Slowboat

09/01/2026

Kevin's novel Untamed Coast is AVAILABLE NOW from Ballantine/Penguin Random House. Get your copy today! (First week sales are a big deal).
https://kevincmorris.com/pre-order-untamed-coast/

08/21/2026

The Slowboat team has some fun off-the-water activities coming up!

Kevin's debut novel "Untamed Coast" (set in SE Alaska, published by Penguin Random House/Ballantine Books) is out September 1st and he has a book launch reading/signing at Powell's Books in Portland on Sunday, September 13th at 7pm.
https://www.powells.com/events/kevin-c-morris-9798217298549

Laura's solo show of paintings "Bright Side" will be showing for the month of September at the Russo Lee Gallery in Portland, opening September 3rd (First Thursday event from 5-7pm), and she'll be giving an artist talk on Saturday, September 12 at 11am.
www.russoleegallery.com

Later in September, Kevin will be doing a panel at the Bainbridge Island Book Festival on Saturday, September 26th.
https://www.bainbridgeislandbookfestival.org/

You're all invited!!

07/24/2026

More whales, and another incredible sunset (probably due to wildfire smoke, unfortunately):

From Kanish Bay (after sleeping in and having a leisurely morning with coffee on the flybridge), we pulled our anchor around 11:30am and motored toward Seymour Narrows. Afternoon slack was around 1:10pm. We arrived a bit early and had a nice boost of current pushing us through, around a very slow-mo...

07/22/2026

We're now south of Cape Caution and it's still July!

We cruised from Pruth Bay down to Fury Cove on Sunday, hoping that the conditions forecast for Cape Caution the following morning accommodated our desire not to have to wait until the better window -- five days later. Fury Cove is a gorgeous stop. White sand/shell beaches, a beautiful view out into....

07/20/2026

https://slowboat.com/2026/07/airship-pruth-bay/

This morning we slept in, made breakfast, and got a nice relaxed start to the day. Very nice after the very long day yesterday (64nm or so) from Rescue Bay to Lewall Inlet. Today we cruised just 8nm or so down to Pruth Bay. Kali left a couple hours before us, and they were all

07/20/2026

https://slowboat.com/2026/07/airship-khutze-inlet-rescue-bay-lewall-inlet/

We could have stayed several days in Khutze Inlet, especially with weather like this! But we're all about the miles right now, so off we went. Yesterday's cruise was forty-something nautical miles to Rescue Bay, and then we got out for some dinghy exploring and some fishing. Kevin caught a nice size...

07/16/2026

Incredible weather for our stop in Khutze Bay! (and a bear!)

Khutze Inlet is always a favorite stop, and not just because we usually see bears, but because the scenery is just so insanely beautiful. Add a blue sky and bright warm sun to that equation and...well, you'll see. We anchored Airship next to the tall waterfall...dropped the anchor in about 100 feet....

07/15/2026

Another new-to-us anchorage: Hawk Inlet on Fin Island (and humpbacks!)

Fin Island is a remote, uninhabited island southwest of Hartley Bay -- completely off-grid, only reachable by boat or float plane, and home to a BC Whales Research Station that overlooks Squally Channel which is a prime whale-watching area. It is part of the Lax Kwil Dziidz/Fin Conservancy, and is t...

07/14/2026

https://slowboat.com/2026/07/airship-kah-shakes-cove-prince-rupert-baker-inlet/

We timed leaving Kah Shakes as perfectly as the last time we were here: leaving on a minus tide (-2.2ft). Rather than leaving at 6am, ten minutes after low tide, we waited until about 7am when it was just about zero. Mid channel is fine, and we had no less than 14ft of depth, but

07/14/2026

https://slowboat.com/2026/07/airship-meyers-chuck-to-kah-shakes-cove/

We left the dock in Meyers Chuck early! We planned a ~65nm day all the way down to Kah Shakes Cove with a pit stop in Ketchikan to mail a package and top off with fuel. (A 5:30am departure meant we didn't order cinnamon rolls from Cassy to be delivered warm to Airship at 7am.)