Recent content by Kawini

I’m surprised that Cabbage Island is a point of entry. That said, it’s a great place to tie up to one of the mooring balls. Especially, if you like to hike, the hiking on Cabbage and nearby Tumbo Islands is incredible. A couple of cautions: this can be a really rolly-polly anchorage during...

I have used NEXUS pretty frequently over the last couple of years crossing between the US and Canada when only the two of us - both NEXUS card holders - are on board. It is useful in both directions, but more useful entering the US from Canada. When you are entering Canada, you call the...

Harold and John - Thanks so much for the information. We’re really looking forward to cruising this new-to-us area. Cheers! Steve

Gardner Canal Hrifraf- I plan on spending 7-10 days in Gardner Canal this May on the way to Alaska. I’ve never been before, and I’m very excited to get to the end of the road in Kitlope. Do you have any advice on “must-do’s” in the Gardner Canal area? Also, which of the hot springs in the...

Sometimes, when we arrive into new anchorages in Alaska, we are not confident or satisfied with the bottom mapping we see in our navigation software and the other charts that we have available to us. Whether we are concerned by recent shoaling or possible uncharted rocks, we want to create our...

Sometimes, when we arrive into new anchorages in Alaska, we are not confident or satisfied with the bottom mapping we see in our navigation software and the other charts that we have available to us. Whether we are concerned by recent shoaling or possible uncharted rocks, we want to create our...

**************** +++ 100 on this comment. Distances in Alaska can be waaaaaay longer than a “normal” run in the San Juans or Gulf Islands. Not that it is absolutely necessary for safety reasons, but we often found ourselves running 10+ hours on many days in Alaska. This is one of the...

During the pandemic, we moved our boat - which is normally moored in BC - to Alaska. After a couple months of cruising around SE Alaska last summer, we decided to get a permanent slip in Petersburg. Petersburg has some great advantages as a SE Alaska base. It is centrally located to all of...

If you have the financial resources to go for it now and your preferred boat is rare on the market, I’d say you have no choice to buy the first well maintained and fairly priced (given current market conditions) example that you find. It might be years before you see another one. As an...

That’s not unrealistic. There are quite a few people who maintain their boats in Alaska, and who are out of port for months at a time during the summer. In Petersburg, you can often get a space vacated by a resident boat that is out cruising.

For reasons having to do with the pandemic, we relocated High Slack to Petersburg last spring. We loved everything about Petersburg, the harbor, and the nearby cruising areas. The only downside is that flights between the Lower 48 and Petersburg can be inconvenient (often requiring an...

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be entering Canada on a southbound trip from Alaska. For those who have recently made this border crossing with a dog, was any proof of vaccination required? ?

By all means, look at maintenance logs, oil sample analysis history, and engine survey results. If all checks out well, those 3,000 hours are an insignificant fraction of the QSM11’s effective life. —> https://www.sbmar.com/articles/the-cummins-qsm11-marine-engine-story/ I would not worry...

Petersburg, Alaska —> Bulk purchases of Diesel #1 (50 gallons or more) are leaving the pump at $2.46/gallon.

Petersburg, Alaska —> Bulk purchases of Diesel #1 (50 gallons or more) are leaving the pump at $2.46/gallon.