Saturday, June 24th Time: 1130 local (2000 UTC)
Position: 59’36 N 151’25 W
Docked Homer, AK . Days run: 226 miles (noon – 1130)
Weather: Sunny Wind: 3-5 kts out of 200’T
News:
Timoneer arrived in Homer at 1130 Saturday morning completing the 2250
mile trip from San Diego in exactly 9 days with an average speed of
10.42 knots. We made landfall at 2115 Friday evening sighting Afonak
Island as we approached the Stevenson entrance to Cook Inlet. Shortly
after Jeff came on watch at 2200 we sighted a pod of whales 200 yards
off the port side towards Kodiak Island. Due to some concern over the
depth entering Homer’s harbor, caused by silting from the 20ft tidal
range. The Harbor Master suggested we enter the harbor at least 2
hours after low tide at 0836 Saturday. Given that we were running a
bit ahead of schedule and the weather was perfect, we decided to stop
the boat and try our luck at catching some Halibut. Using some squid
we had from the Baja cruise as bait. Penny, Bevan and I landed 4
Halibut between 15-25 lbs each in less than 45 minutes! Back under
way we cruised up Cook Inlet admiring its snow covered peaks and
steaming volcano on the horizon. At 1100 the harbormaster met us off
Homer Spit in his work boat and guided us through the entrance to our
slip on “B” dock.
John