Planning for summer 2023

S.E. Alaska

Below are pictures of the paper maps that show our path from the mouth of the Columbia to Glacier Bay and then back. The route plan is below the maps. I know that we have too many places on the list  to see but sitting at home I don't know what to cut. If we get to 50% of the stops listed I think the plan will be a success.

The dates are for planning only, there are only two dates that are hard at this point. We have a friend flying in to spend time exploring with us. The weather and water conditions will dictate the schedule more than our desire to be at a given place. For instance, the schedule has us leaving Ilwaco headed for Westport on May3rd. Now do I expect that the tides to get over the Columbia bar, the ocean to lay down on May 3rd & 4th and daylight will all lineup because I put the plan in a spreadsheet last November, not likely. Last year the start of our trip was delayed by two weeks due to high water and debris flow.

RED dot = Headed north to Glacier Bay

GREEN dot = Headed South from Glacier Bay

BLUE dot = Glaciers

All mileages below are nautical miles (~ 15% longer than statute miles). A good estimate for travel speed is 8kn/hr for cruising. For the total miles listed below we will be running about 420 hours burning about 4 g/hr.

Date Route ST. Prov Miles Cum. Miles 1 Monday, May 1 St Helens to Cathlamet WA 44 44 2 Tuesday, May 2 Chathlamet to Ilwaco WA 35 79 3 Wednesday, May 3 Ilwaco to Westport WA 59 138 4 Thursday, May 4 Westport to Neah Bay WA 123 261 5 Friday, May 5 Contingency Day 0 261 6 Saturday, May 6 Neah Bay to Port Angeles WA 58 319 7 Sunday, May 7 Port Angeles to Friday Harbor WA 38 357 8 Monday, May 8 Friday Harbor to Roche Harbor WA 11 368 9 Tuesday, May 9 Roche Harbor to Silva Bay BC 47 415 10 Wednesday, May 10 Silva Bay to Pender Harbour BC 35 450 11 Thursday, May 11 Contingency Day 0 450 12 Friday, May 12 Pender Harbour to Squirrel Cove BC 49 499 13 Saturday, May 13 Squirrel Cove to Forward Harbour BC 51 550 14 Sunday, May 14 Forward Harbour to Port Harvey BC 26 576 15 Monday, May 15 Port Harvey to Pierre’s Echo Bay BC 35 611 16 Tuesday, May 16 Echo Bay to Blunden Harbour BC 35 646 17 Wednesday, May 17 Blunden Harbour to Fury Cove BC 50 696 18 Thursday, May 18 Contingency Day 0 696 19 Friday, May 19 Fury Cove to Pruth Bay BC 21 717 20 Saturday, May 20 Pruth Bay to Codville Lagoon BC 29 746 21 Sunday, May 21 Codville Lagoon to Ocean Falls BC 22 768 22 Monday, May 22 Ocean Falls to Shearwater BC 23 791 23 Tuesday, May 23 Shearwater to Rescue Bay BC 36 827 24 Wednesday, May 24 Rescue Bay to Windy Bay BC 26 853 25 Thursday, May 25 Windy Bay to Butedale BC 34 887 26 Friday, May 2 Butedale to Lowe Inlet BC 44 931 27 Saturday, May 27 Lowe Inlet to Kelp Passage BC 41 972 28 Sunday, May 28 Kelp Passage to Foggy Bay AK 66 1038 29 Monday, May 29 Foggy Bay to Ketchikan AK 37 1075 30 Tuesday, May 30 Ketchikan AK 0 1075 31 Wednesday, May 31 Ketchikan AK 0 1075 32 Thursday, June 1 Contingency Day 0 1075 33 Friday, June 2 Ketchikan to Kasaan AK 31 1106 34 Saturday, June 3 Kasaan to Meyers Chuck AK 35 1141 35 Sunday, June 4 Meyers Chuck to Thoms Place AK 29 1170 36 Monday, June 5 Thoms Place to Wrangell AK 26 1196 37 Tuesday, June 6 Wrangell AK 0 1196 38 Wednesday, June 7  Wrangell to Petersburg AK 40 1236 39 Thursday, June 8  Petersburg AK 0 1236 40 Friday, June 9 Petersburg and Le Conte Glacier AK 48 1284 41 Saturday, June 10 Petersburg to Portage Bay AK 24 1308 42 Sunday, June 11 Portage Bay to Pybus Bay AK 35 1343 43 Monday, June 12 Pybus Bay to Tracy Arm Cove AK 43 1386 44 Tuesday, June 13 Tracy arm Cove to Sawyer Glaciers AK 58 1444 45 Wednesday, June 14 Tracy Arm Cove to Dawes Glacier and Ford’s Terror AK 52 1496 46 Thursday, June 15 Ford’s Terror AK 0 1496 47 Friday, June 16 Ford’s Terror to Taku Harbor AK 45 1541 48 Saturday, June 17 Taku Harbor to Juneau AK 20 1561 49 Sunday, June 18 Juneau AK 0 1561 50 Monday, June 19 Juneau AK 0 1561 51 Tuesday, June 20 Juneau to Funter Bay AK 51 1612 52 Wednesday, June 21 Funter Bay to Hoonah AK 22 1634 53 Thursday, June 22 Hoonah to Glacier Bay(Bartlett Cove) 3-5 days AK 30 1664 54 Friday, June 23 Glacier Bay 3-5 days AK 1664 55 Saturday, June 24 Glacier Bay 3-5 days AK 1664 56 Sunday, June 25 Glacier Bay 3-5 days AK 1664 57 Monday, June 26 Glacier Bay 3-5 days AK 1664 58 Tuesday, June 27 Glacier Bay(Bartlett Cove) to Elfin Cove AK 24 1688 59 Wednesday, June 28 Elfin Cove to Hoonah AK 38 1726 60 Thursday, June 29 Hoonah to Pavlof Harbor AK 37 1763 61 Friday, June 30 Pavlof Harbor to Deep Bay AK 63 1826 62 Saturday, July 1 Deep Bay to Sitka AK 30 1856 63 Sunday, July 2 Sitka AK 0 1856 64 Monday, July 3 Sitka AK 0 1856 65 Tuesday, July 4 Sitka AK 0 1856 66 Wednesday, July 5 Sitka to Appleton Cove AK 50 1906 67 Thursday, July 6 Appleton Cove to Takatz Bay AK 36 1942 68 Friday, July 7 Takatz Bay to Warm Springs Bay AK 9 1951 69 Saturday, July 8 Warm Springs Bay to Red Bluff Bay AK 20 1971 70 Sunday, July 9 Red Bluff Bay to Bay of Pillars AK 30 2001 71 Monday, July 10 Bay of Pillars to Explorer Basin AK 14 2015 72 Tuesday, July 11 Explorer Basin to Egg Harbor AK 35 2050 73 Wednesday, July 12 Egg Harbor to Craig AK 54 2104 74 Thursday, July 13  Craig AK 0 2104 75 Friday, July 14 Contingency Day 0 2104 76 Saturday, July 15 Craig to Devilfish Bay AK 52 2156 77 Sunday, July 16 Devilfish Bay to Point Baker AK 33 2189 78 Monday, July 17 Point Baker to Exchange Cove AK 25 2214 79 Tuesday, July 18 Exchange Cove to Tolstoi Bay AK 43 2257 80 Wednesday, July 19 Tolstoi Bay to Ketchikan AK 35 2292 81 Thursday, July 20 Ketchikan AK 0 2292 82 Friday, July 21 Ketchikan to Foggy Bay AK 37 2329 83 Saturday, July 22 Foggy Bay to Prince Rupert BC 51 2380 84 Sunday, July 23 Prince Rupert to Captain Cove BC 37 2417 85 Monday, July 24 Contingency Day 0 2417 86 Tuesday, July 25 Captain Cove to Patterson Inlet BC 34 2451 87 Wednesday, July 26 Patterson Inlet to Penn Harbour BC 55 2506 88 Thursday, July 27 Penn Harbour to Meyers Narrows Cove BC 41 2547 89 Friday, July 28 Meyers Narrows Cove to Lambard Inlet BC 35 2582 90 Saturday, July 29 Lambard Inlet to Shearwater BC 21 2603 91 Sunday, July 30 Shearwater to Pruth Bay BC 41 2644 92 Monday, July 31 Pruth Bay to Skull Cove BC 50 2694 93 Tuesday, August 1 Skull Cove to Alert Bay BC 41 2735 94 Wednesday, August 2 Alert Bay to Port Neville BC 35 2770 95 Thursday, August 3 Contingency Day 0 2770 96 Friday, August 4 Port Neville to Frederick Arm BC 38 2808 97 Saturday, August 5 Frederick Arm to Von Donop Inlet BC 27 2835 98 Sunday, August 6 Von Donop Inlet to Campbell River BC 25 2860 99 Monday, August 7 Campbell River to Comax BC 33 2893 100 Tuesday, August 8 Comax to Nanaimo BC 53 2946 101 Wednesday, August 9 Nanaimo to Tod Inlet BC 44 2990 102 Thursday, August 10 Butchart Gardens BC 0 2990 103 Friday, August 11 Tod Inlet to Victoria BC 40 3030 104 Saturday, August 12 Victoria to Port Angeles WA 23 3053 105 Sunday, August 13 Port Angeles to Neah Bay WA 58 3111 106 Monday, August 14 Neah Bay to Astoria OR 170 3281 107 Tuesday, August 15 Astoria OR 0 3281 108 Wednesday, August 16 Astoria OR 0 3281 109 Thursday, August 17 Astoria to CRYA Dock OR 49 3330 110 Friday, August 18 St Helens OR 24 3354 111 Saturday, August 19 3354 112 Sunday, August 20 3354 113 Monday, August 21 3354 114 Tuesday, August 22 3354 115 Wednesday, August 23 3354 116 Thursday, August 24 3354 117 Friday, August 25 3354 118 Saturday, August 26 3354 119 Sunday, August 27 3354 120 Monday, August 28 3354 121 Tuesday, August 29 3354 122 Wednesday, August 30 3354 123 Thursday, August 31 3354 124 Friday, September 1 3354

Planning has entailed going through cruising guides, seminars, current atlases, tide tables and more websites than I can count.

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