Tag: Sunsets
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Alaska 54° 42.44N, Turning South

Lax Kw’alaams slang shat us to the Alaskan border on July 16th, 2023. We had been heading north from Friday Harbor since May 6th. The border would be our turn around point, as the Alaskan cruising grounds deserve much more than the 1 week we could give it. One day……… Our journey so far has…
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Officially Cruising, Pruth Bay

Leaving Greene Island in a dense mist, we departed with all the other serious looking cruising sailboats at around 10am. Expecting mostly a motor, we set out, sneaking around the shallow bits in the channel entrance, and then turned due west to enter the strangely straight Kwakshua Channel. We had the head sail out for…
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Stranded in the Broughtons Pt 2: Semi executing le plan

So thankful for the Harmony Bay Hail Mary, our spirits were high all day Saturday and we really enjoyed the Happy Hour in Lagoon Cove that night. We chatted with such friendly folks. We had already met most of the people on the dock when we were covered in oil. Maybe we looked different than…
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19:01 Sunset Time

The summer is slowly but not so surely coming to a close in the PNW and the earlier sunset times are the first indication of this. The days are warm still, clear with but a few scattering of clouds. The winds are still the PNW notorious light variety though there are occasional days of strong…
