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2025 Flotilla to Alaska Day 15 - Khutze Inlet to Lowe Inlet

by Laura Domela 12 Jun 2025 22:20 PDT
Wright Sound, with Sound Waves in the distance © Laura Domela

We left Khutze Inlet this morning just before 6am for our 55nm cruise to Lowe Inlet. Conditions were pretty much like this the whole day...a little wind, occasional chop, some current with us and some current against us.

It's funny how the perspective changes after a couple weeks on the water as we make miles north. We left this morning before 6am, and when I noticed it was nearing 9am, I thought "We've already been under way for three hours???" On a relatively calm day with nice weather and beautiful scenery, there's so much you can do under way as the time passes so gently.

Several boats saw a single humpback meandering south down Fraser Reach, another saw some harbour porpoises (harbour with the u because we're in Canada).

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