With only 8 nautical miles to go today, I was in no rush to
leave. I woke up around 8:30 and headed
out promptly to avoid the couple knots of current on the nose I’d have later in
the day.
Conditions were foggy at first. 800 yards of visibility foggy. Radar is really nice to have in these kinds
of conditions, especially since fast jet boats cruise through the area at 30
knots taking people from Wrangell down to Anan for day trips.
Soon after arriving at Berg Bay, however, the sun came
out. Berg Bay is a spectacular
anchorage. Actually, I tied up to the
USFS float (it says for cabin users only, but there were no cabin users) since
my windlass is not working properly.
Something to figure out in Ketchikan.
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| Great views |
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| And more great views |
The cabin at the head of Berg Bay is probably the nicest I
have seen yet. It’d be a lovely place
for kayakers or boaters who don’t have inside sleeping arrangements. Reading through the guestbook I saw Bill and
El from Halcyon, perhaps the best travelled C-Dory in existence, had been here
a number of years ago.
I took a short walk along a boardwalk and thought about a
longer hike, but it was just too hot!
The longer trail looked like it required rubber boots, and that just
wouldn’t be comfortable for 8 miles in 70+ degree weather. A good problem to have!
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| Nice boardwalk through the woods |
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| The end of the trail |
So I went back to the boat and lounged on the USFS float for
the afternoon. Aside from a few bees, it
was perfect.
No other boats pulled in and I had the place all to myself,
just like every other anchorage for the last 8 days or so. Maybe most other boats have already started south?
7.3 nm today and 2,343.8 total
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