Entrance to Tracey Arm Glacier

At left, the entrance to Tracy Arm, where the Sawyer Glaciers are located. We anchored here in Wood Spit, which provided excellent holding and was well protected from southeast winds. We shared this anchorage with another boat, "Jeanne-Pierre", which was a 45' Beneteau, very similar to our own. The next day, they allowed us to follow them through the maze of ice approaching the glaciers.

To the right,  shows our journey toward Tracy Arm. The green buoy is being pulled over in a 4 knot ebb tide against us, which we were fighting with our 6 knot engine.  The resulting 2 knots of forward progress makes for slow going.  Notice the two salmon jumping out of the water.

Above and at right: our traveling companion, Jeanne-Pierre, motoring through the fiords cut out by glaciers.