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The first time we encountered surface ice on saltwater was back in 2002, on a winter
trip to Desolation
Sound and Princess
Louisa Inlet. We had to break
ice to reach Chatterbox Falls. We&#0…

Winter boating has its challenges, but one of the many rewards are the waterfalls.
Flows that might be non-existent or just a trickle in summer gush and roar in winter.
Teakearn Arm in Deso…

We first planned a Christmas cruise to Barkley Sound in the fall of 2003. That November,
however, we attended a presentation by Cliff
Mass on

the difficulties …

We’ve just arrived in Barkley
Sound for a Christmas tour, so we’ll be updating the live
travel map to show the current trip.

Our fall travel log is below, or you can display it on a map
view.

12/09/11: Canal Boat Yard

It’s 32F…

On our Prince William
Sound trip this summer, we started keeping a live, map-based travel log. We posted
updates several times a day during the offshore run there and bac…

Last week we gave a presentation on our
trip to Prince William Soundto
the Seattle Sail and Power Squadron.
They meet on the third floor of the Queen City
Yacht Club, with a wonderful view …

We keep our boat ready to sail at all times, with drawers
all latched and loose items stowed. When we're heading out for the weekend, we just
need to start the engines and go. Before w…

One of the reasons we made the offshore run from Seattle to Prince William Sound was
to gain experience. A gale in the Gulf of Alaska wasn't exactly the sort of experience
we were hopi…

We've spent the last few days lazing in the the sun in the San Juan Islands after
returning from Prince
William Sound. Yesterday we anchored in Reid Harbor on Stuart Island. Jose Sousa…

In the early 1900s, nearly 25,000 ounces of gold were extracted from Granite Mine,
making it one of the more productive in Prince William Sound. From our anchorage in
Bettles Bay (Bing/Goog…