Aug. 26, 2010

After 4 days of pure laziness we decided it was time to head south. Anchor up and continuing down the coast of Baranof Island on another clear beautiful day, perfect for rounding Cape Ommaney.
Total Count for the day:
40-50 Humpback whales, with calves, plus singing-(a first for me),30-40 Sea Otters with young, lots of Tufted Puffins,Harbor Porpoises,
Common Loons, a huge Stellar Sea Lion, and a Northern Fulmar.

With a humpback escort into Tebenkof Bay we dropped the anchor for days of fishing and exploring. To quote our friends from S/V Sherry Lynn "Yippee!!"

P.S.
What does it say about us that we don't even mention the eagles anymore- which are just to numerous to count.

P.S.S.
Fresh Salmon dinner tonight!!!

No Name Cove

Tucked away at no name cove swinging on the anchor at last! We left Sitka on Aug. 20th putting the new engine to the test, it was great. This first day was wonderful, we saw humpback whales, sea otters, harbor porpoises, seals, eagles, then spent the night in Kanga Bay.
Continuing south down the coast of Baranof Island we were witness to at least 3 different humpback group feeding frenzies, flukes, spy-hopping, flipper slapping, lob-tailing went on and on, it was just spectacular. The day was crystal clear, hot and sunny. WOW!!

Visitors and Engine Parts all Arrive!!!

S/V Marcy makes land fall in Sitka after a 4 year circumnavigation!!

Yippee and Congratulations!!!
Teacher friends Hillary and Kris from Everett and London travel through Alaska on the Alaskan Ferry Highway system stopping in many of the beautiful cities Alaska has to offer. Of course they could not miss Sitka.

The parts are all installed and YES we are now ready to go--
Happy sailing at last.
Fair Winds everyone!!

So we wait again!!!

So while we wait we did a little fishing, hiking and wildlife viewing.

We thought it was going to be a short wait. Not true as it turns out. We are once again waiting for a part, this time a muffler that was suppose to be here 2 weeks ago, come to find out it is being made and maybe will be shipped on Monday August 9th- but really who knows.

In the home stretch!!

We spent the day getting the inside of Cape St. James ready to sail again. Lots of little things to do to make our home a boat, not a dock queen. We are in the last stages of engine work, hoping all of the parts for the muffler system arrive by Tuesday, then Jim will install them and off we go.

Jim is working on Ham radio as I type getting it ready to send and receive while out sailing.

It's been a long hard summer of waiting, but finally we think we will be off soon.

Fair Winds!!!

4th of July 2010

Weather doesn't stop the town of Sitka from celebrating. Many turned out for the local parade fully dressed from head to toe in rain gear. The fireworks however have been postponed until next Friday- hoping for better viewing weather.

Raptor Center

Sherry and Craig from S/V Sherry Lynn

We stopped waiting for the mechanic and headed to the Raptor Center here in Sitka. eagles have been taken off the endangered list, there are now 100,000 eagles in North American, 50,000 in Alaska and 25,000 in S.E. Alaska. (We think half of that is in the parking lot here in the marina.)

The center receives injured birds of pray and hopes to set them free again after rehabilitation. It was an interesting program, well worth the visit.