June 12 - 16, 2025 - Juneau

June 12 - 16, 2025 - Juneau

Calm conditions for our transit to Juneau with a brief whale breaching exhibition.  After settling in at the IVF, we called Louie and within an hour Chuck (Charles Duval) from Harri Commercial Marine (907-463-5250) quickly got into the water maker repair.  It was a matter of disconnecting a low pressure (plastic) connection, high pressure (stainless) tube and one electrical sensor.  Once we could remove the actuator/valve assembly it was easy to make the repair, a recalibration of the unit, per the instructions provided by FCI.  Dinner was at Twisted Fish, returning in time to see Grand Princess depart.

 

Friday was spent washing Raven and laundry.  Towards the end of the day, we repositioned to the inside of the dock after Good Partner (tender) left the end spot open.  Tomorrow, we expect a couple of small cruise ships to pull into the opposite side of our dock.  Today we had Zaandam, Norwegian Joy, Disney Wonder, and Quantum of the Seas docked around us.

 

Saturday, we picked up a rental car and drove out to Auke.  It was a sunny day so made a lunch stop at a Forbidden Peak Brewery, which has a nice outdoor patio, and had a nice lunch.  On the way back we ran errands such as picking up tackle at Western Auto and Marine.

 

Sunday Geary worked on the windlass (installing the wavey washer) while Lois did interior cleaning.  In the afternoon, it was off Fred Mayer for provisions.

 

Monday, Per and Collette arrived, and we took them out to Auke for lunch then over to Mendenhall Glacier where we took a short hike out to Nugget Falls.  On our return to the boat, around 2:30, a squall had arrived with gusts up to 35 mph, so strong that it had caused the Celebrity Edge to break free from its moorings and was pushed away from the dock!  After a couple of hours conditions settled down and it was dinner at In Bocca Al Lupo before turning in for the night.












Location: Juneau, AK, USA

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