Downeast in Southeast Alaska

Vessel Name: Cimarron
Vessel Make/Model: 1976 32' Downeast
Hailing Port: Auke Bay, AK
Crew: Diane and Harry
About: We've been cruising SE Alaska waters on the Cimarron since 2001. Our home port is near Juneau.
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08 August 2019 | Taku Harbor
07 August 2019 | Tracy Arm cove
06 August 2019 | West Brother Island
05 August 2019 | Farragut Bay
04 August 2019 | Petersburg
03 August 2019 | Petersburg
02 August 2019 | Deception Pt.
01 August 2019 | Thom's Place
31 July 2019 | Meyers Chuck
30 July 2019 | Ketchikan
29 July 2019 | Ketchikan
28 July 2019 | Foggy Bay
27 July 2019 | Brundige Inlet
26 July 2019 | Prince Rupert
25 July 2019 | Kelp Bay
24 July 2019 | Exposed Inlet
23 July 2019 | Exposed Inlet
22 July 2019 | Coghlan Anchorage
21 July 2019 | Bishop Bay
20 July 2019 | Khutze Inlet
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08 August 2019 | Taku Harbor

Seas too big for the little boats

Leave Tracy Arm Cove 7:50a

07 August 2019 | Tracy Arm cove

Restless iceberg

Leave West Brother 7:25a

06 August 2019 | West Brother Island

Dog overboard

Leave Farragut Bay 7:55a

05 August 2019 | Farragut Bay

Don't lick an iceberg. Don't kiss a jellyfish.

Left Petersburg 9:30a

04 August 2019 | Petersburg

What is it with rocks?

Petersburg

03 August 2019 | Petersburg

Might go left. Or maybe right.

Leave Deception Pt. 2:40p

Screaming & shredding

24 July 2019 | Exposed Inlet
Diane Meador
Exposed Inlet

Squally day. The clouds are screaming in from the south, shredding and dividing when they hit the mountain peaks, creating fleeting sucker holes. A couple boats left one of the N-S arms first thing this morning, while it was still calm.

Rigged up the rain catcher, but it's just making a huge racket in the wind, so we'll have to take it back down. We can always use creek water if necessary. De-thwacked for gale force winds by tying halyards to the rail where they'll be off the mast; put out all our anchor rode; put up the rain fly. Hand washed some laundry, attempted some hardware leak intervention, made some biscuits for sandwiches, plotted out our routes up to Ketchikan.

We were thinking we'd make a quick stop at Port Edward for fuel, since there's a marina there. However, none of our guides or charts mention a fuel dock there, so I sat phone texted our daughter and asked her to do some research. No dice. We'll have to go into Prince Rupert instead, and that probably means staying the night there. We were hoping to avoid that, but oh well. Showers, laundry, water, and a restaurant will be nice. We'll still need to provision after we cross the border and clear through in Ketchikan.
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