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Captains Cat
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 7313 City/Region: Cod Creek>Potomac River>Chesapeake Bay
State or Province: VA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Captain's Choice II
Photos: Captain's Cat
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Pat, I agree, I read it three times and enjoyed it each time. Great story! Keep us posted on when you come back and join one of the gatherings, we'd love to have you (all). I'm sure your bride and kiddos will come around...
Charlie _________________ CHARLIE and PENNY CBRAT #100
Captain's Cat II 2005 22 Cruiser
Thataway (2006 TC255 - Sold Aug 2013)
Captain's Cat (2006 TC255 - Sold January 2012)
Captain's Kitten (1995 CD 16 Angler- Sold June 2010)
Captain's Choice (1994 CD 22 Cruiser- Sold Jun 2007)
Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay
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DaveS
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 3204 City/Region: Arlington
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Shift
Photos: Sea Shift
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent Story! I did have the opportunity to see your fine vessel when it was at EQ. Very Nice!
Can't wait to "hear" of another adventure from you. _________________ Dave S.
"Sea Shift"
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TyBoo
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 5315 City/Region: Warrenton
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1996
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruise Ship
Vessel Name: TyBoo
Photos: TyBoo
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Wow. I thought of all kinds of comments and kudos while reading that marvelously written tale of a fantastic adventure, but all I can think of to say right now is thank you.
Mike |
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Luna C
Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 404 City/Region: Lake Goodwin/Center Island
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2019
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Panthera
Photos: Luna C
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:43 am Post subject: |
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Wow and thanks here too!!! _________________ Janet & Chris without CD22 Luna C
Now with Panthera 255 TC |
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El and Bill
Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 3200 City/Region: Lakewood, CO
State or Province: CO
C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Halcyon
Photos: Halcyon
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Jim --
What a great story, beautifully written. Thanks for sharing it with us all. Just finished the second reading, and going back for the third. _________________ El and Bill (former live-aboards)
Halcyon 2000 CD 22 Bought 2000 Sold 2012
http://cruisingamerica-halcyondays.com/ |
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Sea Wolf
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 8650 City/Region: Redding
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Wolf
Photos: Sea Wolf
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Jim (Alvig)-
What did you do once you arrived at Whittier on the ferry with the boat on the trailer?
Ship it back to Washington?
Leave it in Whittier for later use on Prince William Sound?
Trail the boat on the trailer through the R.R. / Highway tunnel to Anchorage for storage to use later?
What are your future plans, or have you gotten that far yet?
Are you planning to retire in the Northwest down the road?
Certainly raises some very interesting questions about folks ability to make adjustments to dramatic climatic and environmental changes during their lives!
Thanks again! Joe. _________________ Sea Wolf, C-Brat #31
Lake Shasta, California
"Most of my money I spent on boats and women. The rest I squandered'. " -Annonymous |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8555 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
Photos: Daydream and Crabby Lou
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:51 am Post subject: |
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And how do you pronounce "Aiviq" anyway? In my mind I am saying "Eye-Vick" - is that close? _________________
DAYDREAM - CD25 Cruiser
CRABBY LOU - CD16 Angler (sold 2020)
Pat & Patty Anderson, C-Brat #62!
http://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com
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gljjr
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 908 City/Region: Fall City
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1982
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Migratory Dory
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Pat,
Take a look at http://www.alaskool.org/Language/dictionaries/inupiaq/dictionary.htm
It has a pretty good explanation on the pronunciations.
Quote: | ai is pronounced like "ie" in "pie" and ia is pronounced like "ea" in "area" in North Alaska dialect. In Kobuk River dialect, they are pronounced alike, as in "air". |
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Quote: | i is pronounced like "i " in "police". Next to b and q it sounds like "i " as in "tin". |
Looking at that I get "eye" + "veek" _________________ Gary Johnson
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Aiviq
Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 127 City/Region: Juba
C-Dory Year: 1985
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Aiviq
Photos: Aiviq
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | What did you do once you arrived at Whittier on the ferry with the boat on the trailer? |
I'm originally from Anchorage, and now own a house in Seward. When I arrived in Whittier, my dad met me with a pickup to haul the boat off of the ferry. We towed it to Seward for some fishing in Resurrection Bay. The boat is now back in Anchorage in my sisters back yard. My plan is to use it in Prince William Sound, Seward, and maybe trips as far as Katchemak Bay when I'm in Alaska for home leaves and R&Rs. I'll eventually retire in Seward. Some people question the economic viability of owning a boat in Alaska while living in Africa (my wife is one of them). but my rationalization (or delusion - take your pick) is that if I can average 2 weeks of vacation time every summer in Alaska, and spend most or all of it on the boat, I'll get an average of 14 days of a year of use out of it, which is probably not that far from the amount of time most working people spend on their boats. And I think the 2 weeks average in Alaska is conservative. There will be years when I won't get there at all, but on years when I have home leave, I can always get at least 4 weeks, and sometimes as much as 6 weeks off. The main fly in this ointment is that my wife is unlikely to buy into it. I'm hoping we can reach some compromise where she spends a few days on the boat, and the rest of the time in Anchorage, while I do visa versa.
Quote: | And how do you pronounce "Aiviq" anyway? |
The word Aiviq means walrus in both Inupiaq and Yupik, and Gary is correct that pronunciations vary across the vast regions where those languages are spoken. I first came across the word in Kivalina, near Kotzebue more than 20 years ago, and my recollection (and the way I pronounce it) is with the ai pronounced like that in "air", and viq pronounced like "vick" (although "veek" is probably closer to the correct pronunciation). I recently saw a post from a C-Brats member in Kotzebue. Maybe he can correct my pronunciation.
Jim |
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gljjr
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 908 City/Region: Fall City
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1982
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Migratory Dory
Photos: gljjr
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info Jim! BTW: How do you like the extra power from the new motor? Does it offset the extra weight? I know you said you had trim problems but what is your overall feelings on the motor?
I have to figure out what I'm going to do to repower my 27'. Right now I'm leaning towards a new long block but I might see if I can pry loose a few more boat bucks and get a new fuel injected motor.
BTW: I talked with Gene formerly from C-Dory at the Boats Afloat show and he said that he had built 10 of the 12 27s. So you and I have very rare boats! |
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Aiviq
Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 127 City/Region: Juba
C-Dory Year: 1985
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Aiviq
Photos: Aiviq
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:31 am Post subject: |
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The boat was underpowered with 130 hp, and it clearly does better with 190. I probably need to work on finding a better prop than the stock one I have on it now. I do get a bit of water coming in through the scuppers now, but not to bad. If I'd been able to repower in a time and place of my own choosing, I would have given strong consideration to outboards on a bracket ala Haliey's (sp?) commet (although probably not as big as he used), but overall I'm very satisfied with the performance of the boat.
Jim |
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starcrafttom
Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 7896 City/Region: marysville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1984
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: to be decided later
Photos: Susan E
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Great story and even with all the problems a great trip. I do have say that your brother would have ended up swimming to port after letting you hit that log, but I would not have to explain his absence to your mom so I understand why you did not water test the boy. _________________ Thomas J Elliott
http://tomsfishinggear.blogspot.com/ |
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Ron Bennie
Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 35 City/Region: Calgary
State or Province: AB
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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I've read and reread this story to check my reaction to it. I admire the vision to tackle the Inside Passage, but to take a inexperienced young family (passengers really) into this type of undertaking with no additional crew for backup seems a very big risk to me. Even the brother seemed better suited to enjoying a boat ride than sharing any responsibility for the safety of the boat. Preparation and caution all seem to have been sacrificed for the sake of doing "the trip of a lifetime". I feel this is a cautionary story, but then, I guess we all have our own comfort level.
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gljjr
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 908 City/Region: Fall City
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1982
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Migratory Dory
Photos: gljjr
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Jim,
Thanks for the info on the 190. I've got the Volvo AQ175 V6 in mine and when I change the motor I was thinking of putting in the 190hp version. I've also seriously thought about putting in a Kodiak Jet with a 275 hp V8. If I could get the better half to release the boat bucks for the jet I would do it in a heart beat.
At least now you know the boat is ready for next year! Too bad you couldn't have spent more time on it after you got to home port! It must have been hard heading home to the heat after the wonderful/painful adventure. |
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Salmon Slayer
Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 132 City/Region: Juneau, Alaska
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1981
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
Vessel Name: Holly May
Photos: Holly May
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Ron B:
For those who are used to being protected from cradle to grave by regulations, big government, and the safety of the "known" ; this trip may have seemed like an unnecessary or foolish risk. Personally, I enjoyed the read and admire Aiviq and his family for having the intestinal fortitude to take the trip. I would be more fearful of puting my family in a minivan and driving through Calgary's traffic!
Sounds like someone who lives in Niger and keeps his boat in Alaska is not afraid of be adventurous. Keep the storys comming. _________________ Salmon Slayer
Where did all those years go? |
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