Unimak, Nagai, Alaska Peninsula

So to catch everyone up to speed, we spent a couple of days in Dutch Harbor for some much needed R&R which basically just entailed some time on land being real people after 2 weeks straight cooped up in boat. The agent lady who I talked (complained) a little bit about in one of my last posts gave us her Chevy Silverado pickup while we were there, for which I immediately asserted myself as primary driver. It was so nice just being able to drive around, even if there were only about 3 roads, after spending 2 months sailing. All in all Dutch Harbor was great. From the stunning beauty of the island itself which I described in the last post, to the wildlife of bald and golden eagles and the massive salmon run going up the river right through the center of town. It was also great for me to be back in America. There is something very comforting about driving a big gas guzzling pickup truck and knowing what to expect when you walk into a big American grocery store after shopping in mom and pop type shops for the entire trip. Anyway we are now a few days back on our way and we expect to be in Geographic Harbor on the Alaskan Peninsula across from Kodiak on the morning of the 15th. We've had smooth fast sailing so far from Dutch with good wind from behind we've been doing around 8 kts with only a few light patches to motor through. Since this trip is anything but uneventful, the latest development for yacht Nordwind is that our radar isn't really working. And by not really working I mean it doesn't see the massive 5,000 ft. mountains rising out of the water 5 miles away from us let alone little things like 300m cargo boats. We're working on it and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but hopefully either we can fix it or someone in Kodiak can. Hopefully my next post will be of some beary merry tales of bears slapping salmon out of the air as we watch them fish straight out of National Geographic! From a very safe distance of course…Also the AIS tracker on marinetraffic.com should be working now that we´re back near civilization, there is a link to it on the left hand side of the blog!