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06-06-2022, 01:46 PM
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Guru
City: Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island
Vessel Name: Capricorn
Vessel Model: Mariner 30 - Sedan Cruiser 1969
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 2,000
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How big a boat do I need to do the Inside Passage - Surprise!
Okay, just watch the first two minutes of this video and comment.
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06-06-2022, 06:49 PM
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Guru
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3,097
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Yes, friend of mine leads that tour every year. They often travel at 60 miles an hour. It takes serious conditioning to hang on for their long legs.
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06-15-2022, 02:51 PM
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Guru
City: Columbia City, OR & Mulege, BCS
Vessel Name: Imagine
Vessel Model: Farrell 34
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 672
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https://r2ak.com/
Bunch of rowboats and Hobies in on this. No motors allowed.
They start from Victoria to Ketchikan tomorrow at noon.
First place prize is $10,000. Second is a set of steak knives.
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06-15-2022, 06:54 PM
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Guru
City: Bellingham WA
Vessel Name: Hatt Trick
Vessel Model: 45' Hatteras Convertible
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,736
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoneFarrell
https://r2ak.com/
Bunch of rowboats and Hobies in on this. No motors allowed.
They start from Victoria to Ketchikan tomorrow at noon.
First place prize is $10,000. Second is a set of steak knives.
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I saw their departure on Seattle TV news yesterday. The first leg of the R2AK race is from Pt Townsend WA to Victoria BC, across Strait of Juan de Fuca. Unfortunately the wind increased to gale force soon after they started across, capsizing several of the boats. The Coast Guard had a helicopter and boats on-scene to rescue them.
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06-15-2022, 07:43 PM
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Guru
City: Columbia City, OR & Mulege, BCS
Vessel Name: Imagine
Vessel Model: Farrell 34
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 672
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Ken,
Yes, I been following on the site. A bunch of the small craft holed up on the spit, left 3 am today to go across. Nobody hurt, a trimaran dismasted.
Coast Guard said conditions were worst they'd ever seen!
To stay on topic, not sure how successful I'd be refueling aPWC in that sea state. Gas cap better be on a chain!
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06-15-2022, 07:55 PM
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Guru
City: Bellingham WA
Vessel Name: Hatt Trick
Vessel Model: 45' Hatteras Convertible
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,736
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Isn't it ironic that they could have got across the Staits most days this time of year and then run into a gale on race day!
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Ken on Hatt Trick
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06-15-2022, 08:35 PM
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Guru
City: Columbia City, OR & Mulege, BCS
Vessel Name: Imagine
Vessel Model: Farrell 34
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 672
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A schedule can be the most hazardous thing about boating.
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06-17-2022, 04:54 PM
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Guru
City: Bellingham WA
Vessel Name: Hatt Trick
Vessel Model: 45' Hatteras Convertible
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,736
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Here's a link to a map showing where the boats are presently:
https://r2ak2022.maprogress.com
Three adventurous boats are on the W side of Vancouver Island.
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Ken on Hatt Trick
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06-20-2022, 01:32 PM
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Senior Member
City: Hawaii
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 272
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My father-in-law paddled a canoe alone around Vancouver Island when he was sixteen years old. Anything bigger that that is for wosses.
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06-20-2022, 01:43 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Friday Harbor
Vessel Name: Athena
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4588
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 42
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not very big
REad "Curve of Time": True tales from young single mother a long time ago taking her 5 kids and a dog every summer for years in a 25' motor boat, and having a great time.
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06-20-2022, 01:56 PM
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Guru
City: Port Canaveral
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,595
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GoneFarrell
A schedule can be the most hazardous thing about boating.
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Word!
Joking aside, "sticking to a schedule" almost killed me in a late Spring storm off Oregon
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06-20-2022, 02:18 PM
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Guru
City: Bellingham WA
Vessel Name: Hatt Trick
Vessel Model: 45' Hatteras Convertible
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,736
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The lead R2AK boat is in Clarence Strait, about 40 miles from the finish at Ketchikan. The next closest boats are near Bella Bella, about half way. The real race will be for second place and the steak knives!
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Ken on Hatt Trick
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06-20-2022, 02:44 PM
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Guru
City: Columbia City, OR & Mulege, BCS
Vessel Name: Imagine
Vessel Model: Farrell 34
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProMaritime
My father-in-law paddled a canoe alone around Vancouver Island when he was sixteen years old. Anything bigger that that is for wosses.
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I used to row off of Orcas Is. to the outer islands in a 16 foot rowboat I built. That was big adventure!
One trip I "lost propulsion" when starboard outrigger broke in Obstruction Pass, SE end of Orcas. Had to make repairs as I bobbed through the tide rip and not roll the boat leaning over the side. Welded those things up solid when I got back home.
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06-20-2022, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member
City: Terrace, BC
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 182
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A schedule can be the most hazardous thing about boating.
So true, and can be a killjoy too.
Curve of Time - That book got me interested into the idea of cruising/exploring points of interest along the inside passage
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