Sailing The Inside Passage: A Visual Guide - Northbound
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With all 32 episodes of my 2022 Inside Passage series now completed and available to view on YouTube, here is a post showing the path that we travelled in each video for the northbound part of the trip, along with lists of key navigational considerations, geographical features, and anchorages we used along the way. It is my hope that these videos and blog posts will be useful resource for fellow sailors when planning their own journey up the spectacular Inside Passage to Alaska!
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| The northbound journey in May and June 2022 |
If you would like more details about the locations covered in any of the episodes, feel free to ask questions in the comment section of the episodes on YouTube and I will do my best to answer or clarify.
This was the first time I consistently made videos, and I am pleased with what I learned and how my editing improved throughout the episodes. It is fun to look back on the first ones and see how far I came over the 32 episode series. I hope you agree!
Episode #1 - Setting Sail Up The Inside Passage to Alaska! | Engineless Docking & Rough Seas
Ports and Anchorages: Cowichan Bay - Ladysmith Harbour - Nanaimo Harbour - Little Bull Passage (Jedediah Island)
Notably Navigational Considerations: Sansum Narrows, Dodd Narrows, crossing the Strait of Georgia
Ports and Anchorages: Little Bull Passage (Jedediah Island), Comox Harbour, Campbell River, Otter Cove
Notably Navigational Considerations: Comox Bar, Northern Strait of Georgia, Cape Mudge, Discovery Passage, Seymour Narrows
Notably Navigational Considerations: Johnstone Strait, Current Passage
Notably Navigational Considerations: Haddington Passage, Broughton Strait, Queen Charlotte Strait, Gordon Channel, Pine Island, Cape Caution, South Passage, Fitz Hugh Sound, Darby Channel, Kwakshua Channel
Notably Navigational Considerations: Meay Inlet, Hakai Passage, Queens Sound, Golby Passage, Milbanke Sound, Finlayson Channel, Klemtu Passage, Tolmie Channel, Princess Royal Channel (Southern Half), Graham Reach
Episode #6 - 54 Tacks in 10 Miles! | Sailing the Skinny Channels of the Inside Passage to Alaska
Notably Navigational Considerations: Princess Royal Channel (Northern Half), Fraser Reach, Ursula Channel, McKay Reach, Whale Channel, Wright Sound, Stewart Narrows, Douglas Channel, Grenville Channel (Southern Half)
Notably Navigational Considerations: Grenville Channel (Northern Half), Arthur Passage, Bloxam Passage, Marcus Passage, Chatham Sound, Prince Rupert Harbour, Venn Passage, Oriflamme Passage, Grey Island, Dundas Island, Dixon Entrance, Canada-USA Border, Cape Fox, Revillagigedo Channel
Episode #8 - Sailing to Ketchikan | Lots of Whales, Clearing Customs, and Heading into the Wild!
Notably Navigational Considerations: Revillagigedo Channel, Behm Canal, Tongass Narrows, California Rock, Ketchikan Harbor, Clearing Customs into USA, Clarence Strait, entrance into Lyman anchorage
Episode #9 - Sailing Off The Beaten Track in Alaska | Rounding Cape Decision, Fog, & Night Sailing
Notably Navigational Considerations: Clarence Strait, Snow Passage, Sumner Strait, Decision Pass, Cape Decision, Chatham Strait
Episode #10 - Skiing From a Sailboat on The Edge of the Pacific Ocean | Sail to Ski in Alaska!
Notably Navigational Considerations: Clarence Strait
Notably Navigational Considerations: Clarence Strait
Ports and Anchorages: Takatz Bay, Warmsprings Bay, Pavlof Harbor (Freshwater Bay), Swanson Harbor
Notably Navigational Considerations: Clarence Strait, Icy Strait, Lynn Canal, Hanus Reef
Ports and Anchorages: Swanson Harbor, Bartlett Cove, North Sandy Cove
Notably Navigational Considerations: Clarence Strait, Icy Strait, Point Gustavus, Glacier Bay, Sitakaday Narrows
Notably Navigational Considerations: Glacier Bay, Lone Island, Reid Inlet
Notably Navigational Considerations: Glacier Bay, Reid Inlet, Whidbey Passage, Sitakaday, Icy Strait, Pleasant Island Reef
Notably Navigational Considerations: Icy Strait, Chatham Strait, Lynn Canal, Siginaw Channel, Stephans Passage, Gastineau Channel, Douglas Bridge (Juneau)
That wraps up this post for the northbound journey from Cowichan Bay, BC all the way north to Glacier Bay and Juneau, Alaska. The next post will provide the same details from the southbound journey.
Cheers!
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