Wrangell Harbor Walk | Commercial Boats, Liveaboards & Our First Morning Afloat

First morning waking up on the water aboard our steel schooner, the Alaskan Gypsy — tied up in Wrangell’s Heritage Harbor after launch. We decided to stretch our legs, walk the docks, and bring you along on a casual harbor tour for our YouTube fam. No script. No plan. Just gulls singing, boats of every flavor (commercial fishing vessels, gillnetters, sailboats, liveaboards, working craft), some boat-for-sale gems, and a few rain squalls in true Southeast Alaska fashion. Somewhere along the way, we met kind strangers turned friends. Tim and Donna are kind souls with an incredibly unique unstayed, freestanding carbon-fiber-masted schooner (a Freedom-style rig you rarely see, especially in small Alaska harbors). One of those unexpected “harbor magic” moments was connecting with them and hearing stories of the sea! Soon after we left them, we met up with another friend who has a pretty amazing float house, used as a hunting platform! One of the charms of small, Alaska towns. We didn’t finish the whole harbor (the weather and talking deterred us), but we covered a lot — and we hope to be back for Part Two. Thanks for walking the docks with us ❤️ — Audrey + Scott @TheAlaskanGypsyLife Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Wrangell, Alaska 00:24 Starting the harbor walk 01:08 Harbor overview & duck greetings 02:22 Unique steel sailboat 03:28 Classic SE Alaska troll boats 04:47 Fiberglass sailboat under cover 05:24 Tug-style liveaboard boats 05:58 Kingfishers & charter boats 06:56 Beautiful aluminum build 08:01 Gillnetters & off-season setups 09:53 Little Darling & liveaboard style 10:49 Sailboat for sale 11:55 Svensson Marine landing craft 12:46 Working fiberglass boats 14:05 Modern gillnetters 15:23 Floating cabin surprise 16:33 More aluminum builds & trawlers 17:38 Famous Homer “Jewel” connection 18:08 Clementine’s big cabin 19:01 Boats for sale 19:28 Tongue Point visitors 20:15 Wild aluminum/steel sailboat 20:57 More commercial boats 21:17 Rain squalls hit 22:07 Classic steel boats 24:18 Wooden schooner 24:47 Gillnetter for sale 25:42 More commercial boats 26:21 Unusual hybrid troller 27:21 More fingers to walk 28:01 Meeting Donna & Tim 29:28 Touring the Archangel schooner 31:26 Inside the carbon-fiber-mast boat 37:05 Winter stories & storms 42:04 Wrapping up the tour 44:15 Back to the harbor walk 45:07 Houseboat hunting cabin reveal 46:12 Seeing friends & family connections 47:42 Final stretch of the harbor 49:40 Thank you for joining us