Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Brundige Inlet, Dundas Island 06.08.2013

This inlet is located on Dundas Island just before you cross into SE Alaska.  We raised the anchor at 8:00am PT for the 27 mile journey.  There was a SSE wind so we deployed the stabilizer poles and fish for the second time on our journey.

To get to Brundige Inlet you motor down a 3 mile long channel on the north side of Dundas Island.  This is an excellent shelter from wind and outside swells and chop.  When you’re anchored here in the inlet you really can’t tell if there’s a blow or bad weather front outside.

We set in 36’ about 2/3rds of the way into the inlet.

 

It is very peaceful in this bay – the only drawback is the presence of black flies.  These flies are terrible! Having read in the guide books about these flies, during our traveling for the day I completed the installation of screening for our pilot house door.  We are using the screening that you see on the commercials – the magnetic closures on the screen where you walk through the screen and the magnets snap shut after you go through.  We think this will work for the trip.

As we traveled today we tried the crock pot on our inverter for the first time.  We made pulled pork sandwiches and all met onboard True Love for our dinner.  It was nice getting to know Stan and hear about his travels.

We taxied over to True Love with Ron & Lynn on their dinghy and on the way back to our boats after dinner we had trouble with the dinghy motor so we had to row.  I thought the black flies were going to eat us alive!  It was unbelievable! I felt really bad for Ron and Lynn having to continue on after dropping us off at Second Chance.

The guide books say that the locals tell us there are no deer on the island because the black flies drain their blood!!  I can believe it!

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