Monday, October 17, 2016

Annie-Cat – In Memoriam

We had been expecting and dreading this day since this last rainy Memorial Day weekend in Petersburg when it became pretty apparent that our cat Annie was failing on account of kidney failure.  We visited the vet with the expectation that she would be euthanized that day.

2002-08-072xInstead, with the encouragement of the veterinarian, Dr Ken Hill, we started a program of subcutaneous infusion of Ringers Lactated Solution for hydration.  It made a dramatic improvement in Annie and she ably completed this seasons cruse.

But all along, we knew it was only postponing the inevitable.  Her weight continued to drop (our Bainbridge vet thought perhaps lymphoma was in play as well) and she was no longer tolerating the regular 2 to 4 minute subcutaneous infusions we tried to perform.

For any pet owner (or whatever the more current euphemism might be) there comes the time to recognize that additional care is not really increasing the quality of the pet’s life.  After 4-1/2 months of care since 2010-06-022xthat rainy weekend, we decided that Annie was failing rapidly and the best course was to euthanize her.

We had Annie (short for Annapurna) since she was a kitten over 14 years ago.  She accompanied us as one of two ship’s cat (Maggie was the other) on every significant cruise we did on our boats.  She was always affectionate, fastidious in her litter habits and had the world’s softest fur.  We’ll miss her very much.

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

Six Years of Alaska Cruising

We’ve made six cruises to Alaska since 2010, missing only 2012.  I thought it worthwhile to compile the data from our cruising log files into a more compact form.

Year
of Trip

Total
Days

NIghts
@Anchor

Nights
@Dock

Nights
@Buoy

Engine
Hours

Nautical Miles

2010

129

57

69

2

517.1

3221.3

2011

115

82

32

 

577.4

3465.3

2013

151

99

51

 

630.0

3666.9

2014

141

86

53

1

720.8

4052.0

2015

104

67

35

1

629.2

3580.1

2016

141

99

40

1

700.0

3978.7

Total

781

490

280

5

3,774.5

21,964.3

The very long table below shows the different places we’ve stayed and which year we stayed there.  The yellow highlight shows the year in which we first used that location.  The name is hyperlinked so as to bring up a map of the location.  For places we’ve visited more than once, the location plotted is an average of all of the visits and may not correspond to the actual location used in any one year. 

The ordering of the locations is generally from south to north and east to west.  Since the general direction of the Inside Passage is from the southeast to the northwest, this ordering shows the destinations in the fashion you’d likely visit them on an Alaskan cruise

Destination

'10

'11

'13

'14

'15

'16

Total

Poulsbo YC, Poulsbo

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Port Ludlow, Kitsap Peninsula

 

2

1

 

1

 

4

Cap Sante Marina, Anacortes

8

1

3

2

 

1

15

Hunter Bay, Lopez Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Echo Bay, Sucia Island

 

2

2

 

 

2

6

Deer Harbor Marina, Orcas Island

1

 

2

2

 

2

7

Garrison Bay, San Juan Island

 

1

 

 

 

1

2

Lyall Harbor, Saturna Island

 

 

1

 

1

 

2

Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island

 

 

3

 

1

 

4

Reid Harbor, Stuart Island

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

Montague N Harbor, Galliano Island

1

 

 

1

 

1

3

Tod Inlet, Vancouver Island

 

1

2

 

 

1

4

Salt Springs Marina, Ganges Harbour

1

1

1

 

 

1

4

Clam Bay, Penelakut Island

 

1

 

1

 

 

2

Silva Bay, Gabriola Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Nanaimo, Vancouver Island

2

 

 

 

 

 

2

Nanaimo YC, Vancouver Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Smuggler Cove, Sechelt Peninsula

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Garden Bay, Pender Harbor

 

 

2

2

2

 

6

Gerrans Bay, Pender Harbour

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

Ballet Bay, Malaspina Strait

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Prideaux Haven, Desolation Sound

1

2

 

1

1

3

8

Squirrel Cove, Cortes Island

 

 

2

 

1

 

3

Cortes Bay, Cortes Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Von Donop Inlet, Cortes Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Gorge Harbor, Cortes Island

 

1

1

1

 

 

3

Drew Harbor, Quadra Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Taku Marina, Quadra Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Owen Bay, Sonora Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Octopus Island Marine Park, Quadra Island

3

1

1

 

 

 

5

Campbell River, Vancouver Island

 

2

1

1

 

 

4

Thurston Bay, Sonora Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Shoal Bay, E Thurlow Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Cordero Lodge, Cordero Channel

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Blind Channel Resort, West Thurlow Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Port Neville, Johnstone Strait

 

1

 

 

1

1

3

Port Neville Dock, Johnstone Strait

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Tsakonu Cove, Knight Inlet

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Kwatsi Bay Marina, Tribune Channel

 

 

1

1

 

 

2

Port Harvey, E Cracroft Island

1

 

2

1

 

1

5

Lagoon Cove Marina, East Cracroft Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

NE Potts Lagoon, W Cracroft Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Pierre's at Echo Bay, Gilford Island

 

2

2

1

 

 

5

Shoal Harbor, Gilford Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Shawl Bay Marina, Broughton Archipelago

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Thief Island, Moore Bay

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Laura Cove, Broughton Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Sea Breeze Cove, Broughton Archipelago

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Waddington Bay, Bonwick Island

2

 

1

 

 

1

4

Mound Island, Broughton Archipelago

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Lady Boot Cove, Eden Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Joe Cove, Eden Island, Broughton Archipelago

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Berry Cove, Broughton Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Let Her Rip Cove, Eden Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Cullen Harbour, Broughton Island

 

1

3

4

 

 

8

Greenway Sound, Broughton Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Burly Bay, Mackenzie Sound

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Blair Islet Cove, McKenzie Sound

 

 

 

1

 

1

2

Steamboat Bay, Kenneth Passage

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Broughton Pt Cove, Broughton Island

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

Sullivan Bay, Broughton Archipelago

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Turnbull Cove, Broughton Archipelago

1

 

2

1

 

1

5

Napier Bay, N Broughton Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Claydon Bay, Broughton Archipelago

 

 

1

 

 

1

2

Carriden Bay, Broughton Archipelago

 

 

2

1

 

 

3

Jennis Bay, Drury Inlet

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Port McNeill, Vancouver Island

3

2

3

5

1

5

19

Blunden Harbor, Queen Charlotte Strait

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Port Hardy, Vancouver Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Allison Harbour, Queen Charlotte Strait

2

 

 

 

 

1

3

Dawsons Landing, Rivers Inlet

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Bitter End Cove, Fish Egg Inlet

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Oyster Bay, Fish Egg Inlet

 

 

 

1

 

1

2

Narrows Cove, Fish Egg Inlet

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Fury Cove, Penrose Island

 

 

1

1

1

1

4

Green Island, Fitzhugh Sound

 

1

 

 

 

1

2

Kwakume Inlet, Fitz Hugh Sound

 

1

1

1

 

 

3

Kisameet Cove, Fisher Channel

1

 

 

 

1

 

2

Goldstream Harbor, Hecate Island

 

 

 

1

1

 

2

Pruth Bay, Calvert Island

3

 

 

1

 

1

5

Ocean Falls, Cousins Inlet

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Bitter End, Roscoe Inlet

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Codville Lagoon, Fisher Channel

 

 

 

 

1

1

2

East Anchorage, Ellerslie Bay

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Troup Narrows, Troup Passage

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Discovery Cove, Cunningham Island

 

 

2

 

 

1

3

Shearwater Marina, Denny Island

2

 

 

 

 

1

3

Bob Bay, Hunter Channel

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Strom Bay, Seaforth Channel

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Wigham Cove, Yeo Island

 

 

1

 

 

1

2

Bottleneck Inlet, Roderick Island

2

1

1

2

1

 

7

Mary Cove, Finlayson Channel

 

1

 

 

1

 

2

Clothes Bay, Klemtu

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Meyers Narrows Cove, Swindle Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Alston Cove, Laredo Inlet

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Bay of Plenty, Laredo Inlet

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Khutze Inlet, Graham Reach

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Cameron Cove, Princess Royal Island

 

 

1

2

 

 

3

Coghlan Anchorage, Wright Sound

1

 

 

 

 

1

2

Hawk Bay, Fin Island

 

 

 

1

1

2

4

Dunn Passage, Campania Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Lowe Inlet, Grenville Channel

 

3

 

1

1

 

5

Roy Island Cove, Monckton Inlet

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

South Patterson Inlet, Pitt Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

North Patterson Inlet, Pitt Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Baker Inlet, Grenville Channel

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

Kumealon Inlet, Grenville Channel

 

 

1

 

1

 

2

Newcombe Harbor, Pitt Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Colby Bay, Banks Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Captains Cove, Pitt Island

 

 

1

1

 

 

2

Kelp Passage Cove, Porcher Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

PRRYC, Prince Rupert, BC

1

1

2

1

1

2

8

Pillsbury Cove - Prince Rupert

3

 

 

 

 

 

3

Hunt Inlet, Porcher Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Port Tongass Backup, Nakat Bay

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Port Tongass, Nakat Bay

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Brundige Inlet, Dundas Island

 

1

1

1

 

 

3

Foggy Bay, Revillagigedo Channel

1

 

 

1

2

2

6

Judd Harbor, Duke Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Gardner Bay, PoW Island

1

 

 

1

 

1

3

Nichols Bay, Prince of Wales I

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Hunter Bay, PoW Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Max Cove, Klakas Inlet, PoW Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Kassa Island Bay, PoW Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Mabel Bay, PoW Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Walker Cove, Misty Fjords NM

1

 

 

1

1

1

4

Punchbowl Cove, Misty Fjords NM

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Shoalwater Pass, Behm Canal

1

 

1

 

 

 

2

Fitzgibbon Cove, Behm Canal

 

2

2

2

2

2

10

Klu Bay, Revillagigedo Island

2

 

 

 

1

 

3

Fire Cove, Revillagigedo Island

2

2

 

 

 

 

4

Naha Bay, Revillagigedo Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ketchikan, Thomas Basin

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Ketchikan, City Floats

6

 

 

 

 

 

6

Deep Bay, Revillagigedo Island

 

 

 

 

2

1

3

Ketchikan, Bar Harbor

15

2

11

7

7

2

44

Yes Bay, Behm Canal

3

2

2

2

 

3

12

Santa Anna Inlet, Ernst Sound

1

 

1

1

 

 

3

Meyers Chuck, Cleveland Peninsula

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

Thorne Bay, PoW Island

1

2

 

 

 

 

3

Ratz Harbor, PoW Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Dunbar Inlet, Sukkwan Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Hydaburg, Pow Island

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

Shelikof Island Cove, PoW Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Craig, PoW Island

1

 

2

5

 

5

13

Sarkar Cove, PoW Island

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

Kaguk Cove, PoW Island

 

3

 

1

 

1

5

Salt Lake Bay, PoW Island

 

 

 

1

1

 

2

Cyrus Cove, Sea Otter Sound

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Port Real Marina, Baker Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Nagassy Cove, Esquibel Island

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

Port San Antonio, Baker Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Zimovia Strait Cove, Etolin Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Thoms Place, Wrangell Island

2

 

2

 

2

1

7

Madan Bay, Eastern Passage

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Wrangell, Reliance Harbor

2

6

1

 

4

 

13

Anita Cove, Etolin Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Ideal Cove, Mitkof Island

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

Ruth Island Cove, Thomas Bay

 

1

 

1

1

 

3

Petersburg, North Harbor

 

 

 

3

3

 

6

St John Harbor, Zarembo Island

 

3

 

1

 

 

4

Petersburg, South Harbor

2

1

6

 

1

6

16

Deception Point Cove, Woewodski Island

 

1

 

 

 

1

2

Exchange Cove, PoW Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Sarheen Cove, PoW Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Portage Bay, Kupreanof Island

 

3

 

 

 

 

3

Devilfish Bay, Kosciusko Island

 

 

 

 

2

 

2

Dry Pass Lagoon, El Cap Passage

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Divide Island, PoW Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Hole in the Wall, PoW Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Labouchere Bay, PoW Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Stedman Cove, Horseshoe Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Goose Bay, Port Camden, Kuiu Island

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

Shelter Cove, Tebenkof Bay, Kuiu Island

 

 

2

 

1

 

3

Petrof Bay, Tebenkof Bay

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Port Malmesbury, Kuiu Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Honey Dew Cove, Kuiu Island

 

1

 

1

1

1

4

Explorer Basin, Tebenkof Bay

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

Honey Dew Backup, Kuiu Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Bay of Pillars, Kuiu Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Rowan Bay, Kuiu Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Mud Hole, Port Malmesbury, Kuiu Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Gut Bay, South Cove, Baranof Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Gut Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Puffin Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Island

2

 

 

 

1

 

3

Reanne's Relief, Baranof Island

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Kristoi Basin, Baranof Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Still Harbor, Whale Bay

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Scow Bay, Beauchamp Island

 

1

1

1

 

 

3

Presidents Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Baidarka Cove, Rakoff Islands

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Samsing Cove, Baranof Island

1

1

1

1

 

1

5

Herring Bay, Elovoi Island

 

2

3

 

1

2

8

Read Island Cove, Farragut Bay

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

Sanborn Inlet, Port Houghton

 

2

 

 

1

 

3

Tracy Arm Cove, Stephens Passage

1

3

 

 

2

 

6

West Brother Cove, West Brother Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Good Island Nook, Admiralty Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Snug Cove, Gambier Bay, Admiralty Island

 

2

 

 

 

1

3

Henry's Arm, Pybus Bay, Admiralty Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Cannery Cove, Admiralty Island

 

3

 

2

3

3

11

Windfall Harbor, Admiralty Island

 

2

 

 

 

 

2

Chapin Bay, Admiralty Island

 

 

 

 

1

1

2

Warm Springs Bay, Baranof Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ell Cove, Baranof Island

 

1

1

1

1

3

7

Takatz Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

1

1

 

1

3

Cosmos Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Pavlof Harbor, Chichagof Island

1

 

2

1

1

1

6

Pt Moses Cove, Baranof Island

 

 

1

1

 

1

3

Leesoffskaia Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Appleton Cove, Baranof Island

1

1

1

1

 

 

4

Sitka, Baranof Island

6

7

8

10

6

5

42

Rodman Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

DeGroff Bay, Krestof Island

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Baby Bear Bay, Baranof Island

 

 

 

2

1

 

3

Magoun Island (SE Cove), Sitka Sound

 

 

 

 

1

1

2

Magoun Island, Outer Bay

 

2

 

 

 

 

2

Magoun Island Cove, Sitka Sound

 

2

1

 

 

 

3

Deep Bay, Chichagof Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Douglass Bay, Chichagof Island

 

 

3

4

3

2

12

Kalinin Bay, Kruzof Island

 

 

1

1

 

2

4

Goleta Cove, Kruzof Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Kimshan Cove, Chichagof Island

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Pelican, Chichagof Island

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Taku Harbor, Stephens Passage

1

 

 

 

3

1

5

Juneau, IVF Dock

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

Juneau, Auke Bay

3

3

2

4

5

 

17

Funter Bay, Admiralty Island

 

1

1

 

 

1

3

Swanson Harbor, Icy Strait

2

 

1

5

1

 

9

Hoonah Harbor, Chichagof Island

 

 

2

 

 

2

4

Sawmill Bay, Excursion Inlet

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Flynn Cove, Chichagof Island

 

1

 

1

 

2

4

N Bight Neka Bay, Port Frederick

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay NP

 

1

1

5

1

2

10

North Sandy Cove, Glacier Bay NP

2

1

1

3

1

1

9

Mud Bay, Chichagof Island

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

North Finger Bay, Glacier Bay NP

1

1

1

1

 

1

5

Berg Bay, Glacier Bay NP

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Shag Cove, Glacier Bay NP

 

 

1

1

 

1

3

Elfin Cove, Chichagof Island

4

1

 

 

 

 

5

Tyndall Cove, Glacier Bay NP

 

 

 

1

1

 

2

Dundas Bay, Glacier Bay NP

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Blue Mouse Cove, Glacier Bay NP

 

1

2

1

 

 

4

Reid Inlet, Glacier Bay NP

1

1

 

1

1

 

4

Tarr Inlet Bight, Glacier Bay NP

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

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