Chuck Gould writes:

On Oct 19, 3:15?pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:58:40 +0200, (Martin

Sch n) wrote:
Two guys sailed through the NW passage in the mid 1980s on
a Hobie 18.

Yes but they did a lot of "over ice" portages if my memory is correct,
not exactly an open passage.

Open enough to take it on in a beach cat.

http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicL...14/Sept14.html

Here is a better url:
http://www.helmdesign.com/polar-01.html

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