Alaska 2021 – May 7

We spent the day cruising in cold wet rainy weather from Goldstream Bay to Oliver Cove Marine Park  via Shearwater. We floated off Shearwater where we were able to pick up internet and phone service.  It’s always nice to be able to catch up with people when we go by the areas with connectivity!  Our intention was to spend about an hour floating then heading on to our evening anchorage but the local Shrimp pots had other plans.  First Dave floated over 2 pots that got caught on his boat. Glen jumped in Stupid(his jet boat) to go help and realized he had also floated over a Shrimp float.  Glen’s pot was a fairly easy removal to put the pot back where it came from but not the same for Dave and Jane on Bidarka.  They had 2 floats and after about 2 hours along with Glen and Pete’s help they were free from the pots but the result was 2 floats and only one pot.  While Glen and Pete were resetting the pot with 2 floats a local came out to make sure everything was ok.  He was really nice and friendly about the mishap. The guys gave him money to cover the loss of the pot and we were on our way to find anchorage.  We went thru Seaforth Channel to Reid Pass and our spot to drop the hook for the night!  Dinner on the Nelsea and another fun evening with friends. The boys (Steve and Glen) beat Michelle and Liz at Cribbage -2 games.  We need a chance to redeem ourselves – hopefully tomorrow night.