On Oct 7, 11:36*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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My wife wants to go cruise the inside passage of AK. *"Cruise, you
dont mean, NO, not a cruise ship, over my DEAD BODY". *So, I go stew
for awhile and look on the net and lo and behold find the Tolman Skiff
pages, hmmmmmm. *I can talk her into any crazed adventure normally. *I
build the skiff and show her the beautiful pics of people taking their
skiffs around parts of the Passage trailering em by truck and seeing
all this cool stuff. *Damn, she doesnt buy it!
Hmmmm, plan B. *While in Wyoming last year, begin talking about
trucking the Tolman to WY and boating all over JAckson lake AND then
eventually up to AK. *"Nope", she does not like the Tolman. *She likes
the sailboat. *She wants to see whales (Me: "They're just oversized
dolphins"). *She wants to be comfortable. *This from a woman who gave
me grief for talking just once about buying a pop-up instead of using
a tent?

My wifes aunt and uncle have done a couple ofhttp://www.cruisewest.com/to
AK. *They loved it. *Small boats, maybe 80 passengers.

Those do look like a good way to cruise!