Position N 52 d 18.970
E 172 d 36.477
Kind of foggy today so though we are supposedly in sight of the Near Islands we can not see them. I fired up the radar and it also was having problems seeing them at the 36 nautical mile range but as we got closer at about 30 miles we were able to see both Agattu and Attu. We will put Agattu on starboard and Attu to port. We are heading up to Chichagof Harbor on the north side of Attu, as we would be arriving Casco Bay on the south east side in the middle of the dark. This is not so well protected but more popular as we have just discovered there is a US Coast Guard Loran station manned here with about twenty guys. So the boats in front of us are heading here. It is a pretty tight area and finding an anchoring spot in the dark after 12 days at sea seems too troublesome.
The seas are flat calm today with just a small residual swell coming in. We expect to arrive just after 0100 JST in the morning. Which is ok because that is when first light happens. We can anchor, finally turn on a heater, have a celebratory drink, and still get to sleep.
We hope to stay here a few days, fix our steering and explore. Then we think we will head on towards Kishka with a weather window. Probably about a week's time.
E 172 d 36.477
Kind of foggy today so though we are supposedly in sight of the Near Islands we can not see them. I fired up the radar and it also was having problems seeing them at the 36 nautical mile range but as we got closer at about 30 miles we were able to see both Agattu and Attu. We will put Agattu on starboard and Attu to port. We are heading up to Chichagof Harbor on the north side of Attu, as we would be arriving Casco Bay on the south east side in the middle of the dark. This is not so well protected but more popular as we have just discovered there is a US Coast Guard Loran station manned here with about twenty guys. So the boats in front of us are heading here. It is a pretty tight area and finding an anchoring spot in the dark after 12 days at sea seems too troublesome.
The seas are flat calm today with just a small residual swell coming in. We expect to arrive just after 0100 JST in the morning. Which is ok because that is when first light happens. We can anchor, finally turn on a heater, have a celebratory drink, and still get to sleep.
We hope to stay here a few days, fix our steering and explore. Then we think we will head on towards Kishka with a weather window. Probably about a week's time.
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