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We repowered our CD22 from 70hp to 90hp (both 2-cycle Yamaha), after our first cruise in the San Juans and Gulf Islands. With all the stuff we carried for extended cruising and fishing, and a full 58 gal fuel tank, the 70 struggled to plane. The 90 was much better - ran without straining...

Hi Colby, King restrictions just announced here: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/EONR/inde ... &Year=2019

Hi Murthog, I'd say the CD 22 Cruiser might be just about the perfect first boat for your stated needs. We started cruising in a CD22. Here are the first few pages of my 2009 book, "Cruising in a Big Way": INTRODUCTION Have you ever watched a program on the whales, salmon, bears, eagles...

Another suggestion: Go for crab or prawns early in your trip - before the commercials take a lot of them, both numbers and size are much better.

Hi Colby, Store your truck and trailer at Coastal Propane, a short walk from the launch at Rushbrook. ADF&G has not yet published King limits for 2019, but chances are numbers will be really low. I will probably get a stamp, since I'll be in SE AK close to three months, but may suggest that...

Great pics, thanks!

I would second Dr Bob's advice. We've traveled through BC to Ketchikan in our current 7-knot boat twice, in 10 or 11 days one way. And then spent 2-3 wonderful months in SE Alaska. The leg through BC to Ketchikan was a big hurry, with long days. We were hurrying to meet guests airplane...

Another thing I used to do which apparently helped: as soon as I get back home after a trip, I remove trailer wheels and truck rears, make sure wheels hubs and lugs are cleaned/de-salted, and re-install. With anti-sieze on the lugs every time I pull a wheel.

FWIW, I've kept records of every refuel, and every mile traveled over ground (via GPS) for the entire 18 years and 39,000 nautical miles I cruised with New Moon. 95% of this was on the Inside Passage, with tides and currents aplenty. My mileage would vary considerably at first, when I spent...

The Canadian one is 378KB

No charge for me, truck only. Maybe the trailer makes a difference. $5 per day is pretty easy to take. More costly further north.

Hi Colby, I left my truck in Cap Sante's parking lot the last two summers. Just ask at the marina office

Hi Colby, I've stayed at the Port of Sidney marina, and at Van Isle in Tsehum harbour. Both convenient to the Victoria airport. Van Isle is more protected if there's a lot of S or SE wind. If I read the regs correctly, Dungies are open all year. http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/ ...

My understanding is that indeed ordinary recreational chartploters are not an ECDIS. However, the rest of the story is that we no longer have to have an official ECDIS or paper charts to be in compliance. Sometimes officials remember how it used to be, and forget that there is updated policy...

Hi Lollygaggin, I wonder if your Saanich Peninsula rescue experience was before May 2000. If so, the errant skipper might have been relying on a GPS position for civilians that was made purposely innacurate by the US government - "Selective Availability". Reported position could be hundreds...

If I understand correctly, the ENCs mentioned above in subsection (1) of the regs must be on an officially approved ECDIS - not what most recreational boaters have. That may be what led to the impression that we must carry paper charts (which used to be true, if I understand correctly). But now...

Even a CD22 might be OK on fuel, maybe with an extra jug or two. Our tank was 58 gallons, and even with a two-stroke we got 3 nmpg. Round trip from nearest fuel at Elfin Cove looks to be about 130 nm. I've thought about taking the Nordic Tug up to Lituya Bay from Cross Sound, and have spoken...

We carried more than 100 charts on our CD22 for our first SE AK cruise. Most were photocopies, so less bulky and heavy than regular charts. Carried them also for many years on our 26-footer, but have not for the last two years on the Nordic Tug, despite having a lot more room. We have 2...

Here's one that has worked very well for us: www.PredictWind.com Takes playing with it a bit to figure out how to make best use of it, but it provides more detailed/granular wind forecasts, by many more specific locations. Often had a better handle on what we would be facing than the NOAA...

We did lots of 2-3 week trips on our 22, and a 2-month SE Alaska cruise. It worked for us, living far from the ocean, with a modest budget and a small tow vehicle. Our 26-footer is considerably more comfortable and better equipped, needs a 3/4 ton diesel to haul it across the mountains, and...