Humping to Hoonah...

 

Yup, that's a humpback whale.  We see them most every day we are out boating and we love them.  We were motoring up the Saginaw Channel just west of Auke Bay, AK when this big whale came up behind us.  When I say big, this was a very large humpback.   And he followed us or was at least heading in the same direction and track we were on.

In this photo, he was maybe 30 yards behind the boat.

When we see the tail, we know they have gone deep.   That means we probably won't see him for another 10-20 minutes.

This is us in Saginaw Channel.   We are the red icon/boat (center, lower portion of the screen).  The green circles and triangles represent other boats.

Note, all of the other boats piled up to our port quarter (left rear).  That's where they were whale watching.

But our whale (how possessive of me) was outside the main bunch.








Note the boat just ahead of us, named Raven...
We met them last year in Ell Cove in Chatham Strait and again this year in Wrangell.   Raven is a wonderful boat and Michael & Heidi take good care of her.  We have mutual friends that originally introduced us.

So, I took their picture as they motored past us and I sent it to them.   You can never have enough picture of your boat out doing boaty things!
Roe is back on board and sporting a nice new engine.

We'd put Roe aboard just off of Auke Bay, but we didn't really get to putting her away properly until we were docked in Hoonah.
If it isn't one thing; it's another...thank you Roseanne Roseannadana.

When doing an engine room check, I noticed water underneath the hot water tank.   Sure 'nuf, it's leaking.  I'm pretty sure the leak is internal as none of the external fittings are wet.

Because Costica fixed our hydronic heating system, we can generate hot water from our house boiler.   We don't actually need this water heater at the moment.

But I cannot figure out this whackadoodle plumbing so I don't know if I can bypass it or not.   I hope I can limp by for another 2.5 months until we are back in Anacortes...

Unlikely...
Dinner.   Grilled prime tenderloin drizzled in butter, grilled polenta with bleu cheese, and sauteed asparagus.  Yumm!
I paired the dinner, above, with the wine, right.   The 2020 BV Tapestry.   Tapestry is a Bordeaux blend with primarily Cab Sauv, Merlot, and Cab Franc.  It is an all-around excellent wine, but it needs more time to mature.   Drink in 2029-2035.
Sunset from Hoonah.

Tomorrow we are off to blaze new territory.   We are going to Elfin Cove, which is west of us and open to the Gulf of Alaska.   We are excited for the adventure.

Bonne Nuit, Mes Amis!

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