You need 2 months. And start early May so you can enjoy the Dungeness crab before the commercial fishermen vacuum them up.
One problem. Early start means spring tidal action will flood shores causing much debris in water. There were six boats on the hard at Port Hardy when I stopped. All had prop damage. Might consider running outside. Stop at Barkley Sound, Tofino, Nookssk Sound then on to Queen Charlotte sound crossing. Beautiful places.
A sage old timer once told my dad, a PNW tugboater of vast seafaring experience, "never go outside, when you can go inside". Besides the IP is a fantastic trip not to be missed. Outside is, well outside, and prone to foul weather and few place to hide.
Man that sure does bring back memories of working on my dads tugs in the late 50's thru into the early 70's. He had a bunch of engines like that, both Washington and Atlas. The last one he had was about 2 and half times the size of the one in the vid and still only 220 HP! Huge thing. I well remember having to go down and "oil up". The exhaust sounds better than the engine itself though. Great stuff.
