Boating in the Pacific Northwest Slowboat is about putting the journey above the destination. It is about exploration. Join us in exploring the world by water…
It is about enjoying independence and self-reliance instead of canned, pre-packaged experiences. It is about encountering adventure where it lives. It is about having the curiosity, confidence, patience and preparedness to strike out into the unknown. It is about making your life extraordinary – by seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling the world in new and exciting ways.
Airship took a little shakedown cruise over to Cypress Island last night--getting things all ready for this summer's flotilla to Alaska. We head north on May 10th and we're so excited! (Mt. Baker looking fabulous in the distance, taken from anchor at Eagle Harbor.)
We are excited to announce the 2024 Slowboat Flotilla to Alaska!
https://slowboat.com/2023/11/announcing-the-2024-slowboat-flotilla-to-alaska/
Our friend (and Slowboat flotilla veteran!) Ralph is selling his gorgeous and very well-equipped and much-upgraded (Seakeeper!!) 2014 Nordic Tug 39 ("he's gonna need a bigger boat!"). Here's the listing for anyone interested.
And...we're HOME! (but also, orcas!!)
Read more: https://slowboat.com/2023/09/airship-and-just-like-that-were-home/
Dodd Narrows, finding a spot in the Gulf Islands over a holiday weekend, and a surprise sighting of old Airship! Fun!
Read more: https://slowboat.com/2023/09/airship-long-harbour-on-saltspring-island/
Campbell River to Hammond Bay, and a Cautionary Tale
Read on: https://slowboat.com/2023/09/airship-campbell-river-and-a-cautionary-tale/
A nice big push down Johnstone Strait, another stop in Kanish Bay, and one night in Campbell River.
Read more: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-johnstone-strait-kanish-bay-campbell-river/
Cape Caution, a Sunfish, and a stop in Port McNeill.
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-cape-caution-a-sunfish-and-a-stop-in-port-mcneill/
Eighty-seven thousand mosquitoes, seven or eight humpbacks, and one aborted Cape Caution rounding.
Read more: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-fury-cove-and-secure-anchorage-and-not-cape-caution-yet/
We left Mary Cove yesterday, saw a pod of orcas and three humpbacks, stopped for 30 minutes at Shearwater to grab a few things at the market, then continued on to Kisameet Bay!
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-kisameet-cove/
A new cool spot, a not-so-great spot, and some funny bear moves!
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-kent-inlet-alexander-inlet-mary-cove/
Great stop at McMicking Inlet on Campania Island (and wolves!!)
Read more: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-mcmicking-inlet-on-campania-island/
A visit to Captain Cove and Anger Inlet
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-captain-cove-anger-inlet/
We anchored last night in the Spicer Islands!
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-spicer-islands/
Visiting another new-to-us spot before leaving Alaska -- Kah Shakes Cove!
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-ketchikan-to-kah-shakes-cove/
Catching up on the last couple weeks...we cruised Juneau to Ketchikan. Whales, bears, salmon, and some fun stops along the way!
Read more here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-juneau-to-ketchikan/
Another great visit to Ford's Terror (and we had the place to ourselves for a few days!) Whales, bears, seals, porpoises, and a bunch of shrimp!
Read more here: https://slowboat.com/2023/08/airship-fords-terror/
Kake, Pybus Bay, Tracy Arm Cove:
https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-kake-pybus-bay-and-tracy-arm-cove/
Beautiful stop in Honey Dew Cove:
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-gut-bay-to-honey-dew-cove/
Gut Bay is so so pretty!! Glad we got to go back!
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-another-stop-in-gut-bay/
Another visit to Takatz Bay and Red Bluff Bay, and a whole lot of spot prawns!
More here: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-takatz-bay-and-red-bluff-bay/
Another cool visit to the marble grotto in Basket Bay (and more crab!)
Read/see more here: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-basket-bay-and-the-marble-grotto/
Great day of bear-viewing at Pavlof Harbor.
More words and photos here: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-bears-and-crab-in-pavlof-harbor/
We love to discover new places...especially rewarding when it's one that no one has told us about and there are no reviews! (Airship is the tiny white dot on the left!)
Read more/more photos here: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-south-arm-of-kelp-bay/
9pm and the rain stopped and the clouds mostly cleared and the light was beautiful and so we were able to get some aerials after all. Yay!!
https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-gut-bay-aerials/
Wow wow wow! Gut Bay is seriously gorgeous!
Read more/see photos: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-toledo-harbor-to-gut-bay/
We finished our trip down the outside of Baranof Island yesterday (rounded Cape Ommaney in some pretty swift current and steep waves, but not a drop of saltwater on the windshield, whew!) and ended up in a cute little spot called Toledo Harbor.
https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-puffin-bay-to-toledo-harbor/
Puffin Bay might be our favorite stop so far on the west side of Baranof Island. So beautiful!
Read more: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-redfish-bay-to-puffin-bay/
Another gorgeous day on the outside of Baranof Island! Scow Bay to Redfish Bay.
Read more:
https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-scow-bay-to-redfish-bay/
The tiny dot(s) in the little round bay way back in there...that's us in Scow Bay. Gorgeous stop on the outside of Baranof Island.
Read/see more: https://slowboat.com/2023/07/airship-redoubt-bay-to-scow-bay/
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