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dogon dory
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Law- If indeed you do attempt a crossing and get caught by bad weather, you can re-name your boat "Deliverance", as the movie story has certain parallels with the risk taking and unknowns involved in the crossing!
Not trying to be a wise-guy, and I admire your courage.
I've seen Gulf so calm I could sail a 15 foot dinghy sailboat out there seemingly forever, and I've seen it when I was glad to be on a cruise ship.
Good Luck! Joe.
Not trying to be a wise-guy, and I admire your courage.
I've seen Gulf so calm I could sail a 15 foot dinghy sailboat out there seemingly forever, and I've seen it when I was glad to be on a cruise ship.
Good Luck! Joe.
Pat Anderson
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One last throught - run, don't walk - to buy a copy of Don and Reanne Douglass's book Exploring the Inside Passage to Alaska. I would plot waypoints and routes in the comfort of my home, and get them all entered in the chartplotter. I am basing my evaluation of this book sight unseen, having just cozied up to their Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia, which gets you as far as the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound. Their books are far and away the best source of the essential details for planning this trip.
You guys are Great; more good advice.
Actually, I read Deliverance many years ago, and I think all who venture out, away from civilization, should have that book on their "must read" list. They would then understand the value in bringing shot guns,(or other means of protection along), with the appropriate load of buck shot, along. Of course, if those guys had means of self defense along, it wouldn't have been nearly as interesting. Very good advise, indeed.
Pat - I do agree with you. I am buying the Douglas books today, either from my local bookstores (if they have it in stock) or on line.
I have read of the horrendous weather that the Alaskan Gulf can whip up in short order, and I have studied the weather phenomena that generates it. I was only curious to see if anyone had tried it.
Les tells me that he, on a regular basis, shoots Deception Pass on the rapids formed by the tide surges. Having lived on Whidbey Island, and witnessed what that water looks like, it seemed death defying, but after hearing him explain why it's not, I understood.
I grew up around, shrimp boats in the Gulf South. At a very early age I had the opportunity to chose between going hungry or eating sandwiches of raw fish and saltine crackers, when broke down. No radio, no charts, just guys doing the best they could with what they had, to feed their families.
Our spare fuel was a 55 gallon drum of gas lashed forward of the pilot house, and some times that wasn't enough.
Remembering the old adage, that is one of the first things taught (or should be), "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots", and the grace of God has kept me alive so far.
I surely don't intend to be the first to pioneer a C-Dory crossing of the Gulf of Alaska.
Thanks,
Law
Actually, I read Deliverance many years ago, and I think all who venture out, away from civilization, should have that book on their "must read" list. They would then understand the value in bringing shot guns,(or other means of protection along), with the appropriate load of buck shot, along. Of course, if those guys had means of self defense along, it wouldn't have been nearly as interesting. Very good advise, indeed.
Pat - I do agree with you. I am buying the Douglas books today, either from my local bookstores (if they have it in stock) or on line.
I have read of the horrendous weather that the Alaskan Gulf can whip up in short order, and I have studied the weather phenomena that generates it. I was only curious to see if anyone had tried it.
Les tells me that he, on a regular basis, shoots Deception Pass on the rapids formed by the tide surges. Having lived on Whidbey Island, and witnessed what that water looks like, it seemed death defying, but after hearing him explain why it's not, I understood.
I grew up around, shrimp boats in the Gulf South. At a very early age I had the opportunity to chose between going hungry or eating sandwiches of raw fish and saltine crackers, when broke down. No radio, no charts, just guys doing the best they could with what they had, to feed their families.
Our spare fuel was a 55 gallon drum of gas lashed forward of the pilot house, and some times that wasn't enough.
Remembering the old adage, that is one of the first things taught (or should be), "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots", and the grace of God has kept me alive so far.
I surely don't intend to be the first to pioneer a C-Dory crossing of the Gulf of Alaska.
Thanks,
Law
This was just announced today on the State Departments web site:
The Departments of State and Homeland Security announced today the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative to secure and expedite travel. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will require all U.S. citizens, Canadians, citizens of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and citizens of Mexico to have a passport or other accepted secure document to enter or re-enter the U.S. by January 1, 2008.
Currently, U.S. citizens, and some citizens of other countries in the Western Hemisphere are not required to present a passport to enter or re-enter the U. S. when traveling within the Western Hemisphere. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA, also known as the 9/11 Intelligence Bill), signed into law on December 17, 2004, mandated that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, develop and implement a plan to require U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to present a passport, or other secure document when entering the United States.
In short, starting in 2008, US citizens will need a passport to re-enter the US from Canada. This will be phased in starting in 2007 from the Caribbean and Mexico. Those of us cruising in Canadian, Mexican or Caribbean waters will start needing to carry a passport.
Jim
The Departments of State and Homeland Security announced today the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative to secure and expedite travel. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will require all U.S. citizens, Canadians, citizens of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and citizens of Mexico to have a passport or other accepted secure document to enter or re-enter the U.S. by January 1, 2008.
Currently, U.S. citizens, and some citizens of other countries in the Western Hemisphere are not required to present a passport to enter or re-enter the U. S. when traveling within the Western Hemisphere. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA, also known as the 9/11 Intelligence Bill), signed into law on December 17, 2004, mandated that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, develop and implement a plan to require U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to present a passport, or other secure document when entering the United States.
In short, starting in 2008, US citizens will need a passport to re-enter the US from Canada. This will be phased in starting in 2007 from the Caribbean and Mexico. Those of us cruising in Canadian, Mexican or Caribbean waters will start needing to carry a passport.
Jim