Light rain and a good breeze welcomed me this morning. I was still very tired. I’m not equalized to the long days yet. It feels like afternoon and when I look at the clock it’s 11 pm. So yesterday. Brian, a fisherman right next to my slip, invited me to come over to his ship and talk story. It was a black steel trawler with lots of crab cages piled up on the stern. There’s nothing fancy on a fishingboat. The cabin was small with a double storey bunk and a small settee in front of it. We talked about..  What seaman even talk about when they are on their own.. I could resist to have a beer at the B’s and hit the bunk late afternoon at 1am.
Intentionally I wanted to sleep early and work on my lack of sleep.. Tomorrow.. Definitely!

6 hrs later I was on deck. Full foul weather gear on and ready to leave. Brian agreed to help me with the lines but he wasn’t there.. Probably the one beer was very big..
I found a young captain from the next boat who helped me. The slip was quite big but the ‘driveway’ was very small. I wanted to be sure not to touch my neighbor. Going backwards ZERO tent to move her bow to port and with the wind blowing of my starboard quarter there’s not much I can do against it. Except.. Having one pulling the bow back to the slip.
It worked perfectly and my bowsprit cleared the neighbors stern by 2 feet while my stern was almost touching the fishing vessel behind me on the opposite row.  It was close and I’m glad I asked for assistance.
The weather was nothing close to optimal. 15-20 kn breeze from the NE. Guess what direction I was going.. NE!
Anyway I wanted to get out of Kodiak. I needed some rest and I wanted to be out there in the nature with nobody else around except creatures of the alaskan wilderness.
I was heading for Afognak Island just 25 nm NNE of Kodiak. Uninhabited! Perfect!

At the entrance of Izhut Bay I found my spot. A little inlet with depth around 30 ft. Bottom looked like sand as much as I could see and interpret the sonar. Just a little kelp on the eastern corner. A concave beach with dark grey stones, 1 nm wide faced the shoreline. Behind it was a valley with dark green pine-trees bordered by steep mountains. The charts show a lake just behind the little pine-tree forest.
I dropped anchor at 24 ft, had a hot shower, cooked the Halibut Kim gave me yesterday and went to bed.
Early afternoon, but this time for real. It was 3 pm.
I had a good 4 hrs nap before I woke up. It was dry and the sun could break the clouds frequently.  I went on deck and took a deep breath of the fresh air..

What was that?
No your kidding..!
Behind me, the bow was facing the beach, was a Sailboat approaching. What the heck..?
SV Taiga from Anchorage anchored right next to me. There are probably only a handful sailboats in these water at the moment and two choose the same bay.
Two of the 5 onboard paddled over and said hello. They needed water and were on their way to fill up a jerry can in the stream. I offered my two 5 gal canisters so they can at least get 15 gal per run instead of 5. And mine were full of potable water so in case the water wouldn’t be clean they have some.

Now it’s 10 pm, Afternoon,  and I’m ready for the next nap..
Tomorrow I’ll go ashore..
Aloha
The resting captain