22nd Sept.
Interesting night last night, we have'nt seen any vessels much on this trip, apart from a tanker going into Nome when we left, but last night we had a fleet of fishing boats from Kodiak all over the place.......we did'nt really clear them until 08:00 this morning.
Beautiful day today...................sunshine, with light to no wind..........so motoring again.
We did discuss leaving the boat in Dutch Harbour yesterday, however, when Steve mentioned it to Doug he recommended we stick to the original plan and head for Homer, a far better port for shelter and facilities. Dutch harbour was scrapped.
Saw a couple of whales today, just too far away to ascertain type...............DOH......later one came within 50 m of the boat and crossed in front of us........still could'nt tell what it was..............he / she never broke surface much.
23rd Sept
Another beautiful day breaks today, and a very interesting one. I'm woken by Steve shouting "Orca's"............it's 11:00........so, out i run in my under crackers and fleece..wooooow......amazing.
They are blowing and coming out of the water about 300m away from us......brilliant.
Later we start to enter the Unimak Pass, a strait between Unimak Island and Ugamak & Akutan islands, the volcanoes then appear on the island.
As we pass to the south of Scotch Cape, a smoking volcano appears.......it's Shishaldin volcano !!!!!!!!
Wow, that's impressive..........hope she does'nt blow.
We carry on to Sanak Island, which we reach around midnight
Orca's in the Unimak
Beautiful day for a sail
Arty farty shot
and another
ooooo and another
First sight of Unimak Island
Into the strait proper
Steve looking a tad reflective........possibly thinking of home
Akutan & Ugamak Islands to our south west
Scotch Point
We could'nt figure out where the smoke was coming from at first
then it became a bit clearer..........Shishaldin was smokin !!!!
24th Sept
Fred contacts us by text to say there is some bad weather further on and maybe best to shelter for a day or so. Looking at he chart there is a good marina in Sand Point on Popof Island, so we head there.
On the way we see humpback whales, they appear to be followed by flocks of sea birds, we can't figure it out at fist. Then we track over where one of the whales had just "blown", there appeared to be a milky substance in lumps all over the area, it must be a residue from the whale, we wonder if that's what the bird are eating.
We run into the strait between Popof and Unga islands.............a few fishing boats are about. They all seem to heading the same place as us.
Into the marina at Sand island, we moor up just in front of a large fishing boat called "Destination".......weird name !!!
Lots of fishing boats in here, we get tied up and go for a walk..............nice little spot. There's a large canning factory.
We pop into the local bar for a few sherbets, interesting !!! The local drunk is in residence, trying to trap off with a couple of local ladies.
It transpires he is a skipper off one of the fishing boats. He has just returned from 2 days fishing with 45,000 lbs of Pollock.................no wonder he's drunk !!!!!
Everyone is very friendly i have to say........always a warm welcome wherever you go. Even people in cars passing you on the road wave and say hi.
Local fishing boat
Novara tied up alongside
A Sea Lion comes by Novara ............we wonder if he caught the salmon himself, or is it bits thrown over by the fishermen....
Interesting night last night, we have'nt seen any vessels much on this trip, apart from a tanker going into Nome when we left, but last night we had a fleet of fishing boats from Kodiak all over the place.......we did'nt really clear them until 08:00 this morning.
Beautiful day today...................sunshine, with light to no wind..........so motoring again.
We did discuss leaving the boat in Dutch Harbour yesterday, however, when Steve mentioned it to Doug he recommended we stick to the original plan and head for Homer, a far better port for shelter and facilities. Dutch harbour was scrapped.
Saw a couple of whales today, just too far away to ascertain type...............DOH......later one came within 50 m of the boat and crossed in front of us........still could'nt tell what it was..............he / she never broke surface much.
23rd Sept
Another beautiful day breaks today, and a very interesting one. I'm woken by Steve shouting "Orca's"............it's 11:00........so, out i run in my under crackers and fleece..wooooow......amazing.
They are blowing and coming out of the water about 300m away from us......brilliant.
Later we start to enter the Unimak Pass, a strait between Unimak Island and Ugamak & Akutan islands, the volcanoes then appear on the island.
As we pass to the south of Scotch Cape, a smoking volcano appears.......it's Shishaldin volcano !!!!!!!!
Wow, that's impressive..........hope she does'nt blow.
We carry on to Sanak Island, which we reach around midnight
Orca's in the Unimak
Beautiful day for a sail
Arty farty shot
and another
ooooo and another
First sight of Unimak Island
Steve looking a tad reflective........possibly thinking of home
Akutan & Ugamak Islands to our south west
Scotch Point
We could'nt figure out where the smoke was coming from at first
then it became a bit clearer..........Shishaldin was smokin !!!!
24th Sept
Fred contacts us by text to say there is some bad weather further on and maybe best to shelter for a day or so. Looking at he chart there is a good marina in Sand Point on Popof Island, so we head there.
On the way we see humpback whales, they appear to be followed by flocks of sea birds, we can't figure it out at fist. Then we track over where one of the whales had just "blown", there appeared to be a milky substance in lumps all over the area, it must be a residue from the whale, we wonder if that's what the bird are eating.
We run into the strait between Popof and Unga islands.............a few fishing boats are about. They all seem to heading the same place as us.
Into the marina at Sand island, we moor up just in front of a large fishing boat called "Destination".......weird name !!!
Lots of fishing boats in here, we get tied up and go for a walk..............nice little spot. There's a large canning factory.
We pop into the local bar for a few sherbets, interesting !!! The local drunk is in residence, trying to trap off with a couple of local ladies.
It transpires he is a skipper off one of the fishing boats. He has just returned from 2 days fishing with 45,000 lbs of Pollock.................no wonder he's drunk !!!!!
Everyone is very friendly i have to say........always a warm welcome wherever you go. Even people in cars passing you on the road wave and say hi.
Local fishing boat
Novara tied up alongside
A Sea Lion comes by Novara ............we wonder if he caught the salmon himself, or is it bits thrown over by the fishermen....
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