We woke up to another beautiful day. Blue sky with wispy
clouds on the mountains around Red Bluff. I hadn’t flown the drone yesterday,
so I flew it this morning.
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| Aerial in Red Bluff Bay |
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| Looking towards the head of Red Bluff Bay, boat at the bottom of the photo |
Today we’re heading through Rocky Pass. Taking Rocky Pass
instead of Wrangell Narrows saves us a bunch of miles. Rocky Pass sounds
intimidating, but it’s really not bad. Just get to the middle (The Summit and
Devil’s Elbow) around high water. The whole route is well charted and well
marked.
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| Leaving Red Bluff Bay |
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| Mountains on Baranof Island |
Chatham Strait was nice and calm and we had an easy trip
across. We were running well ahead of schedule, so I throttled back to 1000
rpms and we cruised slowly through the islands to the north of Rocky Pass. Even
going slowly, we arrived at The Summit over an hour before high water. We went
through anyway. Plenty of depth and only a few knots of current. Devil’s Elbow
was easy too, although a few of the nav aids were missing.
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| A typical scene in Rocky Pass |
Just a few miles after Devils Elbow we pulled off to the
side of Rocky Pass and dropped the hook. One of the nice things about boating
in shallow, protected water is there are anchorages everywhere!
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| Anchorage for the night, looking south |
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| Beautiful evening! |
52.81 nm today
2364.05 nm total
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