Airship - Vixen Harbor and Helm Bay

Airship in Vixen Harbor © Laura Domela

We left Wrangell late last Thursday afternoon and got as far as Thoms Place before dark (about 23nm from Wrangell). We dropped some crab traps on the way in and picked them back up on the way out in the morning (with three keeper crabs inside!) The forecast was showing a pretty big blow on Friday and Saturday (gusts to about 40kts in some places), so we needed a good secure anchorage for probably two nights. Vixen Harbor seemed like it would be a great spot to hole up.

We've visited and written about Vixen Harbor before (here and here) — it's the one with the tricky and inaccurately charted entrance.

We go into detail about the challenges of this anchorage in the two referenced posts above, but it's a fun challenge and a quiet, scenic anchorage. We left Thoms Place early and were anchored in Vixen Harbor by 10:00 a.m.

We put our crab traps out again, and then explored the harbor by dinghy while it wasn't raining. The sky was gray and it rained off an on during most of our visit.

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