The Art of Being a Nautical Nomad

July 27-30 – Sitka

Long range cruisers are an odd sort.

We are like nautical nomads, going from place to place ... some of us prefer to anchor, others prefer to dock ... but ultimately we are all wanderers, and none of us stay in the same place very long.

Engelenbak next to La Bella Dolce

Places to go ... and so much to see. Especially in Alaska.

I guess, with much in common, some of our most enjoyable Alaska experiences have been meeting fellow boaters. And in Sitka, we docked next to such a couple ... Don & Linda from California, on their Hampton 63 ... appropriately named ... La Bella Dolce.

We immediately bonded with Don. The next day his wife Linda flew in from California and we all enjoyed dinner at the Channel Club, a nice little restaurant 3 miles out of town.

Waiting in the parking lot of the local grocery store for a cab ... enjoying the view . 

One thing about cruising is you always need to provision when you get the chance at dock, so we all shared a cab into town the following day to the local grocery store ... with a parking lot view unlike any grocery store I’ve ever visited.

We had Don & Linda over for dinner that evening and he shared a great many pointers about where to fish for salmon, crab and prawns.

Even better ... the next day when we were leaving he brought over a detailed list with coordinate points of the best places to drop prawn and crab traps for our future voyage ... a list I dare not share on this blog ... but have dutifully taped to a page in our log book!

We hope to cross paths again with this wonderful couple on La Bella Dolce!