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Ketchikan - Ketchikan / Ketchikan - Juneau / Juneau - Sitka Route A / Juneau - Sitka Route B / Ketchikan - Sitka A & B

The motor yacht SUMDUM is home based in Ketchikan, an ideal starting point for an Alaskan adventure and only two hours by plane from Seattle on scheduled airlines. It is designed for action, for providing an experience totally unlike those offered by cruise liners. The SUMDUM means the difference between observing Alaska or becoming totally involved.

Our charters are customized to the desires and objectives of our clients. Using our knowledge to meet those objectives is our goal. Pre-booking contact with our captain is encouraged to ensure the route chosen best meets the desires and needs of the guests (see crew page for contact information). Most trips are action oriented (fishing, crabbing, shrimping, beach combing, hiking, photography and kayaking in pristine estuaries) rather than just cruising. The point is to experience this untouched wilderness in its primitive form and dine on natures daily bounty of fresh caught seafoods.

Each month offers something different to the sportsman and conservationist alike. Trout are available in early May, King Salmon in late May to early July and Coho salmon in late July through September. Fly fishing in remote streams and lakes, many accessible only by boat or float plane, usually begins in July. Halibut, crab and shrimp are available all season. Salmon spawning and related bear watching is best mid July to mid September. Cruising to ice filled fjords around Juneau, with associated whale watching can be arranged. Sumdum operates with a USFS guide/outfitters permit for the Tongass National Forest.



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The Sumdum's primary cruising area is in Southeast Alaska, the Alexander Archipelago. Ketchikan is a town located on Revillagigedo Island whose major industries are Timber, Fishing and Tourism. There are thousands of miles of coastline with numerous bays and inlets in this area and all are inviting, secluded retreats.
One of the Sumdums favorite charter routes leaves Ketchikan for the Misty Fjords area. Behm Canal separates Revillagigedo Island from the mainland, a rugged coastline of deep Fjords and rocky crags.
Slide shows from some of our trips
Summer 2004 and Summer 2005
Sumdum was featured in
Boat International's
December 1995 issue.


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