Log Entry: Monday, June 28th, 1999

Echo Bay to Auke Bay (Juneau): 27.5 nm

Jane's log:

"Spotted some birdlife as we left Echo Cove - a few Brandt geese and breeding Pelagic cormorant (breeding because of the bold white spots on each flank) included.

"Motored down to Auke Bay, as we can't get into Juneau boat harbour (due to the bridge height).  We had a sea lion swim alongside for a while, and then saw a poor seal trying to protect his very large salmon (nearly larger than himself!) from the gulls.

"There were two humpbacks feeding just off the shore of Coghlan Island as we came into Auke Bay.  That and the wonderful view of Mendenhall Glacier made up for being so far out of town."

Auke Bay is the first boat harbour we've been to where you look for a slip just as if you were looking for a parking spot.  No one has a permanent spot: if you see something available, it's yours.  So, we wandered around for a bit, and finally made a perfect docking.  I say perfect, because I am still recovering from the nightmare docking experience at Skagway ...

John and Anne, from the Ted K, caught our lines for us.  We talked for a while, before we learned that their boat was a new Waterline trawler, that they had launched about a year earlier.  We realized that their boat must have been the one we were given a tour of when we went to the Waterline boatyard in February 1998!  A small world.  Even smaller: they know Gérard, of Shaitan, well, as he had a slip near theirs in Sidney last winter!

They also told us of another Amazon, a 48 or 50 footer, named Diva, which was cruising around hereabouts.  Her name is very bold on her sides; her foresail has a bright orange UV stripe.  So, we'll keep an eye out for her.