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Date: August 4, 2010
Location:
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA |
The Mad Dogs are now cruising Alaska
Greetings from the The Mad Dogs
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: May 05, 2010
Location:
BC, Canada |
The Mad Dogs are now on their way back to Alaska...
Greetings from the The Mad Dogs
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: March 11, 2010
Location:
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada |
After
cruising the waters around Prince Rupert for the last couple of
weeks, we have arrived back in town to pick up our parts to repair the
ITR
water heater &
Espar heater. We will be cruising the Northern BC coast for the next
couple of weeks before going back to Alaska.
All the best from the The Mad Dogs
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: February 12, 2010
Location:
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada |
We arrived back in Prince Rupert, BC, Canada to fuel up,
arrange for broken down parts to be shipped to us here and
prepare for our return trip to...... Alaska! We will cruise around the
Prince Rupert until our parts are here.
Yes, it is crazy but we need to go back to this beautiful place called
Alaska once more! We are delaying our trip back to Vancouver area until
September of 2010. The Mad Dogs will be back in Alaskan waters within the
next 2 weeks (We need to wait for a weather window for safe travels).
More information available soon
Greetings from the The Mad Dogs
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: December 31, 2009
Location:
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada |
After visiting Prince Rupert, BC, Canada to fuel up and check
in with Canada Customs, we have since departed and are traveling
south along the BC coast for the remaining winter season. Our plans are
to spend as much time as we want exploring the coast and seeing what it
has to show us. We revel in the the freedom of being able to enjoy the
beauty and solitude of the west coast at our own pace and on no fixed
schedule.
We wish all of our visitors a Happy New Year and a peaceful 2010
All the best from The Mad Dogs
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: November 26, 2009
Location:
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA |
Arrived in Ketchikan area, Alaska.
All the best from The Mad Dogs
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: October 19, 2009
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
We have left Bartlett Cove and are currently sailing/motoring south. It
may take between 1 - 3 months to reach the Vancouver/Victoria area due
to the fall storm season.
All the best from the
Mad Dog Voyager crew
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: October 16, 2009
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
We are waiting for a weather opening to allow us to depart Bartlett Cove
Glacier Bay and return to Canadian waters for the 2009/2010 winter
season. Web updates, e-mails and phone contact will be scarce and
intermittent while we are traveling. It may take between 1 - 3 months to
reach the Vancouver/Victoria area.
All the best to our friends & family from the
Mad Dog Voyager crew
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: October 05, 2009
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
We arrived back in Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay and are getting ready to
start going south to Victoria, BC, Canada for the winter season before
continuing on towards Australia.
Greetings from the Mad Dog Voyager crew
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: September 01, 2009
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
After travelling north through Alaska, enjoying some incredible weather,
we arrived back in Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay. Gustavus and Bartlett
Cove is home to many friends and we looked forward to visiting with them
and the other kind people that call this home. We plan to spend a few
additional weeks here enjoying this magical place called Glacier Bay.
Greetings from the Mad Dog Voyager crew
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: June 08 2009
Location:
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada |
Due to Customs and Immigration requirements of the USA, we needed to
exit US waters for a short time before returning to Alaska and renewing
our Cruising License. We spent this time taking care of a few repairs
and other items in
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. We will be returning to
Alaska and Glacier Bay National Park for the remainder of the summer 2009. We
are looking forward to seeing our friends in
Gustavus
and Glacier Bay when we are back up there.
Greetings from the Mad Dog Voyager crew
Exploring to inspire...
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Date: Feb 03, 2009
Location:
Glacier Bay, Alaska, USA |
First of all we wish all our family & friends worldwide a
happy and prosperous New Year. Thanks again to everyone for all
your kind emails and messages received.
As we sailed and traveled North from Victoria, BC in April 2008, Mad Dog
Voyager has stopped in many towns and cities where we have befriended
many people along the way.
Gustavus, Alaska,
located near Glacier Bay, is one of these town we have
visited while in Alaska, USA. We are replenishing our food supply, fuel
& propane before heading back into the
Glacier Bay
area to try out our new
Canon camera lens (better quality) to provide you with
better photos (we hope) of the beautiful landscape and wildlife in Alaska.
Follow this
link to read about this town
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Date: Dec 12, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
Thanks to everyone for all your emails. It is nice to hear from you and
to know that you are enjoying our website, images and all the work that
goes in to it. We are receiving your emails, however due to the number
of emails received and our limited availability of internet connection
we are not able to respond to everyone. We appreciate you writing and
read every email sent to us – keep them coming!
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Date: Oct 22, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
Unfortunately the weather has turned for the worst and we are forced to
stay in
Bartlett Cove another day. The forecast is for Southerly winds 25 -
35 kts with gusts up to 45 kts and we watched as the barometer dropped
from 1015 to 990 millibars overnight
In order to get into Glacier Bay from Bartlett Cove we need to head
south from Bartlett Cove, round the corner, turn to the north and pass
through the Sitakaday Narrows, which have a maximum tidal flow of almost
8 kts. Due to the timing of the tides we would have to head South from
Bartlett Cove traveling with the tide but against the wind (the wind
here generates both wind waves and large swells). We have already seen
that this combination of tide and wind creates some pretty turbulent
waters within Bartlett Cove.
Once we reach the outer edge of Bartlett Cove, we would round the corner
and turn North into the Bay. Now we would be faced with an outgoing tide
but have the wind at our backs. With the wind and swell coming from
behind us, and a strong tidal flow hitting us head on, it would be a
pretty uncomfortable and bumpy ride. As we are not in any rush, we'll
just wait it out in Bartlett Cove another day and see how the weather
turns.
Once back in Glacier Bay, we have planned to go deeper into the more
remote areas of Glacier Bay, we want to get some photos of the only
animals we haven't seen yet - wolves. There are supposed to be several
large groups of
wolves in the Bay and they would be the icing on our
photographic cake.
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Date: October 20, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
We are planning to pick up additional propane, gasoline (for the
Yamaha generator), top up the diesel tank and pick up a few extra
groceries. A couple of days ago we took out the
folding bikes and rode them the 9 miles / 15 km into the beautiful
town of Gustavus, Alaska. Visually it was a wonderful trip (a nice road
through dense forest) but we weren't looking forward to doing it with 3
propane bottles and 4 jerry cans (5 gal / 20 l each) of gasoline.
Since riding into Gustavus we've met many nice, friendly people (as well
as reacquainting with people we met previously). Twice we've been
offered vehicles to do our running around. This has been great! We were
able to get our propane, fuel and groceries without exhausting ourselves
in the process.
Gustavus is a small "town" (more of a collection of 450 people living in
the same area), and the people we have interacted with so far have all
been very friendly and helpful.
Thanks to our new friends: Kate & Fritz, Bill & Marilyn, Bruce,
Vince and many more kind folks in Gustavus.
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Date: October 19, 2008
Location:
Bartlett Cove, Alaska, USA |
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