2014-07-04

After a massive shopping trip to Costco we were finally ready to go.

Here is the crew. ( Ken, Suki, Linda, Bill, Boris )

We left Juneau in  pretty soggy weather. We pulled into Funter Bay at about 2200 hr.

2014-07-05

In the morning the weather had cleared and we practiced rigging the boat despite an appalling dearth of wind.

Later we headed down Icy Strait, Cross Sound and around Cape Spencer to our anchorage at Murphy Cove near Graves Harbour.

2014-07-06

The next day we headed out. Everyone agrees that we could have spent more time assessing the weather and preparing the boat a little better. At one point the seas were 15 feet and chaotic. That corresponded with our towed inflatable breaking loose. At the debriefing later the consensus was that I should not have hopped into the dinghy to reattach the rope. After the fact it was decided we should have just let it go rather than risk a crew member’s safety. But then I would not experienced a bath, a wild ride and a stretched arm socket.

After a corkscrewing wait outside Lituya Bay, we finally got into the calm bliss of Lituya Bay. We spent some time looking at the bird rookery at Cenotaph Island and then set the crab and shrimp pots. Later Linda and Suki and I motored to the Island to hide a geocache.

2014-07-07

The next day we caught the slack tide and headed out to sea.

 We arrived at Icy Bay at 0430 hr the next day.

2014-07-08

After that the long slog across to Kayak Island and to Seward on the Kenai Penninsula. We Left at 0930 hr Tuesday and arrived Wednesday night. A gale is predicted for Thursday. We will be happy to be parked at the dock in Seward while that plays out.