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Ship's Log (Current news)
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Recently
we decided to begin including notes about our activities, plans and
events happening in, on, or about Mad Dog Voyager. This isn't going to
be a daily entry, logging everything we do, but if something interesting
is planned or happens, this will be entered in this log.
Web updates:
The latest updates are now listed here!
Latest entries:
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Date: Dec 12, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
Thanks to everyone for all your emails. It is nice to hear from you and
to know that you are enjoying our website, images and all the work that
goes in to it. We are receiving your emails, however due to the number
of emails received and our limited availability of internet connection
we are not able to respond to everyone. We appreciate you writing and
read every email sent to us – keep them coming!
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Date: Oct 22, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
Unfortunately the weather has turned for the worst and we are forced to
stay in
Bartlett Cove another day. The forecast is for Southerly winds 25 -
35 kts with gusts up to 45 kts and we watched as the barometer dropped
from 1015 to 990 millibars overnight
In order to get into Glacier Bay from Bartlett Cove we need to head
south from Bartlett Cove, round the corner, turn to the north and pass
through the Sitakaday Narrows, which have a maximum tidal flow of almost
8 kts. Due to the timing of the tides we would have to head South from
Bartlett Cove traveling with the tide but against the wind (the wind
here generates both wind waves and large swells). We have already seen
that this combination of tide and wind creates some pretty turbulent
waters within Bartlett Cove.
Once we reach the outer edge of Bartlett Cove, we would round the corner
and turn North into the Bay. Now we would be faced with an outgoing tide
but have the wind at our backs. With the wind and swell coming from
behind us, and a strong tidal flow hitting us head on, it would be a
pretty uncomfortable and bumpy ride. As we are not in any rush, we'll
just wait it out in Bartlett Cove another day and see how the weather
turns.
Once back in Glacier Bay, we have planned to go deeper into the more
remote areas of Glacier Bay, we want to get some photos of the only
animals we haven't seen yet - wolves. There are supposed to be several
large groups of wolves in the Bay and they would be the icing on our
photographic cake.
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Date: October 20, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
We are planning to pick up additional propane, gasoline (for the
Yamaha generator), top up the diesel tank and pick up a few extra
groceries. A couple of days ago we took out the
folding bikes and rode them the 9 miles / 15 km into the beautiful
town of Gustavus, Alaska. Visually it was a wonderful trip (a nice road
through dense forest) but we weren't looking forward to doing it with 3
propane bottles and 4 jerry cans (5 gal / 20 l each) of gasoline.
Since riding into Gustavus we've met many nice, friendly people (as well
as reacquainting with people we met previously). Twice we've been
offered vehicles to do our running around. This has been great! We were
able to get our propane, fuel and groceries without exhausting ourselves
in the process.
Gustavus is a small "town" (more of a collection of 450 people living in
the same area), and the people we have interacted with so far have all
been very friendly and helpful.
Thanks to our new friends: Kate & Fritz, Bill & Marilyn, Bruce,
Vince and many more kind folks in Gustavus.
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Date: October 19, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
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