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Old 10-11-2016, 07:54 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Nomad Willy View Post
I went from Prince Rupert BC to Juneau Alaska on a plywood OB cruiser w a 55hp Johnson OB. I did have a small cuddy cabin to sleep in but the rest of the boat including the helm was wide open. I wore a motorcycle helmet w a face shield for rain. This was the best boat trip I have ever taken. Was in Dixon Entrance w seas as big as a house. Rarely saw the horizon. When it was calm near Cape Fanshaw I thought I heard cannons firing but soon it turned out to be a group of Humpback Whales. Anchored off Harbor Is (the entrance to Taku Arm) and watched huge Icebergs the size of aircraft carriers ghosting along in the moonlight.
Yup .. best trip I ever made.

I ran this boat before the cabin was built. Actually there was a tiny cabin about the size of a helm station .. and that's what it was. I designed the boat and built it in the Queen Charlotte Is.
Wooww.. what a trip!!
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