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From Klag Bay, we toured north along the west shore of
Chichagof Island, overnighting at Kimshan Bay and Porcupine Cove. We could easily
have spent days in the area–the charts show a compl…

One of the things we learned from our trip to Alaska is that 24×7 operation with a
double-handed crew is achievable for us, and with reasonable comfort. We arrived at
the end…

When we planned the offshore
run directly from Seattle to Alaska, we'd allowed ourselves a day or so to recuperate
and several days for weather delays…

Because the Nordhavn 52 is a new boat and
because we chose to go with a more powerful engine than standard, we receive many
questions on how we like it, whether more power is a good idea, and the fuel burn
at different speeds. Now that we have ov…

Our Alaska trip was simply amazing. The glaciers and mountain scenery were incredible—we
spent over a week in Glacier Bay National Park and several days in Tracy and Endicott
Arms (trip
map). We also cruised the complex ou…

The fridge and freezer are filled, and the dry goods and spares are stowed. Tonight
we set off for Alaska.

Most summers we spend a bit of time between the northern tip of Vancouver island and
the Alaska bord…

Dirona
has plenty
of storage space—we’ve not yet come close to filling all the lockers despite living
aboard. But it is a boat, and storage space is at a premium. So we’re always…

We spent the July
4th Independence Day weekend anchored at the head of the Hood Canal (route
map). We went mainly because we’d not anchored there before, and were planning
to stay only fo…

The week before last, our home was up in the air next to Emerald
Harbor Marine's shop at Canal Boatyard in Ballard.
Although we're happy to be back at Bell Harbor, we had a good w…

We’ve cruised with two different cats: Gremlin was 10 years old before we introduced
him to boating and Spitfire was a kitten when brought him aboard several years later.
Both have enjoyed being on the boat and have seemed as content afloat as …