[password] STUART32

[position] 57 17.143N 135 33.571w

[date] 2019-08-24

[status] Had a fascinating day today. We took a local short cut through the Piehle Passage as a means for shortening our voyage south. When y9ou first look at this passage on the charts your immediate reaction is no way! But when we read a cruising guide and studied it more carefully it not only made sense but it looked like a lot of fun. Suffice to say that it did not disappoint. Whilst it was tight at times with a few very sharp precise turns required it was fine, very pretty along the way, the exit into the ocean was somewhat heart in your mouth stuff though as we had 10ft seas. We're now safely on anchor at the head of St John Baptist Bay, which is our staging point to make the run down Neva Strait and Olga Strait into Sitka tomorrow. Its a nice anchorage with good holding and swing room.

[weather] Overcast with light rain, no wind or swell.
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