22nd – Khutze Bay to Khynoch bay Quote of the day: “Look bear! Over there! Another bear! AAH so many bears!” – Alessandra Today was like being on the set of Jurassic park. We cruised through the deep fiord lands passing soaring snow-topped mountains, rushing streams and waterfalls and many […]
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Blog 2 Ketchikan-Vancouver
19th – Kumealon Inlet to Lowe Inlet, Grenville Channel Quote of the day: “This is paradise” – Dory Yankee unfurled, speeding along at 8 knots with motor sailing. On deck, we dug out the old cast off of ropes and introduced some new knots and freshened up on others. Anchored […]
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Southbound from Alaska
16th – Day 1 afloat – Ketchikan to Foggy Bay An early classic soggy morning in Ketchikan. Our crew finished up the rest of our safety briefs, stored everything away and slipped lines. Excused from having a pilot onboard, we made our way out of the land of sog. Dressed […]
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Between laundry runs, deep cleaning, dry provisioning, boat maintenance, and final checks, we’ve managed to squeeze in some time to explore Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Ketchikan, a small coastal fishing town, known as the Salmon Capital of the world. We were warned that Ketchikan is rarely dry, so to […]
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Blog 4 – written by Jan-Willem
Hooking up — The language of sailing “9.00 — Hook Up” says the whiteboard. Rather than taking this as an instruction from the captain to start an early morning party, “hook” is just another word for our anchor, and the whiteboard just informs us that we’ll lift anchor and get […]
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Day 7 (28/07/2022) – Forward Harbour to Pearse Island
Quote of the day: “you don’t have to know how to get there” – Jan-Willem A morning dinghy ride to shore, to follow a slender bush trail marked by old tattered buoys across a snake-hipped peninsula. A game of follow the leader up and over a matchstick obstacle course of […]
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The Rest of the First Week to Alaska
Day 4 – False Bay, Lasqueti Island to Gorge Harbour, Cortes Island Quote of the day: “We’re all here, because we’re not all there” – Gorge Harbour roadsign 0635 Anchor UP. Sails up. Engine off. North westerly winds kept us on best course to windward. With panoramic views of blue […]
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First 3 Days to Alaska
Day 1Victoria to Bedwell harbour – Southpender Island 0600 rise & shine! Eggs, toast & berries to fill up our bellies, last few boat checks with our crew all fresh and up on deck. We slip lines, with otters waving us off from Victoria. After a quick fuel pit stop, […]
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Blog Week 3
Day 11 Some dolphins showed up for a moment.They always bring lightness and joy with them, the good mood is all around.Crew guest Ken had good fun in participating in the cooking session for dinner, new flavors are on the table.The variable winds finally seem to turn in our favor […]
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Mid Trip from the North Pacific
Day 6 Strong winds have been constant and make our time more challenging as we are still heading upwinds.We saw the lights of another boat on the horizon for a few minutes at night, first one since our journey started.The newmoon rise looked like an incredible thin flame being pulled […]
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The First Five Days
Day 1 Everyone has been looking forward to the departure.After the last preparations and formalities, off we go.Weather conditons and sea state have been quite fair to start with.But we are sailing upwind and it’s not the most comfortable motion, even though Sea Dragon was built for it and remains […]
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Next stop Hawaii
We were lucky enough to have two overnight stops on route, allowing the crew to get familiar with the boat and each other. With the crew feeling fresh and ready for the passage north we are already off to a good start. Nearly 600NM down and 2000 to go. We […]
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