Prior to entering the passage John made waypoints for every turn on the GPS maplotter matching the turns in the Douglas book. As we entered the passage, Shanna donned her rain suit and went to stand as sentry on the bow. A light cold drizzle was falling and the visibility became poor because of the rain and fog. We started the one mile route very slowly to ensure we made no mistakes. After approximately 45 minutes with several conferences in route we emerged into the Gulf of Alaska as a humpback whale exhaled a blast of it’s breath 10 feet into the air, almost as saying great job and good bye!
We traveled across the famed Gulf of Alaska for approximately 17 miles until we passed into the more protected waters of Salisbury Sound. Along the way we stopped and searched for potential fishing spots for the next days adventure, halibut fishing. John marked a spot which showed promise and we continued to our planned anchorage in Kalinin bay. Charter fishing boats out of Sitka sometimes use this as a base in order to put them closer to prime fishing grounds according to our cruising book.
We didn’t know what to expect, but once we rounded the corner, we figured out we weren’t alone. It appears we would share this bay with a small flotilla of six boats, ranging from 25 to 60 feet in length. We found our spot in the bay, dropped anchor to settle in for dinner which was fish tacos. The no see-ums were the worst we’ve ever seen so no one was able to spend any time outside. John taped the window screen to the boat to make sure bugs didn’t leak in. We settled in for a restful night‘s sleep with the hopes we will all get the rest so we can haul in a load of halibut.
Anchored in Kalinin Bay.
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