Traveling the Northwest Passage
October 4th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
In order to catch favorable currents we left Sitka pre-dawn this morning and had a nice calm day of powering to where we sit now, a stunning anchorage called Takatz Bay, tucked way back on the east side of Baranof Island. Our two days in Sitka...
August 29th, 2009
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Two and a half days out of Cambridge Bay and we sit snuggly in Summers Harbor on Booth Island. We saw two small depressions forming down the road and decided to tuck in here and let them blow over us. The top winds forecast were for 30...
August 25th, 2009
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I write this from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. We dropped the hook here Sunday, almost immediately took on 1800 gallons of diesel and replenished some of our food stock. We also took to the land like six crazed people. While our...
August 21st, 2009
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Again, I write this from a secure, protected and ice-free anchorage just on the west side of Simpson Straight. We pulled into here (McClintock Bay) yesterday afternoon when we saw that the forecast wind was starting to fill in higher than predicted...
August 19th, 2009
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I’m writing this from the safe, protected and ice-free harbor at Gjoa Haven. We dropped hook here last night at 2:30 a.m., and never have I been so glad to hear the engine shut down. Two days ago we powered into thick, impenetrable ice...
August 18th, 2009
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I cannot say that the past three days have been my favorite. We finally put the “Braving” part into our trip.
After reading ice charts and making our way fairly smoothly down Peel Sound for the past few weeks, three days ago Mother...
August 15th, 2009
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Last night the ice charts showed us what we’ve all been waiting for; a solid lead in the ice had formed on the west side of the Sound. This was just what we needed to make the big jump down to Gjoa Haven. Two days before we’d dropped the...
August 14th, 2009
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We spent the last two nights in an uncharted harbor 5 miles inland, the depth sounder showed over 100 feet all the way to the end! When we finally dropped anchored some of us anxiously went to land to stretch our legs. Right away...
