Comments on: Southing in the Inside Passage https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Bruce Bateau https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-58400 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:18:18 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-58400 In reply to Barry Muller.

The Sooty is a great boat too. It is a bit more spacious and possibly faster due to its length. I’m happy with the Arctic Tern—as you can see from this article, it can really go places and carry plenty of food and gear. If you are looking at the Sooty, I’d consider how much rowing you will do and your strength to move the extra weight.

]]> By: Barry Muller https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-52315 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 01:26:26 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-52315 I have plans to build the Arctic Tern (actual paper plans in hand, that is), but was also considering the slightly larger Sooty Tern. Was the Sooty Tern ever a consideration for you, and if so, do you wish you had built that instead of the Arctic Tern?

]]> By: DALLEN BOUNDS https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-48138 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:32:14 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-48138 I enjoyed your trip. Glad you made it back to share it with us. How do you get your “selfies” while on the water?

]]> By: David Hudson https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-20510 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:32:41 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-20510 Great adventure Bruce. I haven’t the good fortune to explore the waters of the Northwest yet. I’m jealous. Thanks for bringing us along.

]]> By: Bruce Bateau https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-18611 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:22:41 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-18611 Every trip is a series of small steps. Some of them start well before the journey. There is a parallel thread about some of those details over at the WoodenBoat Forum.

]]> By: Daniel Knoedler https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-18560 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:32:52 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-18560 Great story. Very challenging to think of doing such a trip.

]]> By: Paul & Chris Eisenberg https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-18283 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:33:24 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-18283 Great writing and pictures, Bruce. Chris and I met you at our sailboat DAUPHINE on the dock we shared in Nanaimo. We’re the ones that charged up all your various batteries overnight. You told us the story of that wild crazy ride in the storm when you almost called for help. We can attest to how nasty that wind and waves were—we were severely pounded by them when we headed into the Georgia Strait and we turned around and came back inside. We left Nanaimo US-bound, a day behind you, and we looked for you along the way but never saw you again. Congratulations on completing an epic adventure. So glad you made it safely the rest of the way.

]]> By: alex zimmerman https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-18107 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:57:30 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-18107 It was great to meet you for coffee in Sidney, Bruce, and now it’s great to read the rest of the story in more detail.
Glad you made it past that long stretch of Johnstone Strait north of Sunderland Channel without mishap. It’s quite a slog when there is no wind, as Tim and I found out in 2016 going the other way.

]]> By: Don Golden https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-17979 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:48:50 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-17979 Inspiring reading, properly tempered with reminders that you take the good weather with healthy doses of bad, and days of solitude can easily be interrupted by moments or hours of terror. Sounds like time well spent!

]]> By: Pete Phillips https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/southing/#comment-17930 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:44:56 +0000 http://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=18147#comment-17930 Great little story. I am in the the Pacific Northwest just finishing up my boat and preparing to leave for the greater far north. I love stories about small-boat cruising, as I started off that way too.

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