Inside Passage Stats

[palle]

Curt, thanks for letting me know the D3 maintenance is 200 hrs. That is really good so I’ll make sure when we go on our 150-200 hrs trip next year to get that out of the way before the trip.
Thanks, Palle

 

[baz]

Palle: It's 200 hrs or 12 months, whichever comes first.

 

[Red Raven]

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BTW... I noticed you allowed downloads of your iCloud shared photos..... I grabbed a few and hope that's OK with you as they serve as a great memory of your trip.

Sure take what you want! Not a problem.

Curt

 

[Maggie Anne]

Thanks for sharing the details and great pictures. We're planning a similar trip in 2020. How did you find the anchoring situation at Anan Creek? I've heard it can be difficult.

 

[Burlington]

Thankyou so much for sharing. Great photos and details! We are planning the same trip next year.
Will you be attending the 2019 factory rendezvous next week in Roche Harbour?

Nicola and Scott Hayzelden
29S Ranger

 

[Red Raven]

Thanks for sharing the details and great pictures. We're planning a similar trip in 2020. How did you find the anchoring situation at Anan Creek? I've heard it can be difficult.

Good question. We did not anchor our boats at Anan Creek in response the the challenges we had read about. Our buddy boat had a large tender (I refer to it as a tender instead of a dinghy since it has 40 hp outboard!) such that we could anchor the big boats several miles away in Fools Inlet and then take the tender over. Even then it is a challenge as there is no dinghy dock, only a tiny beach landing (so small we had a hard time finding it...Look for the X sign on the tree on the shore) surrounded by a very rocky shore on both sides of the beach. We left the tender on the beach with a long line up to shore. When we returned the tide had come in and wind had picked up causing the tender to be up against the rocks. Fortunately it is an inflatable RIB and suffered no damage other than the depth sounder mount. If I were to do it again I would use an anchor buddy (essentially a 50 foot bungee cord for your tender anchor line) to keep the tender off the shore yet still retrievable from shore. I actually had one for our dinghy but didn’t bring it on our friends tender that day! If you row a small dinghy in you could carry it up the beach.

While we did not anchor the big boats in front of the creek we saw two who did. One kept a person on board on anchor watch. The other was a very experienced sailboat couple who were in their 9th year of sailing around the world! They left the sailboat out there without a watch but I can only assume they are very confident in their ground tackle and anchoring skills! If we had anchored the tug there we would have left someone aboard on watch. There really is no protection as there is really not much of a bay or cove at all just a sandy shoal from the creek outfall. I’m sure in settled conditions it would not be a problem but in the chop that was there when we left I would have been concerned.

Here two photos I took looking back into the bay from the creek trail. One photo shows our tender against the rocks and the other shows the world travelers sailboat at anchor. The beach where you come ashore is around the corner to the right and not shown. In any case it may give you a better feel for the challenge.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0OikqjGq6E072Iwi-ei4aFd5g#Tongass_National_Forest

If the link doesn’t work I will upload them to Tugnuts for you.

Curt

 

[Red Raven]

Thankyou so much for sharing. Great photos and details! We are planning the same trip next year.
Will you be attending the 2019 factory rendezvous next week in Roche Harbour?

Nicola and Scott Hayzelden
29S Ranger

Hi Nicola and Scott,

Yes, we will be there. Feel free to stop by Red Raven and say hi.

Curt and Tracy