Sea Otters Sleeping
4' Long Sea Otters just Lazing Around
A beautiful Flat Calm Cruising Day
Big City of Kake
The reward at the end of Rocky Passage
Kayak Island Dinner Stop pre-Rocky Passage
Sunsets galore
Tallest Totem - 132 feet - Kake
Sandy beaches on Kayak Island
Narrow & Rocky - Rocky PassageTwo of the boats we had talked to in Meyers Chuck had said that Rocky passage was not difficult and described the 16 mile rock strewn passage quite contrary to what the books do. We head out early in the morning to have dinner at a spot close to the entrance of Rocky Passage so that we could enter this passage at 8:00 pm on a rising tide. Enroute, we encounter the Gilnet fleet in Sumner Passage and the funniest thing we have ever seen in the open ocean. There are sea otters (not to be confused with river otters) lying on their backs, snoozing in little groups of 6 or 7 all over the place in Sumner Passage. They are not disturbed by our presence until the dog starts to bark. They are very big creatures compared to their river counter parts and after being disturbed by us, they go right back to floating on their backs while watching us sail away.
4:30 we enter Kayak Bay at the start of Rocky Passage, we have a nice dinner in the sunshine and mentally prepare ourselves for what we are about to encounter. No drinking is done by Dave or Wayne but as always, no unknown factor gets in between Mike and his Corona’s. I am not sure if this is a good thing or not!
Rocky Passage is described as “Dangerous”, “Strong currents”, “Shallow Depths”, “Dredged Channels”, “small vessel channel”, “Wild Place” …….. it was just the kind of gauntlet to be thrown at our feet to test our boating skills! Turns out, it was a piece of cake! We managed to traverse the “S” curves and channel markers in just over 1 ½ hours and what is described as dusk in Alaska (10:30 pm ish). A beautiful sunset at the end of the 16 mile passage greeted our weary, thirsty captains. We anchored in Stedman Cove for a restful night.
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