Summer in Alaska: end
Departure for the SE (South East Alaska) after making a small technical detour via CordovaThe reverser shaft outlet seal started to leak again after 150Nm, as we were about to head to Juneau.By topping up the oil, stopping at night […]
Read moreSummer in Alaska « 1st round »
Didn’t have opportunity to translate the full logbook in French relating our first days on Kodiak, enjoying landscape and wildlife observations. Would be cool without odd jobs on the gearbox leaking, the depth-sounders collapsing and computing stuffs… Nice meeting with […]
Read moreLeaving Cordova
We’ve left sad with the bad news of poor fishing the first days , but it’s time to head to Kodiak.
Read morePrince William Sound – May 2020
Charlotte would says … Gorgeous ! One Track in Prince William Sound Landscapes Growlers in safe anchoring Columbia Glacier Sailing PWS Alaskans’ wildlife
Read moreNo news / Good news
Windlass repaired by express to avoid additional port fees in Seward, we took the road again to Kodiak.We had asked for the prepaid iridium card to be started and tested with the new suitable program (additional annual subscription …) and […]
Read moreSatellite phone
Stopped in Seward to repair the windlass bearings.I take advantage of the connection to the land network to start the satellite phone with a new prepaid card and a new software (it makes the rusty meninges working). We will be […]
Read morePrince William Sound in spring
Nice days between hard showers . Leaving Cordova Sailing with killer whales Our first King salmon Wildlife End of the snow Flowers
Read moreBack to the harbour for maintenance
“Mayonnaise” has formed in the gearbox so we returned to the port to find the connectors that fit on the exchanger we have in stock. The exchanger is a system for cooling the oil of the forward/reverse gear lever, thanks […]
Read more4 sunny Sundays
with heavy snowfalls, more or less light during the week … it’s time to leave American territory to have our Visa stamped, therefore the next weekends will be Canadian,
Read morewintering in Cordova AK
Maintenance work is going well … The program is fine… between administrative and meteorological obligations The Alaska logbook is still “in progress” and the photos are slowly arriving on the networks all this under high surveillance
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