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Hi Frank, yes it's one of our most popular models!

With the speed that this boat has it is a bit easier to transit the rapids outside of dead slack, however I usually try to time my transits within a half hour or less of the published slack tide times. I also check the current predictions and am more cautious when peak currents on either side of slack are predicted to be high. Seymour Narrows is fairly wide and plenty of room for several boats at a time but Dodd Narrows is really narrow and has limited visibility as well so Securite calls are recommended.

@@boborca I was one of two people on our boat, MV "Pat". We did a maximum of 8 knots. One year, coming south, we went through Seymour Narrows at night in the fog. Radar was new and we thought we would be getting help from another boat, similar size also going south, with new radar. While my much older brother, the skipper, was piloting the boat, I was on the bow on my knees looking for shore or rocks or a ship. We would sometime hear over the radio, "Dick, there's a big steamer coming right at you." And the skipper would shout into the radio, "Which side, Carl, which side." No reply. That was a very exciting night for me because I could hear horns a lot. What is especially scary is that, though there is a lot of weight in the hold, the way the boat was built, our seiner had a heavy skif, with a v-8 engine in it on the stern hanging out. The net with corks, web, and lead line was in the hold Going through Dodd Narrows, as exciting for me, but the skipper was never concerned. He had spent several years fishing of the Fairweather Grounds in the Gulf. I even spent two weeks on that boat trolling, just for an adventure, when the wind blew around 60--70 knots and even with the poles down and stabilizers out and a lot of heavy ice in the hold, it was quite a night until we got into Lituya Bay. But the worst water was near Nanaimo when a strong wind blew against the tide and it was so bad that it took some real piloting for us to turn around and return to port. That was when I saw a large tug with two barges ahead of us go completely out of sight in the swells. I'll never forget those 7 parts of summers in Southeast and Prince William Sound and many times I felt to be my last. I began at the age of 17, and retired to married life and college at the age of 23. Seven years. But I lived on an island so for the next 3--4 summers I would work as a deckhand on two fish-buying boats in Puget Sound.

Interesting life you must have had, I'm sure these are just a small sampling of the stories you could tell. Thanks for sharing I assume you were a purse seiner given the skiff on board? @@user-sk7zc1fc5u

The longest interval between reliable fuel stops is between Shearwater Resort and Prince Rupert, 205 miles, however on that leg, fuel is usually available at Hartley Bay and Klemtu but hours and availability might not be as consistent so one should double check those locations before taking on this section. Port McNeill to Shearwater is about 135 miles. Also, if you go around the west side of Admiralty island (to visit Warm Springs, Hidden Falls, etc. the distance from Petersburg to Tenakee Springs is about 145 miles. Or lets say you wanted to go from Petersburg to Juneau and in between visit the tidewater glaciers at the end of Tracy Arm, that would be about 200 miles. Or even if you went from Juneau to the glaciers and back to Juneau, that's 160 miles.

Hi Michael, we appreciate the interest! There's a mix of teak veneer and solid teak throughout, the camera may not be doing it justice. The shower is located all the way forward, with a pull out rinse head and shower curtain, it's a clever use of space aboard this 23 footer. If you're interested in a fully enclosed head compartment, the R-25 and R-27 are both good alternatives.

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