Funter Bay is only about five miles from Barlow Cove, but by
water the distance is more like 18 miles. I got a lazy start from Barlow Cove.
The weather was overcast and breezy.
Soon after departing Barlow Cove I rounded Point Retreat. A
lighthouse still operates at Point Retreat. Mountains tower behind the
lighthouse. It’s quite scenic.
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| Point Retreat |
After rounding Point Retreat conditions got choppier. The
breeze was blowing about 15 knots from the south, and I was going right into
the chop. The conditions weren’t uncomfortable, but they were just rough enough
to get a thin layer of salt spray on the windows.
Funter Bay is on the west side of Mansfield Peninsula on
Admiralty Island. It has several anchorages and a public float. I opted to
anchor in Coot Cove. The first time I dropped the anchor, in about 50 feet of
water, I couldn’t get it to set. After dragging it half way across the bay I
hauled it up and found a big ball of kelp. I tried again in about 70 feet of
water and the anchor set immediately on 3:1 scope.
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| Public dock in Funter Bay |
The number of houses in Funter Bay surprised me. Perhaps
two-dozen lined the cove.
Apparently a cannery once operated in Funter Bay, and during
World War II the cannery was utilized as an Aleut internment camp. I explored
the bay by dinghy and could only find a few collapsing buildings, not the
cannery itself. Kind of haunting to know this past, though...
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| What was this building? |
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| Or this one? |
17.86 nm today
1862.82 nm total
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