Plans for 2011 - PNW and SE Alaska

SeaHorse II wrote:


Moonstruck wrote:LMAO

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Don:
Of course you know I love your boat and your kind of "cruising." I used to do it your way and still miss it. Trawlering is "OK" but out here in Southern Cal, getting where you want to go in 3-4 hours is great! a boat with all the amenities and a cruise of 15-20 knots is where it's really at for me. (Fuel costs be damned.)

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Some of these guys woud be surprised to learn that you can actually breathe without supplemental oxygen at 30 knots.

Sometimes we like to cover allot of ground---as much as over 200 miles in a day.* Sometimes we like to slow cruise and hang out.* It is nice to have the choice.* Other than electric refrigeration (when cruising we turn the icemaker off), Moonstruck is set up a lot like a trawler.* She has AGM batteries, generator, inverter, LED lights, and a good dinghy.* We love to hang on the hook and moorings.* She has 8 overhead opening hatches to catch the breezes.* All this plus speed when we want it.* Love it!

Of course, fuel is not cheap----especially now.* It is not the major cost of owning the boat.* When you get down to it, it's tough to justify owning any boat on a financial basis.** When Lou asked me what was my major fault, I said that I spend to damn much money on my boat;*and that's not likely to change.* She was warned.

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JohnP wrote:
Boy, If everybody keeps wanting to go faster, pretty soon we can start a new thread about Water Skiing!

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*You don't need to go fast to water ski!

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Our schedule*has us departing Sidney BC around Memorial Day and heading north. We are going to be gone for 3-4 months and whether we do SE Alaska, Queen Charlottes*or stay south of Prince Rupert, the boat and crew are ready.

We cruised the west side of Pitt and Princess Royal on our way south last year - we loved it and not nearly as boring as the channels. We encountered few pleasure craft and lots of great anchorages.

Keep an eye out for the Sunchaser V.

sunchaser wrote:
Our schedule*has us departing Sidney BC around Memorial Day and heading north. We are going to be gone for 3-4 months and whether we do SE Alaska, Queen Charlottes*or stay south of Prince Rupert, the boat and crew are ready.

We cruised the west side of Pitt and Princess Royal on our way south last year - we loved it and not nearly as boring as the channels. We encountered few pleasure craft and lots of great anchorages.

Keep an eye out for the Sunchaser V.

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*Sounds like a great trip.* Take lots of pictures and keep us up on it as you go along. Do you have a blog?

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