2020 trip to Alaska

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Stoney Lake Explorer
We are starting to plan a trip from Sydney, BC to Alaska in 2020. We want to take our time and enjoy the scenery. After listening to the excellent session at the 2018 September factory rendezvous by Glen reviewing the highlights from his trip to Alaska, we know that we can go along.

Are you thinking of or planning a trip of a lifetime? If yes, let’s start talking now. With less than 15 months to start the trip, planning should begin in the next few months.

Stoney Lake Explorer
2018 Ranger 29S
Sydney, BC
 
I have charts and guides from Prince Rupert to Glacier Bay for sale, I did the trip in 2016, Charts are rolled and in five separate tubes. PM me and I will detail what I have.
 
Stoney Lake Explorer,
Good luck in your planning effort which I hope will lead to a successful adventure to Alaska. I would be happy to share my experience of making the trip in a R-27 Classic in June of 2018. I traveled from Anacortes, WA to Seward, AK. The trip did present some challenges but the journey was a trip of a lifetime. I'd suggest a call would be most efficient. I am in Central time, a couple of hours ahead of you.
I look forward to speaking with you.
Bob Allan
Annie M
832-386-9564
 
Becky and I on R&R, a 31 ft are interested. Please PM us.
Rick
 
We are also interested in a cruising trip to Alaska in 2020. Cutwater 302 Coupe. Bill and Lynn Johnston
 
We would be interested in a trip in 2020. We have a Ranger Tug 27OB


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Sounds very exciting! We are having an R-31 built right now and will take delivery in late March. We will be planning a trip up the inside passage...just not sure when. How long are you planning to take (one-way) on your trip in 2020?
 
We are also thinking of Alaska in 2020. We have a Cutwater 28. We prefer a slow and easy pace as well, so your plan sounds good. We live in Utah and trailer to the northwest each summer. Please keep us in your plans and let us know what we can do to help.
Jerry & Colleen Walker
Crazy Heart
 
My wife and I purchased a 29S for delivery in June. A trip to Alaska is definitely in our plans. Not sure if we will be ready by summer of 2020, but please keep me posted as we might be!
 
Very interested. My wife and I have a cabin in Coffman Cove AK near the end of your proposed journey. We went to the Ranger dealer in Newport beach last weekend and she said "yes." They did not have a 29 or 31 but she was happy with the 27OB. Fishing boat was listed for sale yesterday so we would love to join the group if schedules work.
 
My wife and I are also planning a similar 2020 trip in Alaska. We were thinking about trailering to Prince Rupert and going as far North as Juneau but we have not begun serious planning. We have a Cutwater 28 and would be very interested in what your plans are. Please keep us posted.
Thanks
Gregg
 
I plane same cruise with my wife. Back from Alaska cruise last summer and found that these https://opticzoo.com/perrini-20x60-binoculars-review/ binoculars worked great. I even used the monopod in the Glacier Bay portion. I sat in the buffet with the pod between my legs, on the chair seat, and scanned miles of shoreline. I was really impressed that I could see a seagull on the shore a mile away. The monopod gave my arms a rest.
 
Very interested. I will be departing from gig harbor in my R23. Please let me know the dates and I will try to make it work.
Ryan Socal
 
We're also planning such a trip in our R27OB. One of the additions we were thinking of in preparation was a wifi router as described in the slowboat.com article "WIFI in the WIlderness". I contacted Singlepoint, the manufacturer of the device mentioned in this article and they recommended their "MAX MK2 LTE Advanced router using the Omni Marine Antenna for signal boost". This is not cheap, the router sells for $700 and the antenna for $275. Does anyone have any experience with using such a system in remote areas such as west coast BC and SE Alaska.

http://slowboat.com/2016/10/wifi-in-the-wilderness/
 
Just curios when your thinking of heading north. My wife and I are going to head out from Sequim to South East Alaska around the first of May.

Les
 
We are in the process of purchasing a used R29. Not sure I would be ready for Alaska next spring but maybe. Currently have a 24’ SeaSport Explorer that I have gone from LaConner as far as Rivers Inlet across Queen Charlotte Sound to fish every other year for the last 12. My question for the experienced Alaska boaters is how they anchor in AK with such large tide swings. In the early 80’s I commercial fished in Bristol Bay so am aware of tide swings. If we do make the trip to Alaska I would definitely want to go with at least one other experienced boater.
 
Karll,

Regarding anchoring in Alaska. We went from Whidbey Island to Glacier Bay and back this year. While often a challenge to find the right spot we never had a problem dragging or swinging into shore or another boat. I would recommend having at least 300 feet of rode (combined chain plus nylon) and an oversized anchor (we have a Rocna 15). We rarely had enough room to let out much more than 3:1 scope and thus the large anchor that sets really well was critical. I know other folks have run a stern line to shore to keep from swinging off the shelf but we never did and didn’t have a problem. The most challenging are the anchorages that are deep and shoal very quickly. Too close and we might swing onto the shoal at low tide but just a little further out it was too deep to achieve 3:1 scope. Many anchorages however were over a flat bottom in 35 feet or so. Those were easy and welcome!

Curt

P.S. we did however have to cut our Rocna loose in Ford’s Terror when it got hung up on a stump or something. That could happen anywhere though! Be sure to bring a spare!
 
Curt, do you feel you could have recovered your anchor with a trip line - or did you have one and still had to abandon it?

I'm usually too lazy to use a trip line, but the idea of losing my anchor mid-trip also sounds scary 🙂
 
jasonpeacock":ir9w9fvh said:
Curt, do you feel you could have recovered your anchor with a trip line - or did you have one and still had to abandon it?

I'm usually too lazy to use a trip line, but the idea of losing my anchor mid-trip also sounds scary 🙂
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Perhaps if we had more time but I doubt it. At least not after we had tried everything else which I think actually made it worse. We did try to run a trip line down with a metal ring to no effect. However, we were pressed for time and had to make a call as we needed to catch slack at the rapids at the entrance. Also the bow was actually being pulled down when we cut it! Staying longer was not an option! With spare on board it was just an issue of spending another BOAT unit $$$$ when we got home.

Curt
 
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