Jerry and I (along with our trusty ‘boat dog’ Misty) arrived in Petersburg on May 7th. Lee and Diane from Sonata and Susie (and Dan) from Pacifica also came in that day. Lee and Ellen from invited all of us for dinner. It was great to see everyone again. We all exchanged our winter woes and plans for the summer. Sonata is also going to be heading south to Washington late this summer. In fact, Lee is putting Sonata up for sale at a fantastic price (62 ft. steel trawler with a skiff and dinghy and all the bells and whistles an engineer can think of to put on a boat).
Once again we were in time for the annual Petersburg Viking Festival. The day of the parade was beautiful and sunny all day………..the Vikings and Valkyrees were out in force and everyone seemed to have a great time.
Finally we got the boat all clean and the gear checked out, stocked up on groceries and headed for Sitka. We stopped at Red Bluff Bay……… That has got to be the most protected and beautiful bay anywhere. Next we spent the night at . We put out 2 crab pots last night and nice big Dungeness were waiting for us this morning…………..can’t wait for dinner.
We took a little detour today out in the ocean from so Jerry could get his fishing line wet. There were several boats trolling through the rollers but we did not see anyone catch anything today. We turned south to continue on closer to Sitka and found a nice quiet cove for the night.
ARRIVED IN SITKA
We got here pretty early today and took a slip at Eliason Harbor. We contacted Skookum Canvas Works and Donna will be here tomorrow to install the canvas on the cockpit (aft) of the boat. We took a long walk and ordered some Chinese food for dinner.
Well it took more time than we thought but Donna finally finished the canvas and strataglass and what a difference it made. We feel like we have gained another room. We were immediately able to open the door and enjoy the warmth. Warmth you say, yes warmth…..the weather for the last three days has been in the mid 70s SUNNY all day.
The locals are loving this weather, talking about going to the beach (and yes they get in the water – 50 degree water) and with a Holiday Weekend, the Salmon Derby and 4 cruise ships in town………….things are really hopping in Sitka.
We left the harbor this morning Friday the 28th for the ‘haul out’. We are now high and dry. We are having the zincs on the bottom of the boat replaced and the bottom painted. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the bottom was still in really good shape – I guess the cold water is not as hard on the boat bottoms here.
We are planning on renting a car and seeing more of the sights of Sitka this weekend.
Well we didn’t rent a car but waxed the boat instead……………it looks like new! We were put back in the water on Saturday afternoon and headed for a small cove for the evening and night. Sunday, May 30th Jerry tried his hand at fishing while I did the trolling. I say lots of fish on the fish sounder but he decided just to feed them instead.
Back in Sitka we got a car and went for a drive south of town until the road turned to gravel and finally ended in Silver Bay. We drove up the mountain to Blue Lake which is damned and used for electricity but we could not see much because of the shape of the mountains and the lake itself.
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