The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson
Sailing Yacht Truce
Today Ngozi and I had some quality time together in Hoonah. Once the usual chores of laundry, provisioning and maintenance were out of the way we went for a walk around Hoonah. Its not a big place so its not a difficult mission but the locals are friendly and always have time for a chat... Continue Reading →
We arrived back in Hoonah this afternoon after an easy crossing of Icy Strait in calm conditions. Calm conditions meant we had to motor again which is not restful but preferable to wind on the nose, so we will take it. In Icy strait there is a lot more ebb than flood so correct timing... Continue Reading →
What a beautiful warm day, the warmest so far this trip. Hoonah turned out to be a great place to hang out, do a bit of provisioning and visit the local hardware store for interesting stuff. The hardware store proved to be a great surprise, amazing stock of just about everything from iphone charges through... Continue Reading →
Logged 7th July 2016 The weather is getting warmer now or maybe this bit of Alaska is warmer I am not sure. Today I motored up to Hoonah which is quite a large village and the largest Tlingit community in Southeast Alaska. The name Hoonah means ‘place where the north wind doesn’t blow’ and warm... Continue Reading →
As I have a couple of days to wait and ‘no particular place to go’ I decided to sit back, chill out and ‘smell the roses’ as my wife says. After a beautiful calm night and a good sleep, I set out this morning to have a look at Neka Bay and the river that... Continue Reading →
Last night was uncomfortable, gusty winds into the anchorage, nothing serious just disturbing and restless. Today we moved east down Icy Strait and into Port Frederick which is just past Hoonah. The cruise ship Noordam came past the anchorage at six this morning and I encountered a few more cruise ships on the way. Once... Continue Reading →
I awoke this morning to thick fog, a sign summer is here. The fog cleared in the early morning and the sun came out. But then a strong westerly wind set in and finally rain again. A real mixed up day but plenty of variety. In the morning I motored over to Inian Island which... Continue Reading →
Today has been full on action all day. This morning I started some maintenance, replaced the toilet inlet hose, put a new non return valve in the bilge pump discharge, made a new gasket for the engine raw water strainer and did a thousand and one other little jobs outstanding.
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 