July 9th – Petersberg to Wrangell

A short run down (26 miles)“Wrangell Narrows” to Wrangell to pick up Bean and Scott. We screw up the time that we think they are arriving and they phone us in Petersberg that they have arrived in Wrangell. We are sure they can amuse themselves in town while waiting for the flotilla to arrive. While traversing Wrangell Narrows, we hear on the VHF that the ferry has just entered the Narrows from the other end. We spot him early enough and pull over to let him by. It certainly gave Dave a pucker factor of 7 when Dave and Wayne encountered the ferry a few miles behind us. We were able to blow the cobwebs out of the motors by cruising over at 17 knots (gulp…..the horror…the horror of it all….the fuel consumption) allowing Wayne and Dave to catch up to us at their own pace.
We stayed at the new marina in Wrangell (Reliance Harbour) for three nights and then moved over to the inner harbor for our last night.