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Musings on the Luxury Private Yacht Charter Experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
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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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Toba was a total change of pace -- With a Great Waterfall!
The Toba Wilderness harbormaster suggested we head up further and take in the waterfall before we came in to dock. I thought it was...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Morgan's Landing is now Fisherman's Landing, with awesome docks
Fisherman’s Landing, formerly known as Morgan’s Landing, is passed just as you approach Dent Island. I had heard the story that the new...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Live like a Nordstrom at Dent Island Lodge
Dent Island Lodge is a wonderful, boutique island resort like none other that I saw on this trip. Formerly the Nordstrom family getaway,...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Do Not Miss Out on the dinner at Blind Channel
Blind Channel was a repeat visit while southbound that we were eagerly awaiting. The dinner there on the way north was fantastic, and...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Sullivan Bay floating home enclave with a 1 Hole Golf Course?
After another pre-dawn, fogged-in departure, we had a nice (long) cruise to Port McNeil, interrupted only by a couple hours of getting...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Surfing at N 51° 39’ ! And other reasons to visit Pruth Bay
This time, I got to go ashore and visit the Hakai Institute property at Pruth Bay, and walk across the island to the beach side, together...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Hey! A fishing lodge popped up in that cove! Hakai Lodge.
On our way into Pruth Bay, we took the Maey Inlet and laid eyes for the first time on the Hakai Lodge. It was not there just yet early in...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Shearwater Tip -- Confirm they spell the name right when you book
We left Butedale and steamed to Shearwater for the night before running down to Pruth Bay to setup for the southbound Cape Caution...
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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
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