We arrived here at sunset last night (10 pm) and tied up to the float. Throughout Alaska there are Community Floats and Docks, paid for through fishing license fees and taxes, that are available to boaters for free. There are generally no facilities but the docks are well placed and very solid. Swanson Harbor has two floats and each float already had one boat moored. We chose the dock that the light wind was blowing against – making our arrival very easy. The owner of the other boat on the dock came out to catch our line, making it even easier.
We departed Swanson Harbor into the confluence of Icy and
Chatham Straits in seas that were 1-2 feet.
The tides this week are making our voyage a bit more difficult. We fought the tide all day sometimes doing as
little as 4.25 knots (I can walk faster than that but not on water!). The seas were occasionally lumpy but not
uncomfortable.
Arrived in Taku Harbor in the late afternoon after almost 12
hours of fighting the current. We were
the only boat tied to the main dock.
Since it was raining and the wind was still blowing, we settled in with
a glass of wine and a book. The nearby
float was nearly full with a fishing boat, sailing vessel and a small
run-about. While it looked like this
float was further out of the wind we decided to stay on the main dock. Spent a windy night with lots of noise from
water lapping at the hull but no concern of pulling an anchor. When we stayed here with John, we saw a brown
bear on shore but not this time. Any
smart bear would be sleeping where it was dry!
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