is a term when the hunter uses binoculars, the scope of a gun, or another high power lens (thanks again to Marj for the awesome super zoom camera lens) to search the area for animals. Wade has been bummed at […]
October 23rd Howdy Ho everyone, Things have improved drastically for us. Our last noon report mentioned considerable troubles including a malfunctioning head that led a “poopy” of a day. Justin, if your reading this, it made us think of your “Sh*t-apocalypse of 2015″(this is as Justin calls his event), another […]
October 21st The outside temperature is freezing. Literally freezing! We do not run the heater at night, so in the morning the inside boat temperature is near the lower 40s. We run the generator to power central heat and a little portable heater to warm the room to a comfortable […]
October 20th The weather is predicted to be out of the northeast and south the next couple of days so we moved to a new anchorage. Our South Arm anchorage might not be the most comfortable during a northwest wind, which seems to be predominant in this area, so we […]