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Musings on the Luxury Private Yacht Charter Experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
We all have experienced ticketed dinner boat cruises and bay cruises on small Captained boats. That's a well known experience. But, what is far less visible to experience-seekers is what it's like and what's possible when a couple or small group ventures out privately on a luxury super yacht, with professional yacht crew to attend to one's every need.
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Will Butedale morph into Broadband Bay?
We departed Prince Rupert at 0200 in order to have the most favorable tide and wind conditions for our long run to Butedale. We also...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
We stayed in Prince Rupert long enough to find the local's After Hour Haunt
We had planned the timing of our arrival to Prince Rupert to align to when Patty needed to be online with video on, in a live multi-day...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Foggy Bay is more than a Dixon Entrance Rest Area
Even if Foggy Bay wasn’t such a great staging point for the Dixon Entrance southbound crossing, it would still be a cool stop. Given a...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Rudyerd Bay & Punchbowl were anything but a "nothing-burger"
On our approach into the mouth of Rudyerd Bay, it was was still earlier in the day and we had haze and a lifting fog which gave the first...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Eurika! We found the illusive Soda Springs at Ella Bay
Ella Bay is up Behm Canal, astride and to the west of New Eddystone Rock. On hearing that we were going to venture up the canal, the...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Ketchikan Is Worth a Second Visit
To spend some more quality time exploring Ketchikan, and to rest up for the long run into Behm Canal, we spent three nights at Doyon’s...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Eye candy
I thought it would be fun to pull together all the "yacht eye candy" shots from our trip, so far, into one place. Enjoy.
Jul 11, 20221 min read
"Alaska weather" returns
After a month or so of blessedly sunny, warm, calm weather in Alaska, we are now experiencing the return of "normal" weather here in...
Jul 10, 20221 min read
Whale tales on the cruise to Thorne Bay
The run south to Thorne Bay was, again, calm and easy. On our way, just as we approached Snow Passage inside Bushy Island, we got an...
Jul 10, 20222 min read
La Conte Glacier calving caught on video
I got super lucky to catch a sizable calving on video during my last visit to the glacier.
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Petersburg for the 4th
We wanted to see fireworks for the 4th of July, and what better place to do that than Petersburg where I could also re-visit La Conte...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Pybus Bay's Cannery Cove got a return visit
The view from this anchorage is spectacular. See my earlier post from here where I flew the drone too. This evening the cove was just...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Baranoff Warm Springs live up to their name
After a very long journey down the Chatham Strait, we anchored up at Warm Springs Bay on Baranoff Island. There are hot springs up at...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Elfin Cove, where your depth sounder better be working
Careful timing and a bow watch was needed to pick our way into (and out of) Elfin Cove at high tide with just 18" of water beneath our...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Dundas Bay, a bay with two arms
Most of Dundas Bay is inside the National Park, but you don't need a permit to enter. So we ventured up into the Bay and into the south...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Glacier Bay - Five glaciers in one day!
After steaming over from Hoonah in the wee hours of the morning, we cleared into the Glacier Bay Park and tied up at Bartlett Cove to...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Hang'in out in Hoonah
We had more days to kill before our Glacier Bay permit dates, so the obvious place to do that is Hoonah. We were in the small boat...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Swanson Harbour is a very well protected pull in for a rest
We needed a place to overnight on our way from Haines to Hoonah and chose Swanson Harbour. It has two floating public docks that are not...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Haines had more to it than meets the eye
We were already planning to stop in Haines, but decided to do two nights there after hearing good reports from another of the flotilla...
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Skagway or Skaguay?
We were advised that the trip up Lynn Canal can be a wind-wave / steep chop experience that tests one's commitment to visit Skagway and...
Jul 9, 20222 min read
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