Recent content by Aiviq

The Lethcoe's book is good. I also like to carry the NOAA publication "U.S. Coast pilot 9", which covers cape Spenser to the Beaufort Sea (including PWS). The coast pilot isn't a "cruising guide", but it has a lot of good info in it. It can be downloaded free from NOAA, or a hard copy can be...

Crime in Anchorage has gotten totally out of control. To many druggies in that town these days. At least they didn't steal the tow vehicle, too - although if car theft continues like it has been, that'll be next.

I've actually been in Lituya Bay in a commercial fishing boat. Most C-Dorys are unlikely to ever make it there due to its remote location between Glacier Bay and Yakutat in the Gulf of Alaska.

One thing to keep in mind if you want to carry a gun vs bear spray for bear deterrence is what happens if you shoot and kill a bear. At least in Alaska, if you shoot a bear in defense of life and property you are required to report the circumstances to the state, and salvage the skull, hide and...

Jay: I was staying in the forrest service cabin at Kennel Creek - took the ferry to Hoonah and drove to Kennel Creek on the forest service road. There are a couple of other Forrest Service cabins in the Hoonah area that are only accessible by boat. I thought about towing my C-Dory from...

The ABC islands in Northern South East Alaska (Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof) are almost always good for bear sightings. I spent 10 days camping in Freshwater Bay on Chichigof this past summer, and saw bears every day.

The heck with the torpedo - what's that hanging off of the port bow? Looks like an anti-ship mine.

When I was a teenager - probably between my junior and senior year in high school (this was a bit more than 40 years ago), my Dad had a commercial fishing boat that we used for drift net salmon fishing in Cook Inlet (Alaska). We moored the boat in the Kasilof river during the fishing season...

Induction is nice, and I think lots of boaters who don't want propane in the boat, and have been disappointed by reliability issues with their Wallas have used it. Two big drawbacks to me are that it doesn't provide heat (that might not be an issue - or it might even be a feature if you live in...

I think it was Schroeder (from Peanuts) who said it best: "I love mankind. It's people I can't stand."

They put down horses with broken legs, but hopefully my orthopedist won't suddenly decide that's the model we should be following with human beings. I've lived in Africa for 20 years, including a couple of years in Liberia, and I currently live in the country which had the first known outbreak...

Best vehicle I ever owned was a South African spec 1999 Toyota land cruiser 105 series diesel (the 105 series was never marketed in the US. The US had the 100 series which was very similar - but no diesel option). The diesel was economical, and the chassis was bomb proof. I had to sell it a...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Mountain-Three-Sleeve-X-Large/dp/B000NZW3K2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377842088&sr=8-1&keywords=3+wolf+moon It's apparently magical. Especially if you live near a Walmart.

Amazon lists a couple of Magma nesting cookware sets that are induction capable. http://www.amazon.com/Magma-Products-Stainless-Cookware-Induction/dp/B00B99RJHS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1372323152&sr=8-7&keywords=nesting+stainless+induction+cookware and...

I do hope they don't end up enforcing those rules in the future. Other than Skagway (or Hains, which is farther away and also in Alaska), the nearest tidewater to Whitehorse is Prince Rupert, which is a good 19 or 20 hours drive (1,300 kilometers) - Or possibly Stewart which is almost as far...