Return to Petersburg June12

McDuff the cat is better than most alarm clocks.  At first light (4 am), he is ready for breakfast and makes his needs known.  Most mornings I put a bit of kibble in his bowl and go back to bed for an hour.  This morning, I get up and put on water for coffee.  We will use these early hours before the wind kicks-up to transit the rest of Stephen's Passage on the ebb tide.  We have 60 miles to go to reach Petersburg.  Today is whale day!  One whale rises just in front of the bow.

Firmly etched in our minds is our experience with tidal currents in Petersburg Harbor.  We need to time our arrival for slack water around 4 this afternoon.  This means we have time to anchor for lunch at Scow Bay.  

In Scow Bay we have cell phone reception and are able to access the internet - albeit with a very slow connection.  I am able to update the blog but the photos will have to wait.  At the appointed hour we backtrack 3 miles to Petersburg and contact the Harbor Master for a slip assignment.  We will be in the North Harbor with easy access to town.  Just across the dock is another Kadey Krogen albeit a bit bigger than ours (55 ft).  We meet Roger and Arlene who will be spending the summer in Alaska aboard Kama Hele Kai.

We depart this afternoon to transit the Wrangell Narrows in the reverse direction.  Again, slack water is our friend.