Thursday, June 17, 2010

Sailing to Alaska. Canadian customs, Strait of Georgia behind us!





Hello everyone,
Today finds us in Cambell river marina. We arrived at 1:00am on the 17th. It was totally dark and had to navigate this unknown port by radar and search light. Around 1100 pm on the 16th we found ourselves in about 5 foot seas when we made our way toward this marina. Leviathan is an amazing vessel and the crew is also. I think we could go to New Zealand or Hawaii is we decided to!
It was nice to be tied to a slip with the conveniences of shopping and support services. I had a little issue with the temperature sending unit and just today got that resolved. I also modified our main anchor method in such a way that I learned from my commercial fishing years. Pictured is Josh messing around with the dinghy and it's sail where we anchored for the night a couple of days ago. Also a contrast of Leviathan, a fifty foot vessel overall, next to a yaght in Cambell river marina is pictured. We are waiting for the a.m. tide when we depart in the morning. We will approach Seymor passage then, and we have to do it at high slack water as the current can get as fast as 10 knots and our boat only goes 7! We are all at ease with each other and things are still going very well. Later, Stan

1 comment:

  1. Where are the photos of the Captain's Quarters? The crew looks happy now but when things get rough watch your back Captain...mutiny could be abroad! Mary wants inon the New Zealand trip!

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