Captain Scotts Log ~ Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: Dutch Harbor

The sun rose? Behind a fog bank as we moved slowly to Dutch in the early morning. Then for a minute the fog cleared and we could see the Volcanoes on Unalaska with the sun rising behind them. REAL MAGIC. Later the fog lifted and we could see Umnak behind us with the volcanic plume rising into the stratosphere. We sailed along the severe coast of Unalaska all day and got into Dutch in the afternoon. No customs to clear into the USA as they fly in from Anchorage and the airport has been closed for 3 days with fog. But Port control radioed our info and then drove us around for everything. Drinks at the unisea sports bar, dinner at the Grand Aleutian, shopping and general gossip. Small place with pop of 4000 but wow. Crew hiked up mountain to WW11 bunker-saw old Russian Cathedral--Museum. Boats came by to chat and give us fish and crab. We now have tons of Halibut and Cod and one live King Crab roams the cockpit. Earthquake of 5.2 while having diner--Umnak will be active for awhile. We plan to leave early on the 8th headed NE along the Alaskan Peninsula toward Kodiak Island