Dutch Harbor, iles AlDutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands - Alaska
Libertaire avale les Libertaire covers the 580 miles between Sitka and Kodiak in 4 days and drops anchor in front of the fishing port of the island's namesake town on May 1st. We stay there for a little over a week, as weather conditions are not favorable to continue west. Despite mostly rainy, windy, and cold weather for May, we enjoy our stopover thanks to the hospitality of its 6,000 inhabitants and the friendly encounters we have. Mike and Alysa, marine biologists at the town's research center, sailed the same regions as us a few years ago with their children on their sailboat Galactic, and we happily reminisce about some stopovers. Martine and Joël, a French couple who have lived in Kodiak for 20 years where they ran a bakery, prepare delicious cakes for us; Sylvie and Manu, who are traveling in an RV, offer us a car ride to White Sand Beach and Fort Abercrombie... We find a bit of blue sky at sea as we head to Eagle Harbour in the Shumagin Islands, 380 miles west, then the small village of Sand Point. We take advantage of a rare sunny day to anchor in Baranof Bay, where we visit an old fish cannery and enjoy the beautiful hike overlooking it. There are normally no bears on the island, but we quickly spot suspicious footprints... A grizzly indeed swam across the 8km passage separating us from the Alaskan peninsula. So we keep our bear spray within reach!
Ensuite, après 36 heuThen, after 36 hours of downwind sailing, we reach the islands of Akun and Akutan, where the good weather and lengthening days allow us to fully enjoy our new playground, these first islands of the Aleutians.
Nous sommes depuis ceWe have been in Dutch Harbor since noon today, a major and welcoming fishing port where the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea meet. The Aleutians are ours!v>
Lost harbor, île ALost Harbor, Akun Island
Vive la gLong live geothermal energy, Hot Springs Bay, Akutan Island
En arrivant Arriving at Akutan Island in Sandy Cove
Glissade sur les pentes du mont Gilbert, Akun island
Mouillage àAnchorage in Kodiak
Le port de The fishing port of Kodiak
Libertaire auLibertaire at anchor in Kodiak
South end trail, Near Island
White sand beach, Kodiak
Eagle harbor, Nagai island
Sur les hauteurs d'Eagle harbor
Neige! Eagle harbor
Eagle harbor
Sand point, marche vers le Nord
Old cannery, Baranof bay
Baranof bay
Baranof bay
Baranof bay, Unga island
Le volcan Shishaldin, 2856m, Unimak island
Lost harbor, Akun island
Bouée météorologique de laNOAA weather buoy stranded, Lost Harbor>
Jeux dans les dunes, lost harbor
Dunes, lost harbor
Lost harbor
Sandy cove, tir à l'arc
Sandy Cove, archery
Hot Springs bay, Akutan island