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17:00 August 11
We are finally underway again. We left Dutch Harbor at
ten this morning trying to time the tides right. We left through a lot of
whales like it was when we came in over three weeks ago. This time
however, we got a lot closer. We even got so close to one pod that one of
them began broaching. Four quick broaches in a row to let us know he was
there and he was big. While Mark was trying to steer us clear, Pauline
was trying to catch a pic. She got rather excited and instead of hitting
the snap but hit the off switch. So we only got the last broach on record
and it was a bit wimpy. But as we say hey at least we got a pic, how are
yours?
We should be out of the Aleutian Islands tomorrow. We hope to anchor up in Captain Harbor for tomorrow night. Today we will be pulling an overnighter to try and make up for lost time.
And for all of you who have been following, we have our inverter. We had to quick get another email out to West Marine who were refunding our card already. We hope in time, but if not it will get sorted out soon enough. We won't go into all of the stories but even the final day when we knew it was there they made us and the guys at Alaskan Marine Pilots jump through some extra hoops. So other than one lady at the post office we cannot say enough about how nice the people were to us in Dutch Harbor. Special thanks go out to Jay and Clay and the office manager at Alaskan Marine Pilots. Tony, the guy with the Harbormaster's office and Judy his wife who was so busy we never met but still managed to bake us some cakes and smoke us some salmon. Joey and his wife. And the list goes on.
Things to note in Captain Harbor, we should see our first bears. If not our next stop is Geographic Harbor which we have been guaranteed bears, up close and very personal! The trick is maneuvering the dinghy close enough but not too close. We have been warned these guys are incredibly fast and though they are concentrated on fattening up for the winter they can still get rambunctious.
We should be out of the Aleutian Islands tomorrow. We hope to anchor up in Captain Harbor for tomorrow night. Today we will be pulling an overnighter to try and make up for lost time.
And for all of you who have been following, we have our inverter. We had to quick get another email out to West Marine who were refunding our card already. We hope in time, but if not it will get sorted out soon enough. We won't go into all of the stories but even the final day when we knew it was there they made us and the guys at Alaskan Marine Pilots jump through some extra hoops. So other than one lady at the post office we cannot say enough about how nice the people were to us in Dutch Harbor. Special thanks go out to Jay and Clay and the office manager at Alaskan Marine Pilots. Tony, the guy with the Harbormaster's office and Judy his wife who was so busy we never met but still managed to bake us some cakes and smoke us some salmon. Joey and his wife. And the list goes on.
Things to note in Captain Harbor, we should see our first bears. If not our next stop is Geographic Harbor which we have been guaranteed bears, up close and very personal! The trick is maneuvering the dinghy close enough but not too close. We have been warned these guys are incredibly fast and though they are concentrated on fattening up for the winter they can still get rambunctious.
Great news and pleased to learn you finally received the inverter and are now back on your adventure.
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