Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, from Seward around Gore Point to Homer

Hi everyone,
Well we made it home. Like most cruisers will admit, the worst thing about a cruise is that they end! Leviathan played around in Seward for about three weeks carrying family and friends on tours of Resurrection bay with whales, and other sea mammals to watch, as well as some fair fishing. When I say fair, I compare those experiences to Gore point! Hot! Tom, Izak, and Josh, the Washington to Seward crew had to get back to their land lives and I got two other old salts to help me bring Leviathan around Gore point to Homer. Rick and Vance, two old friends with extensive commercial fishing backgrounds helped on the last leg of the epic voyage. They, like the others, made it very easy. The weather from Cape Suckling to Gore point is more often bad than it is good. And the Kennedy entrance can be dangerous with its currents and tidal rips. We threaded the eye of the needle and I know we were lucky because I've been in these waters when I was younger and had the hell scared out of me! On our way from Seward to Homer we spent the night on the hook in Nuka passage. The following day we made it to the fun little town of Seldovia. We did stop along the way to fish, and found a spot about half a mile off the west side of Gore point where as soon as you dropped a line a fish hit. Gore point is not a destination I would go to without the likes of the men who helped get Leviathan to Homer, Alaska. Thank you Tom, Izak, Josh, Rick, and Vance. Sincerely Stan

Vitus Bering and Georg Stellar's Cape St. Elias, Prince William sound, and Seward.

Hey, hey
When we left Yakitat, and the last place we took on fuel, we found ourselves getting beat up again by the sea for the first eight hours or so of a 35 hour engine cycle! Again we deployed the stay sail under power, but this time we had to beat into the sea. (Zig-zag to quarter the waves). We thought about going into Icy bay, but by then the sea seemed to calm down. I never slept during these all night sessions even though I was not on watch, I guess I was worried about collisions with floating debris. I don't think Tom did much either. The plan all along was to do this cruise during the longest daylight hours of Alaska's summer and it worked out good. We rounded cape St. Elias with a full dress of sail then the wind died off so we fished unsuccessfully and B lined with iron sail for Hinchinbrook entrance. We went around the inside of Montigue island. We were going to head straight for Gore Pt., but the weather forcast did not look good. I'm glad I did this because we got a good look at Prince William sound. Leviathan will we return there another day. Although I intended to go to Homer we went to Seward, Ak. I now am in Seward and the crew has dispersed. It took us 19 days to get Leviathan to Alaska. I purchased 1 month of slip lease here in Seward where I am doing routine maintainence, oil change etc. At the end of July Leviathan will round the tip of Kenai peninsula to her home port of Homer, Ak. I have had the time of my life so far with this AMAZING Westsail 43. Later, with many more adventures to come! Stan