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Report from Alaska
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Report from Alaska

July 20, 2010 | Author

Mrs G and friends, all octogenarians, arrived in Homer on the 9th July. Homer is a quaint little town on the Kenai Peninsula just south of Anchorage and is famous for it’s halibut fishing as well as salmon.

We left Homer next morning and headed across Kachemak Bay to Halibut Cove for a day before doing a night crossing to Hallo Bay on the Alaskan Peninsula to the west of Kodiak Island. Our following wind for the passage was not good for anchoring in Hallo, so we anchored in Kukak Bay with lots of protection and this is where we saw our first bears. This vast area is totally pristine with no one living there and lots of wildlife. We moved to Hidden Harbor further south which is really spectacular with a narrow passage (60 feet wide) to get in between high rock cliffs and swirling current. More bears at close quarters seen from the dinghy.

Geographic Bay, the next inlet down the coast gave us our best bear viewing yet, with over 30 bears in one day. We got very close with the dinghy to mothers with cubs digging for clams on the beach and we all took great photos. What a paradise!

The weather continued fine with sunshine and blue skies but right on cue the wind kicked in for a cracking sail across Shelikof Strait to Kodiak 30 miles away. We passed through Whale Passage with an 8 knot current behind us and saw several whales as well as a pod of Orcas on the other side which put on a show for us.

After a day in Kodiak town with still amazingly good weather we headed off for another overnighter to the Kenai Fjord National Park. This is a spectacular area on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula with snow capped mountains and rugged scenery. We stopped at most of the glaciers and even spent a night anchored a ¼ mile off Aialik Glacier, which is over a mile wide. The glacier put on a great show for us with huge lumps calving off and crashing into the sea.

The fishing also proved successful with a 110 pound (50kgs) halibut being caught from the stern of Timoneer.

Salmon has not been so successful as yet but we did catch two, one getting away at the last minute. The season is just starting so we are optimistic for future catches.

The weather finally broke on the last day but we were rewarded with a spectacular whale performance at the mouth of Resurrection Bay. The humpback whale was in a playful mood with lots of breaching and “finning”  very close to Timoneer. Again lots of photos and video taken.

We are now in Seward and the guests have flown home. The next team arrives on Thursday and we will take off to cruise Prince William Sound.

All in all it was a fantastic trip with great weather, enjoyed by all.

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