Entry Date: 05.07.2016, at 07:10:12 hrs (local)
Dutch Harbor - Seward
Scary encounter
| PRID: | 11117 |
|---|---|
| LegID: | 293 |
| LegNo: | 50 |
| Latitude: | N053°57.84' |
| Longitude: | W166°11.86' |
| Day#: | 554 |
| Log (Day): | 19 nm |
| Log (Leg): | 19 nm |
| Log (Total): | 33216 nm |
Our calculation proves correct and we are right at slag-tide in the pass. At the narrowest location Lutz sees in the twilight a dark buoy with a bright orange flashing light on top in front of us with a radar echo. But what is that? The buoy moves toward us! And fast! Only now he realizes the buoy is in fact a huge submarine. It passes us on our port side with high speed toward the North and disappears later into the Bering Sea. That was a scary encounter! We fail to understand why this huge submarine picks the narrowest pass in this area.
