SailBlog

18 September 2009 | Bell Harbor, Seattle, Washington
12 September 2009 | N 48.06.8'N:122.45.33 W'W, Port Townsend, San Juans, Washington
11 September 2009 | N 48.31.9'N:122.51.51 W'W, Lopez Island, San Juans, Washington
07 September 2009 | N 49.10.6'N:123.55.86 W'W, Strait of Goergia, British Columbia, Canada
03 September 2009 | N 50.05.9'N:125.01.6 W'W, Gorge Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
02 September 2009 | N 50.047'N:125.11.65 'W, Rebecca Spit, Drew Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
30 August 2009 | N 50.02.05'N:125.14.64 W'W, Johnstone Straight, British Columbia, Canada
28 August 2009 | N 50.52.8'N:126.15.3 W'E, Lagoon Cove, Somewhere in Canada
27 August 2009 | N 50.52.8'N:126.15.3 'W, Kwatsi Bay, Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada
25 August 2009 | N 50.42.8'N:127.29.3 W'W, Queen Charlotte Sound, Inside Passge, Canada
24 August 2009 | N 51.51.6'N:127.52.1 W'W, Fitzhugh Sound, Inside Passge, Canada
19 August 2009 | N 53.31.66'N:128.20.74 W'W, Jackson Narrows, Inside Passge, Canada
17 August 2009 | N 53.22.23'N:128.54.4 W'W, Bishop Bay Hot Springs, Inside Passge, Canada
16 August 2009 | N 53.19.4'N:129.10.2 W'W, McKay Reach, Inside Passage, North Coast, Canada
12 August 2009 | N 54.33.7'N:130.25.8 W'W, Lax Kw' Alaams
12 August 2009
09 August 2009 | N 55.55.5'N:131.49.4 W'W, Behm Canal, Revillagigedo Island, Alaska
07 August 2009 | Naha Bay, Behm Canal, Alaska
07 August 2009 | ANC/FBX/ANC/KTN AK
30 July 2009 | One hour North of Knudson Cove, Alaska

Ocean Falls and Namu

24 August 2009 | N 51.51.6'N:127.52.1 W'W, Fitzhugh Sound, Inside Passge, Canada
Anne
Oh man, would Adam be in his element here! And his buddy Mike. We are at Namu, another abandoned cannery city of some two thousand. BC Packers just walked away, left the store here with goods on the shelves, all the buildings, machinery, a huge freighter still floating, and tons of crap. Serious industrial crap. Big crap, little crap, funny crap, every kind of crap you can imagine. And someone with imagination has been putting the crap to good use. We hope to meet the warfinger later this evening in the community float house with the HUGE metal fire pit. Someone obviously has a sense of humor, there are signs on the tables that say "reserved". Backing up a bit, after Klemtu and the Mystical wisdom of Francis the Guide with Raven Erection stories, we went on to a snazzy harbor by the name of Shearwater, complete with bar, garden store and spa.We managed two nights in civilization reconnoitering with new-old friends, including our pals on Contagious, the Sail-yacht out of Whittier and our buddies, Kit and Carl on Teal the 82 year old 78 foot restored wooden vessel they live aboard with Rusty the Golden Pup. We saw them coming in under tow to the harbor and soon they joined us in the bar to drown their sorrow - some big problem developed with their engine and they had to seek a tow. We are hopeful that the problem was simple and easy. Shearwater does have a giant shipyard facility so we are hopeful they will have a good prognosis and be back under way soon. After Shearwater, we wanted to visit Ocean Falls, another ghost town at the head of an inlet about 25 miles long. Crown Zellerbach operated a pulp mill here with 5000 employees until they too, closed their doors and left town about 25 years ago. Still standing in the abandoned town are the Martin Inn Hotel, a dormitory, fire station, and several substantial office buildings. There is a mighty big dam behind the town which supplies power to the entire region and still obviously functional. As I write this a pod of humpbacks is cavorting right outside so close I can smell the rank mist of their spout. Whale smell is not always sweet. We are going to try to pull off the Queen Charlotte crossing tomorrow as weather is predicted to get seriously shi++ty in a day or so. We are set to get up at 4 and hit it for a 12 hour day. After that Port Hardy and I promise to post pictures.

Post Script: We enjoyed the most amazing whale show this evening from the Namu community float house. Maybe ten to fifteen whales, each dancing and prancing on the water right in front of us - we cuold hear them making thei whale songs! It went on for hours while we cooked and ate bright silvers Rachel and Alex caught for us from the lagoon and enjoyed a fresh salad complete with roasted beets and blue cheese! Tomorrow we leave in the dark for the Charlotte crossing. Ugh.
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Vessel Name: Lady Anne
Vessel Make/Model: Willard 40' Pilot House
Hailing Port: Girdwood, Alaska
Crew: Rob & Anne Hays, and Milo
About: Rob Hays, recently retired after nearly thirty years on the North Slope of Alaka with BP and Anne Hays, polling and survey research business owner and their pal milo, the hearing impaired welsh terrier comprise the usual crew of the Lady Anne.
Extra: This summer's journey will take us from Seward Alaska on or about the 24th of May, weather dependant, to Puget Sound. We intend to spend four months exploring and enjoying the inland passage with a few forays out to the coast.
Lady Anne's Photos - Main
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Created 12 September 2009
Our voyage from Prince Rupert South to Port Hardy
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Created 24 August 2009
A one week journey through some of SE's prettiest!
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Created 25 July 2009
Our trip to Anan Creek
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Created 15 July 2009
Our three weeks in Little Norway.
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Created 1 July 2009
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Created 30 June 2009
Lots of grandkids and plenty of dogs
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Created 30 June 2009
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Created 30 June 2009
The lovely community of Tenakee Springs, Alaska, pop. 97
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Created 21 June 2009
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Created 11 May 2009