Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Buy a trawler, cruise a summer, sell it
On 4/11/2010 10:15 AM, Mark Borgerson wrote:
In , The Inside Passage I was referring to goes from Olympia, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. The navigational challenges may be a bit greater than on the ICW. Tides and currents are more than an inconvenience in some areas! ;-) I'm very familiar with electronic navigation systems, having designed and built a number of systems that use GPS for autonomous navigation. That said, I don't really want to spend a lot of time fixing electronics when I can use my laptop and a GPS module, or purchase a new GPS system for under $1K. I have no familiarity with those waters. My understanding is that the Japanese Current runs right there which is sort of a Gulf Stream but running to the south. I know when returning from Hawaii you can sail north from the Pacific high and then sail the current down to California where I was berthed. Apparently many did that. This inquiry is a result of my experience when I got out of the Navy in 1974. I bought an Islander Bahama 24 in Alameda, Ca for about $5000 and spent 6 weeks fixing it up, finding a new outboard and doing some mods for single-handed cruising. I then sailed the Bay area as well as up to Bodega Bay and the Sacramento Delta for about three months. I sold the boat for $4K and went back to grad school in September. Total costs were about $1800/month, including maintaining a slip in Alameda. A simple boat holds its value well because nothing much changes on it except some age. A complex boat can depreciate greatly by having unaddressed systems failures. This goes beyond nav gear. How good are you with refrigeration? Pressure hot water systems? Reverse cycle pumps for heating and cooling? Electric windlasses? Inverters? Battery systems? I can go on. Of course, the boat had very simple systems---an outboard motor being at the top of the list. The plumbing didn't involve a holding tank or an electric pump of any kind. Navigation was charts, compass, and a simple radio direction finder. Perhaps simplicity is the key. Maybe I should scale back to a 27 to 30' sailboat. At least that would reduce the impact of an engine failure. OTOH, summer winds in the Northwest are not particularly reliable either. Like everywhere else, they always seem to be either nonexistant or blowing from just where you want to go! ;-) I would GUESS that sailing north against that current would be a heck of a challenge and maybe not really practical. I sailed north from SoCal to NoCal and it was an utter misery. It was a beat into the wind (cold) and current demanded long miserable tacks to sea and back toward shore. Were I to do it again, I'd never do it in a sailboat unless I had to. I'd really like an inside steering station and an engine. I would GUESS that the going further north would be even worse. Good luck. BTW, I think the idea of renting good but impractical. I doubt you'd find a boatlord. |
#2
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Buy a trawler, cruise a summer, sell it
I have no familiarity with those waters. My understanding is that the Japanese Current runs right there which is sort of a Gulf Stream but running to the south. I know when returning from Hawaii you can sail north from the Pacific high and then sail the current down to California where I was berthed. Apparently many did that. The currents inside are determined mainly by TIDES! That said, there is a more or less permanent current rotating clockwise around Vancouver Island. All this is why you need a tide/current predictor to travel the inside or among the thousands of islands. Here is a current chart for Deception Pass. http://www.dairiki.org/tides/monthly.php/dec The Japanese current is well offshore where you will never be. Gordon |
#3
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Buy a trawler, cruise a summer, sell it
|
#4
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Buy a trawler, cruise a summer, sell it
In article ,
Mark Borgerson wrote: I didn't find anything with a quick internet search. It might require posting inquiries to some NW boating sites. Mark Borgerson When you get to Glacier Bay National Park, give "Me" a blast on Ch 18.... -- Bruce in alaska add path after fast to reply |
#5
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Buy a trawler, cruise a summer, sell it
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:54:28 -0800, Bruce in alaska
wrote: When you get to Glacier Bay National Park, give "Me" a blast on Ch 18.... I was there last June but no one on the Island Princess invited me to the radio room. :-) It's quite a place. |
#6
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Buy a trawler, cruise a summer, sell it
In article ,
Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:54:28 -0800, Bruce in alaska wrote: When you get to Glacier Bay National Park, give "Me" a blast on Ch 18.... I was there last June but no one on the Island Princess invited me to the radio room. :-) It's quite a place. Excursion Inlet isn't big enough for those "Cattle Cars", but anything smaller than 200 Feet can do just fine in here.... -- Bruce in alaska add path after fast to reply |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
A stopover at Langley, WA on a summer cruise | General | |||
FS: 50' Pilothouse Trawler in Norfolk, VA Must Sell! | Marketplace | |||
good place to sell Isuzu engine parts after the "cruise" | Cruising | |||
SELL this FBI NOC LIST and MAKE MILLIONS like TOM CRUISE did in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE | General | |||
Where to Cruise Summer 2004? | Cruising |