Tides and currents make navigation challenging, especially in low visibility on Sumner Strait in SE Alaska
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Sell up and sail away step 1: taking a test drive, or should I say a 'test sail,' on the boat of our dreams. Before selling the house, car, possessions, selling our other boat and seriously taking the plunge, we had to find a boat that we could afford and ...
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This is to accompany the blog post (http://followtheboat.com/2014/02/09/esper-refit-week-1/) on hauling our sail boat, Esper (an Oyster 435) in PSS Boat Yard, Chebilang, Satun, Thailand. It includes a clip of a local fishing boat being launched in the same...
This is to accompany our blog post on Esper's refit in PSS Boatyard, Satun, Thailand. In this clip Lek is preparing the hull for osmosis treatment, whilst carpenter brothers Ton and Tui remove the portlights from the cabin.
We had several questions about storm tactics. We try to answer them in this video. For more information we recommend "The Storm Tactics Handbook" by Lin and Larry Pardey. Here is a link http://astore.amazon.com/lealea-20/detail/1929214472
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Navigating by the marks down the Wrangell Narrows, riding the current first with the flood and then with the ebb tide to our anchorage at Deception Point Cove.
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Several people asked about our daily routine at sea. Here is a link to an "At sea" video on the same subject, Day 5 of the Hawaii to Alaska voyage http://youtu.be/-fJX-RV3jJY
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Pavel wanted to know how we keep a clean boat. "Good crew!" is our enthusiastic answer; That, and a regular routine of cleaning and maintenance. We learned that sailing as crew on Endeavour, a three masted wooden square rigger out of Sidney, Australia.
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Exploring Tracy Arm. Waterfalls and cascades fall from granite cliffs hundreds of feet high, Ice bergs calved from the Sawyer Glacier decay in magical shapes and reflect eerie colors. Awesome natural beauty all around us.
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David is planning a trip up the inside passage to Alaska and wanted to know what cruising guides we recommend.: Links S.E. guides in description.
Don Douglass' Exploring SE Alaska Dixon Entrance to Skagway http://astore.amazon.com/lealea-20/detail/193231...
After a short stop at Taku Harbor we head South for Tracy Arm.
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The crew leaves Darwin, Australia and sails over 600NM to the Spice Islands in Indonesia! During the 5 day sail we entertain ourselves with fishing, showering, and general lazing around. We arrived in Banda Neira in the early morning hours to a sweet vie...
Taku Harbor was a fascinating and fun place. Lots of bugs though.
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We had a great time in Auke Bay but it is time to leave. We head South for Taku Harbor.
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Cruising from Funter Bay to Auke Bay, just North of Juneau. Arriving at the Saginaw Channel we encountered heavy traffic of small tour boats, large motor yachts and the Alaska State Ferry. Juneau, the state capitol, is the "Big City" and everyone seemed t...
Cruising from Hoonah to Funter Bay after a two day layover. Hoonah boasts an excellent harbor. Fresh water is available at the transient dock. Showers and laundromat are located in the harbor office. Souvenirs, hot food,packaged beer & liquor and li...
After a small misadventure in the morning, followed by a great fish, eggs, potatoes and toast breakfast aboard the purse seiner, Liahona. We are headed for the village of Hoonah where there is a cruise ship terminal.
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Finally, after several weeks of work and a couple of trial runs, that did not work out so well, Karl and me have left Shelter Bay Marina with my sister on bord. And this time for real. There is no coming back :).
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Departing Tenakee Springs for Whitestone Harbor where the purse seine fishing fleet is busy transferring their catch to tenders and taking on supplies.
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My sister arrived from Germany and we spent another week in Shelter Bay preparing to finally leave the marina. My big shipment from Baotoon arrived, jey, we had to mount a couple of things and fix a dinghi that someone had given to me so we can get to land...
Part 1 of a guided tour of the cabin of Don and D's Dickerson 41 cruising sailboat 'Southern Cross.'
We look at Southern Cross' beautiful dragon carving, the galley, massive storage lockers, structural members of the wood hull, custom salon table, sea be...
My sister is going to come next week so it is time to get back to work and get rid of some more mold inside the living room. I had to replace some of the old wood and to treat the wood that I wanted to keep to get rid of the mold.
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Leaving Angoon. Almost as much fun as arriving.
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Installation of a Lewmar V3 anchor windlass.
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Join us for a sailing odyssey around the islands of the Eastern Caribbean! Originally produced in 2009, we have re-mastered this series in HD and with new music for your further enjoyment!
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After a positive trial run with KARL, it is time to untie the lines by myself for the first time. So I leave Shelter Bay, all excited about my first solo trip. The weather looks good and KARL's engine is running...but then another adventure is coming up fo...
Darting through the seine fleet and surfing through the rapids into Angoon. The camera fails at the wrong moment but you can catch a glimpse of whitewater in the opening shot.
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Perfect sailing in the bluest water on the planet! This video footage shows the highlights of several cruises through these jewel-like islands of the Bahamas aboard the Southerly 42, Distant Shores.
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A guided tour of the exterior hull of Don and D's Dickerson 41 cruising sailboat 'Southern Cross.' Southern Cross is a 41 foot long, full keel wooden sailboat designed by Ernest Tucker. She was built by Dickerson Boatbuilders in Maryland in 1974, and her ...
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