We were up early and underway by 6:15 a.m. Calm seas, light
winds, overcast…typical Alaska.
I called Customs when I was an hour out. A very nice woman
answered and then I abruptly had to hang up…whales! Several orcas were coming
our way and I needed to steer the boat around them.
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| Orcas welcoming us to Ketchikan |
A few minutes later I called back and spoke to the same
woman. She asked if I wanted to stop at the fuel dock on my way into town. I
did, so she sent a customs agent down to Anderes Oil to meet me. Very easy
process. The Customs agents here seem way friendlier than the guys in the lower
48.
Fueling was easy and quick. From Anacortes to Ketchikan I
ran the engine for 106.71 hours (generator for 9.6 hours), covered 758.59
nautical miles, and burned 218 gallons of diesel. I still had 152 gallons left
in the tanks.
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