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Alaska
1000 Cruiser Navigation Contest
Hi
all
Here
are the standings as of today for the top 5:
1
Bob
Johnson & George Gregg on Noble – Poulsbo YC
2
Bob
Gautschi on Sirena – Airport YC ,
Richmond
BC
3
Chuck
Silvernail on Solmar –
Bremerton
YC
4
Mike
Henry
on Peachy Kean –
Bremerton
YC
5
Owen
Ritter on Outbound –
Bremerton
YC
It
was another sunny day in
Sitka
, warmer than yesterday. The Tillie braved the 5’
swells on the outside of Viscarti Rocks just south of
the volcano Mt Edgecomb to catch the low slack & try
for some king salmon and/or halibut. Caught a couple of
small halibut and a bunch of rockfish but no salmon, at
least we will eat fish! Several of the group charted
commercial guide boats and they did get some nice kings
to 30 pounds.
Several
boats also left today to work their way through the
narrows and fish along the way.
A
number of the boats in
Thomson
Harbor
had a pleasant visit from the chamber of commerce
director, Sheila. We were out fishing but she did wish
us all the best.
We
also had several visits with a QCYC member, John
Cleaver, who has his commercial troller “
Deep
Sea
” moored across the dock from us. John has fished
these waters for 35 years and had a few tips for us
newbies on where and when to hook up some kings.
Unfortunately his advice didn’t help today. John’s
Brother has the ‘Wildlife” which is moored on the
end of dock 1 at QCYC.
We
had another visit from a member of Olympia Yacht Club,
Greg(?) Kluh. He was here on an annual fishing trip but
had read about the
Alaska
1000 in boating magazines. He presently owns a
“classic” which his dad used for PLR decades ago. He
searched around the docks until he spotted the familiar
burgees and stopped by to say hello.
Tomorrow
is a travel day with anchorage in Appleton Cove in
preparation for race leg 12 on Wednesday, in Peril
Straits. Then overnight at Tenakee Hot Springs. Thursday
will be another travel day up
Chatham
Strait
to
Funter
Bay
. The final 2 race legs will be on Friday with a noon
arrival in full dress regalia and flags in
Juneau
.
I
will report next from
Juneau
, unless I get internet coverage in between.
Thanks
Bob
Robert
W. (Bob) Lindal; Lindal Cedar Homes
Inc., 206-892-1234
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