Sailing Into The Wilds Of Alaska - Starting The Inside Passage With A BANG! - Ep. 108
May 27, 2026 · 20 min · 849 views · Unorganized Borough, United States
Sailboat glides at golden hour past forested Alaskan hills
What this video covers
Sea Dream of Clyde enters Glacier Bay National Park with Kat rejoining as crew after an 8,000-mile offshore passage from Hawaii via Alaska.Watch Departing Bartlett Cove, they ride 2.5-knot flood currents through Stickleback Narrows — sails barely filling but still making 4–5 knots over ground — before navigating the shallow, poorly charted entrance to Berg Bay, where minimum depth was 27 feet on a 12–13-foot tide; the Douglas Guide cruising book provided a sketch that proved essential.1:34 They anchor at Blue Mouse Cove among humpback whales and sea otters, then sail deeper into the bay to Reed Inlet, where a katabatic wind off the ice greets them as they set anchor below the Reed Glacier.9:23 Ashore, 20-foot tidal range demands careful dinghy management: a long line run to the high-tide line and a small anchor that can be dragged back down the beach.16:06 On the Reed Glacier — now 200–300 meters back from the high-tide line compared to 13 years prior — they hike without crampons to examine moulins and sand-insulated ice cones, stopping short of crevassed terrain.16:26 Below-decks, condensation from the offshore passage saturates the hull; a clipped line holds the mattress away from the cold hull to dry it out.5:36
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