Tracy Arm

General.    Tracy Arm is 25 nm long and has two calving glaciers at it's head. If this is your first experience of ice you are in for an interesting time. On occasions the head of the arm is clogged by icebergs. High speed tour boats visit here from Juneau during the summer season. It is well worth the visit as it is quite unique.

Reported.    September 2003 by Fine Tolerance

Charts.    NOAA 17300,   NOAA 17311.

Approach.    There are no off-shore dangers here. The entrance to the arm is over a bar which is crossed by rounding Harbour Island and keeping the two lit leads on the north of the island directly astern. There is another single lit beacon dead ahead on the eastern shore of Tracy Arm. Once inside there are no dangers other than the few rocks out from the eastern arm of the anchorage. The tide runs with swirls and some force through the channel. If there are bergs about be aware that they can be deceptively fast at times.

Anchoring.    We went into the centre of the bay shown. Take care to give the rocks on the eastern side a wide berth. This anchorage is quite open to the south. We anchored in 16 meters on a rocky bottom.

Points of Interest.   At the anchorage there is nothing but an anchorage where you can time your run to the head of Tracy Arm. We only stayed here one still night on our return from the head of the arm. It is said that Tracy Arm is one of the most spectacular fiords in South East Alaska.

 
Sailing into Tracy Arm.

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