Blunden Harbour to Allison Harbour
Yesterday, while I was napping and David was working on the
boat deck, a couple became stranded in their tender when their battery died.
David saw arms waving trying to get his attention, and he jumped into action.
He towed them back to their “mother ship”, Tranquility, and was invited back
for a drink.
He woke me up and relayed the rescue story. How could I have
slept through our skiff’s engine noise just outside our stateroom window? What
eventually lured me out of bed was the promise of a mama bear and cubs sighting
on shore near the Tranquility. David had seen Mama and the owners of the
Tranquility had seen the cubs. By the time we got to the site, it was
bear-less. We hopped aboard Tranquility to a hero’s welcome. The stranded
couple were so very grateful, and their friends were equally relieved that
their tender and friends were no longer AWOL.
Our four new acquaintances were delightful company. They are former Washingtonians who recently
moved to Montana. Rick and Pat, Tranquility’s owners, keep their boat in Wrangle,
Alaska and during the winter have it shrink wrapped. They try to cruise four
months a year. Both couples were very familiar with boating in Alaska, and they
shared some valuable insights.
Tranquility's Crew
We checked our crab pots on our way back to the Belle and
found six crabs in each pot, five of which were keepers! It was already 7:30 pm so the crab could not
be prepared in time for our anniversary dinner. Darn! We left our pots down overnight but this
morning found only one female and a starfish.
We toasted each other last night celebrating our four
decades together and remarked how neither of us ever dreamed all those many
years ago that we would ever own an old fishing boat, much less, forty years
later, be braving the seas on our way to an Alaskan adventure!
After rechecking weather conditions this morning, David
suggested we take off for Allison Harbour today instead of tomorrow. According
to the most recent available weather reports, it looks like rounding Cape
Caution in the open waters will be best done tomorrow not Wednesday as previously
thought. We hauled anchor and headed out around 9:00 am.
It took two hours of “rocking horse” action and side to side
rolling before reaching our destination. At one point, we heard a loud “thump”
and once settled, discovered that one of our galley windows had slid down with
such force that the glass cracked. Drat!
Allison Harbour is a
sweet hide out. It is perfectly tucked away for great protection. It is also
“advertised” as a great crabbing spot. Just our kind of place.
Crab dinner tonight!
What kind of crabs???
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