Some photos from the leg from Ketchikan to Juneau.
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| Here's Asterix tied up at Thorne Bay. |
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Thorne Bay was the first stop after Ketchikan. We had variable weather, ranging from fog and rain to windy and cloudy. The next morning the chartplotter refused to work, hanging on startup. Tried a number of things (there is no Navionics/Lowrance dealer in Thorne Bay, but when I called Lowrance support I ended up with a support tech who used to live nearby, so he was understanding of my situation). After hard-booting the chartplotter and reinstalling the software, the problem went away, along with all the tracklines from the trip...
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| Shana, standing watch and avoiding sunburn |
Thorne Bay to Petersburg was good weather, although not much for sailing. We stopped overnight in Coffman Cove, tying up behind the floating veterinarian boat. The next morning we caught the tides in Wrangell Narrows at a good point in the cycle, and made Petersburg in the evening.
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| Coffman Cove |
We spent a couple days in Petersburg waiting for weather and doing some boat work. I changed out the engine filters and fluids. In the process I broke the low oil pressure sensor. I put it back together with J-B Weld, but it doesn't work anymore. Another item to replace.
Leaving Petersburg during a weather window, we got as far as Cleveland Passage before it got dark and the storm set in. Spent the next three days sailing at anchor under bare poles, drinking all the beer and wine onboard and playing cards.
The wind died down shortly after midnight on the morning of the fourth day, so we hauled anchor and headed out as soon as there was enough light to distinguish land from water (about 4:00am).
