Based on my experiences in some of the inlets of British Columbia, I
would greatly prefer cruisers to have the alternator and battery
capacity to avoid running a generator while at anchor.

I try to practice what I preach. *On a 21-day cruise this summer from
Ketchikan to Bellingham, *we only used the genset to charge the
house batteries about 3 times. * We didn't watch TV or use the microwave
too often---except the night the propane tank ran out. *;-) *(Propane is
hard to find between Desolation Sound and Nanaimo.)

Mark Borgerson


Mark:

What abandonship equipment do you carry when traveling those waters?

Have you talked with the local USCG station regarding their rescue
procedures and vessel responibilites? Have you took a tour of their
facility or started one of the portable rescue pumps?

This isnt a troll Im actually sincerly interested. Very few people
operate where you do...... For obvious reasons. Its not called the
grave yard of the Pacific for nothing.
Bob