Sailing ALASKA- Visiting Wrangell, Petersburg, and LeConte Glacier (Episode 52)

Hello and welcome back to our trip to SouthEast Alaska aboard our 37 foot sailboat, Maya.
In this episode, we encounter heavy weather as we exit Misty Fjords National Monument. After waiting out weather, we visit Meyers Chuck, Anan Bear Observatory, Wrangell, Petersburg, and finally LeConte Glacier.
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Music:
"Out in the Country" by Natural Child

[@johnwright291]

I have an ice berg story I think you will love. My father was a tugboat skipper and he bought a 65 foot tug from the company he worked for who were planning on scrapping it out. We fixed it up and in 1972 went up the inside passage to alaska. Just north of Petersburg we started seeing house sized ice bergs that were calfing of Leconte glacier, the southern most glacier in the world that spits out icebergs into the see. We decided it would be cool to get a picture of some of us standing on the berg. So we pulled the tug along side and my brother stepped onto the berg and it immediately started to roll over. My brother went in the drink and fortunately we had a big strong crew member who was able to grab his ponytail and pull him back onboard. Whew!!!! That was close. It coud have easily drowned him. PS. I typed calfing off not of. I hate autocorrect. Nearby is Thomas Bay which is haunted by the fabled acousticot.

[@CruisingMaya]

What a story! I bet that water was COLD! We anchored in Thomas Bay and could definitely get the sense that is was haunted! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@trevorbyron9448]

If anyone just watched cruising Maya, they'd likely it and want to watch them all ..like myself... excellent videos

[@CruisingMaya]

Oh thank you so much for the comment and for watching! We so appreciate it and love hearing you are enjoying it! Cheers from the crew here!

[@jeffmayart]

“Glam ice “ 😂. Great job guys

[@CruisingMaya]

Gotta get those shots!!! 😀

[@robemega]

Content is amazing and your musical choices are consistently the best.

[@CruisingMaya]

Thank you so much! We are very picky on our music choices so I'm glad they are resonating with you! Cheers!

[@tomfraley1431]

Now that's what I call a cruising video!

[@CruisingMaya]

Oh thanks! Iceberg special!

[@SolarBurrito]

Killer video, you are becoming my favorite local KZbinrs!

[@CruisingMaya]

Thank you! We are honored!

[@svmonagail9079]

Wonderful episode!

[@CruisingMaya]

Oh thank you! Lot more adventure coming up!

[@nancyernst474]

That was a stunning video! Loved the crab meal, the cute small towns, the blue iceberg! What an adventure! It did look cold, but the views were gorgeous. Thanks for taking us along!

[@CruisingMaya]

Thank you, Nancy! So glad you are enjoying our Alaskan adventure. It was cold, but worth braving for the views and experience. You'll be happy to know in the next episode we find hot springs, so we get a chance to warm up :-) Thanks again and cheers!

[@rhenryinoregon]

Beautiful!

[@CruisingMaya]

Unbelievable bit of country up there. Hope the boat build is going well!

[@rhenryinoregon]

@@CruisingMaya it is going well, thank you. I just got a group together on Saturday to flip the hull so I can start on the inside. Look me up on rhenryinoregon here on KZbin if you’d like. The last video “The Big Flip,” is about 5 minutes. I really hope to be in that area in one year but it will probably be two. Again, love your work. Thank you.

[@SailingSeaDreamofClyde]

Looking forward to seeing your sails up once your rig is fixed! Is that soon?

[@CruisingMaya]

Yes! Probably two videos away from when we FINALLY fix the rig. We do indeed turn back into a sailboat 😀. Thanks for watching!

[@carolmoppin2858]

Awesome video!

[@CruisingMaya]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@vraymond108]

Enjoying your travels. We keep our boat in Petersburg full time now but the first time up we went through Dry Pass from Wrangell to Petersburg. I think we anchored in Ideal Cove to calm the nerves after that one. Looks like your slip in P’berg was just a few to West of ours. Enjoy!

[@CruisingMaya]

Oh funny! I love that small world stuff :-) We never got the opportunity for dry passage, but it sure sounds harrowing! Thanks for watching- cheers!

[@cliftontibbits6644]

I hope your enjoying your travels through and around Alaska, I wish more channels could or would to get a little more of understanding at what we that live here go through… I’m new to your channel and like what I’ve seen so far well done and take care…

[@CruisingMaya]

Thanks for watching our Alaska videos! Beautiful country up there, but damn it's rugged and foreboding! A real true frontier. We are working on more AK videos so stay tuned- lots of fishing and wildlife coming up. Thanks again- cheers.

[@markbuskens6070]

Man that crab was awesome, I but it was delicious 🤤

[@CruisingMaya]

We love crab! Thank you for watching!

[@danielpearson6306]

To bad you missed Chuck and Laura Rose of sailing LeaLea. They are Albin 27 and live there. They waited from Hawaii. Laura operates the vet clinic.

[@CruisingMaya]

I know of them and saw their boat at the dock! Wished we would have run into them.

[@ThisIsTheWave]

its a happy dog happy happy dog :) i just found you guys and amazing videos.. congratulations ... i straight subscribed...

[@CruisingMaya]

We are so lucky to have such a great dog like Disco. She's 100% in on any adventure we take on 😀

[@wayneneuhofel6744]

Awesome video. I'm hoping to make the trip next year. I remember you discussing your heater in one of the videos. How well does it keep your interior warm? I've gotten mixed messages from other sources. Thanks.

[@CruisingMaya]

Thank you! We have a solid fuel heater and if we did this trip again I would install a forced air diesel heater. The solid fuel heater does warm up the cabin, but it's a pain to keep going and the fuel is very space consuming. The crackling fire is nice, but the diesel heater is the way to go, in my opinion. Thanks for watching!

[@petterkinn6852]

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[@loadedhog1135]

Hey! Been loving the vids and also have my 27 foot sun yachts at Anacortes Wa. Thinking about a new dingy and wondering why you chose that hard red dinghy you sport and what model is it? Thanks and would love to meet you in Anacortes sometime!

[@CruisingMaya]

Our dinghy is a portland pudgy. It's like a hard plastic tank. We drive it up on rocks and drag it through anything- love the durability of it. Also very stable. Highly recommend for the PNW. We're away from Anacortes for a bit but we shall return! Maybe we'll see ya there. Thanks for following along on our adventures- cheers!

[@terrytanner5023]

You've probably been asked this many times but, what kind of boat is that? Love the overhangs and beautiful lines!

[@CruisingMaya]

She's a 1980 Alberg 37 made in Ontario, Canada. We love her. Here's a link to our boat tour video. Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKncnYOhh52lhpo

[@yodaworks]

Love your vids... keep em coming.. question: what are the large gray bags hanging off the port and starboard aft rails?

[@CruisingMaya]

Those are big storage bags- we typically store fenders, recycling, etc back there. Super handy!

[@yodaworks]

brilliant. How do you attach and do you have a source@@CruisingMaya

[@CruisingMaya]

@@yodaworks the top of the bag loops over our railing and secures with these: www.sailrite.com/Common-Sense-Fastener-Cloth-to-Cloth-Complete-2-Button-Base

[@johnwright291]

I already left one long comment but I feel compelled to leave another. When I was living in wrangell in 1974 the fisheries department opened up anan creek to smag fishing. The creek was over populated with salmon and there was no limit. The only stipulation was that your snag trihook couldn't be bigger than 3 quarters of an inch. There was no sport involved at all all you did is cast over the swimming salmon and snag them and pull them ashore. We caught about 200 averaging 10 pounds and a canary back in wrangle canned them for us and took half as a charge. Again I typed snag not smag. But autocorrect changes just about everything I type.

[@CruisingMaya]

Sounds like you have some great stories from your time in SE AK! Must have been wild back then. We are so grateful to have gotten just a small taste of what Alaska provides. We will most definitely be returning some day!

[@johnwright291]

@@CruisingMaya my father and me stared a tug and barge operation in wrangell in 1974. My father was a tug skipper for 25 years when he bought a 65 foot tug built in 1912 that the company he worked for had planned to scrap out. We fixed it up and also obtained an old wooden barge and headed north. We hauled logging equipment for the lumber mills and went to just about every place between Juneau and ketchikan. We did this for 3 years and then came back to puget sound and the company grew to 6 tugs and a petroleum barge. It eventually went bankrupt and now I'm pretty much homeless and living in a small RV. But I regret nothing.

[@johnwright291]

@@CruisingMaya I have 15 thousand dollars saved up to buy a boat that will take me back up the inside passage for the first time in 47 years.

[@timnoneya811]

How did you guys go about choosing your path thru all the different waterway options?

[@CruisingMaya]

Up until this point our path was pretty clear, as we wanted to check out some of the towns. In the next video we have to make a big decision as far which way to go. We will talk about that coming up next! Appreciate you watching and commenting 🍻

[@charleswindsor1184]

How does your dog react to that lumpy weather?

[@CruisingMaya]

She's mostly used to it now- she has her spot forward in the cockpit that she likes. Also, if the weather is real bad she'll lie in the cockpit floor. Overall though she's a champ. We love her!!!

[@erindanelleavilaavilaguerr7251]

Pretending to be david or me while we are in cuba, as usual.