After four days of rain in Juneau, it was finally time to start heading South again.

On Monday morning, 12 August, we woke to news of an event in Endicott Arm which had caused a tsunami wave and sent millions of tons of debris into the water, there were …

We picked up our friends Dave and Jean of Zarpe fame, in Juneau and returned to the Tracy Arm and surrounds spots we had just visited. This time we were seasoned travelers in this area.

North Sawyer Glacier was as impressive as the first time, and we man…

Fords Terror is a smallish fjord attached to Endicott Arm. The entrance is on a fairly sharp corner, relatively narrow at about 100ft (30m) wide. As soon as you have entered, there is a sharp right turn into the first section of the fjord. At low tide, t…

Cruising Alaska. Both hard and easy. 

The hard parts are having to be aware of the tides and how they affect the narrow passages between islands. Some passages are more narrow and daunting than others and there are very specific times to transit them. Ot…