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10-31-2014, 08:58 PM
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Guru
City: Birch bay wa
Vessel Name: Rogue
Vessel Model: North Pacific 42
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 648
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KS Worked the slope every winter,1970 till 2002. That was enough, retired at 52. Boating summers, RVing winters. Life is good.
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10-31-2014, 11:30 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ksanders
I moved to Alaska 24 years ago today with my 7 year old son.
I came here seeking adventure.
The dream was to buy a floatplane, and a cabin in the woods, shoot a bear and go salmon fishing.
I did all that and then some. Alaska has been good to me.
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Sounds like it worked out great for you.
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11-01-2014, 02:21 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ksanders
Question...
Did you leave your boat in Mexico, or were you onboard full time?
I still work, but being a sloper I have half my life off so could be anywhere.
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Kev, you need to get your boat's butt over here to Queensland. Base her in the Whitsundays, and you would have the best of both worlds, and no ice - except in your Martini. Work where you normally do - then fly back to your boat in boating heaven.
Whitsundays Weather - Tourism Whitsundays QLD
Tourism Whitsundays, Queensland Australia, Whitsundays Holidays - Tourism Whitsundays QLD
Whitsunday Islands - Tourism Whitsundays QLD
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Pete
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11-01-2014, 06:07 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Feel your pain. I wanted to be migrating South first of October. We are still working on my boat in the yard. Hoping to splash her in December and head South 1st of the year.
Ted
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I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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11-02-2014, 06:50 AM
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Guru
City: Walnut Grove Ca
Vessel Name: Cary'D Away
Vessel Model: Hatteras 48 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 887
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In some ways your right.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ksanders
To be honest, the delta seems like an Alaskans kind of place. Away from the big city, and the big cities ways of thinking.
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With the exception of Discovery Bay , there isn't a lot of bling. Mostly a mixture of laid back folks getting away from their hectic life style, enjoying the open space and the love of boating. The delta is on a much smaller scale than Alaska, your never more than a few miles from something, still because of the serpentine waterways you can get the feeling of isolation. The winter is much quieter, perhaps my favorite time. We used to get weeks of fog. We haven't been getting as much these last few years. The marinas are mostly smaller and more laid back, your not going to find many blue blazers , flag ceremonies, or cannons. It's a little redneck, but not really, there's a mixture of everything out here.
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11-02-2014, 12:15 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,728
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Well put, Scary. I find the delta filled with good, salt of the earth people who love boating and not so many yachty types that populate bay area yacht clubs and a few private delta islands.
In the delta, you usually don't have to go very for to find privacy. In the winter, it sometimes feels like I'm the only one on the water.
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11-03-2014, 03:16 PM
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#27
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,050
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Scary and FW you are right on. The time I spent in the delta was great and it surprised me.
The only draw back? They won't let you in if you don't pay the trolls under the bridges!
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11-03-2014, 03:28 PM
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#28
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Technical Guru
City: Wilmington, NC
Vessel Name: Louisa
Vessel Model: Custom Built 38
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,194
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My boat just told me she wants to go south, too!!
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