The run across the Gulf of Alaska from Yakutat to Seward was pretty uneventful. Saw about 10 Killer Whales. The storm we were worried about petered out. The fuel dock at Yakutat is pretty fallen down. They are using the seafood dock until fixed which may take a couple of years. The situation is a hassle for everybody with all the workers and equipment on the seafood dock. There were lots of whales all the way up the coast from San Francisco. The weather has been better than great all the way up. We used the outside run from Neah Bay to Winter Harbor BC, the outside of the west coast of Vancouver Island. Fuel was 2.74 at Yatkutat and Elfin Cove. Picked up a Ring Life Buoy from the MV Horizon Kodiak of Philadelphia PA. It had been in the water about a week we think. The light had run the battery down. We used the Keku Strait passage to get from Ketchikan to Kake. The chart is 17372. There are more markers than the 2002 chart shows, which helps. The trick is going thru about 2 hour or more after the beginning of the flood. You get about 8 extra feet of water and in some places we were down to that. Our draft was about 4'. This is the place that has the Devils Elbow and the Summit, all aptly named. I did not happen to have the electronic version so we used a paper chart bought in Ketchikan. We used range marks penciled on the chart to keep lined up. The summit is 4 feet deep and 150 feet wide, with the current running 4 knots or so. Lots of fun. There is a lot of mileage that can be saved by going outside Vancouver Island. The one major problem is clearing Canadian Customs. You had best get that by phone when you leave Neah Bay, in case they won't do it by phone, in which case they will direct you to Victoria, I suspect. If you have the fuel range you can avoid the Canadians by running outside the Queen Charlottes and go to Craig AK for first fuel, or Sitka if you can get there. The run is about 750 miles. There was very little debris in the water, except some Crossing Heceta Strait, and quite a bit from Yakutat to Seward. Cape Spencer was rough near the point and for about 30 miles up to Latuya Bay. The mountains are full of lots of snow and the view is spectacular with the clear skies. Temperatures have been mild most of the way. Mike Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon.