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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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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Juneau's Auke Bay was a real free-for-all
Juneau was the terminus of the Waggoner Alaska Flotilla this year. Several members of the group peeled off in Ketchikan, but several...
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Dishy has arrived on scene
Just as I was whining about no data service in the remote reaches of BC and Alaska, STARLINK announced their RV kit option for RVs and...
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Connectivy sucks on the water, and in the marinas
If you're wondering why the long delay with no updates, its 7 parts lack of connectivity and 3 parts scenic distraction. On Ciamar, we...
Jun 11, 20221 min read
The cell phone texts provided a transcript
Below are all (i hope) of the pictures that the group texted to each other along the way in our group chat. Most often, we had no cell...
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This anchorage was surrounded in snow bowl bling
In Pybus Bay lies Cannery Cove, the former site of a cannery that is now privately owned resort and homesite. I also had perfect weather...
Jun 11, 20221 min read
Petersburg and its LaConte Glacier is a Richter 10 must-see
We initially thought that Petersburg would be another touch and go layover with an early morning departure. But, we extended to a two...
Jun 11, 20221 min read
Wrangall, where you can drink and do laundry while eating pizza
We didn't really notice the lack of service at Alaska marina's in Ketchican, but we sure did in Wrangall. Our group got split between...
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Weather gods look kindly upon us with Ketichikan in our sights
Our crossing of the Dixon Entrance was epic, in that, we had light winds and flat sea the entire time. Consulting the weather forecasts...
Jun 11, 20222 min read
Landed in Prince Rupert after our first / only bought with fog
We had our first fog in the morning on our way up to Prince Rupert. Fortunately, visibility slowly lifted through the morning and we...
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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