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Mike
Jim
Your correct, Serenity has won her share of first places the last 20 yrs.
I retired her from racing and now we cruise. It could be the name that makes her a winner!
Please consider joining Group FEMALE SAILORS GROUP
I have some questions about the boat, and the trip. The trip to Glacier Bay is coastal, but it's in frigid water and isolated surroundings. I've just looked at your SeaKnots "About Me". If you've only been cruising in the Caribbean, the Great Lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico, you have no idea how _empty_ the Northwest can be.
Boat Questions:
Whose boat is it? What condition is it in? What safety and navigation gear (EPIRB, radar, liferaft, harnesses, Lifesling, multiple GPS's, SSB radio, autopilot) is on board?
Is there a protected steering station? ["Protected" means that it will keep me dry, in a driving cold rain.] If not, are there insulated float-suits for everyone on board?
Is there a bosun's chair, and/or mast steps?
Is there a wetsuit and mask, in case the prop gets fouled and somebody has to clear it?
The anchorages are deep and rocky. How big is the main anchor, with how much chain and how much rope? Is the windlass manual or electric?
"Charlie's Charts" says:
"the prevailing winds are such that one should expect to motor for for most of the trip when heading north".
What kind of engine does the Islander have, and what shape is it in? What is the fuel-filter arrangement? What is the oil-change arrangement?
Is there a toolkit that will handle electrical repairs, pump repairs, and rudder repairs? A sail-repair kit?
Are there tools and spares to change the engine raw-water impeller?
What's the underbody shape? Is there some protection from logs hitting the prop, and from fouling on crab-pot lines?
Do you have charts and guidebooks for the route you plan? [I'm partial to paper charts as backup to any electrically-based nav system.]
The Trip and Crew
How firm is the schedule? Is it a delivery run for the boat? Do you "have to be back" at a specific date?
Do you intend to "wait for weather", or accept uncomfortable pounding to windward?
Are you planning to head around Vancouver Island, or use the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait ? [The inland route is slower, and involves timing of several passes and rapids, but it's spectacular, free of high winds, and safe.]
Who will be on the boat? With what level of experience? Is it 100% "pick-up crew", or will some people have sailed together before this trip?
It's clear that you can sail -- with your years of racing, better than I can. Have you done any night sailing and navigation, or navigated through fog with radar? With luck, those skills won't be needed -- but it'll get cold, windy, foggy -- "Man plans, and God laughs".
As you can tell, I worry a lot, and my wife worries for me when I don't.
Me
I started sailing in 1996, taking courses in Toronto on Lake Ontario. I quit my job, ended my marriage, bought a 24' outboard-powered sailboat, and took it solo from Toronto to Miami and back in 1997-1998.
I bought Right Galah (a Morgan 36 Out Island) in 1998, and my new wife and I sailed it from Toronto to Miami, and around the Gulf Coast to New Orleans, in 1999-2000. We trucked it to Vancouver BC, and sailed "locally" for the next three summers. We've been "outside" up to Hot Springs Cove (just north of Tofino), and "inside" up to Port Hardy.
We left Vancouver in the fall of 2004, and travelled coastwise for three years, down to Golfito, Costa Rica in December 2006. We spent a year in Mexico, and came back to Vancouver during hurricane season.
Our longest single leg was 7 days, crossing the Gulf of Tehuantepec from Mexico to El Salvador. [I don't want to do that again with just two people.]
"Right Galah" was barged (via Dockwise Transport) to Florida. She sits on the hard, waiting for us to come back this fall.
I'm a good navigator (paper, GPS, and radar). I've taken a celestial nav course, and did some practice on the trip to Costa Rica, but I wouldn't call myself "experienced" in that art.
I've fixed a lot of stuff on the boat that's gone wrong over the years. I can do electrical troubleshooting and repairs. I've never taken the cylinder head off my engine, but I've cleaned out the cooling system and replaced pumps. I'm not a machinist, and I can't weld.
I'm a good radio operator -- I was active on the marine SSB nets down the Pacific coast, and maintaining schedules with US hams.
Over to you . . .
Charles
Cheers Mike
I'm committed (to the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival) for the weekend of Aug 15 - Aug 17.
If not for that, I'd be happy to come along -- but I have to say "No".
Are you planning to take the outside route around Vancouver Island? Or will you be going up through Desolation Sound and the Johnstone Strait?
Charles Cohen
Vancouver, BC
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Fair winds!