I woke up at 4:30, checked the weather, started up the
engine and got unplugged and untied from the dock by 4:45. A heavy misty was falling, limiting
visibility to a little over a mile as I headed north in Tongass Narrows. Soon after departing I passed a 950 foot
Carnival cruise liner traveling in the opposite direction…thankfully, this
Carnival ship was navigating more safely than its Italian fleet mate, the Costa
Concordia.
By 6:00 I was entering Clarence Strait, where I’d be for the
next 5 hours or so. Seas were mild,
about 1-2 feet, running on my beam initially and then from astern. Another cruiser had told me that Meyers Chuck
is an interesting village wroth a visit, but I passed it around noon and opted
to continue towards an anchorage at the south end of Zimovia Strait called
Thoms Place.
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| The clouds lifted somewhat in Clarence Strait |
Soon after passing Meyers Chuck, I made the turn into Ernest
Sound. A whale surfaced about a hundred
yards in front of me and I cut the engine and watched it for a few
minutes. No breaching or slapping of the
tail, but fun to watch nonetheless.
Another four hours or so through mostly glassy Ernest Sound
brought me to Thoms Place, a large, scenic bay that is an unimproved state
park. A crabber was working in the bay
when I arrived, but he soon departed.
The sun peaked out and I paddled around in the kayak for a few
hours. No wildlife to speak of, but the
scenery was great.
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| Thoms Place |
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| Thoms Place |
60 nm today and 861 total
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