Vega #385 Down the Inside Passage

[vega1860]

Last summer, Tom Straughn bought Vega #385, "Williwa" in Petersburg Alaska. Then three old geezers (I was the youngest at 65) took her down the inside passage, nearly 800 miles, to Port Townsend, WA. Adventure is exactly the right word for it. I am putting together the video now. Part 1 is up at

 

[pjacobs55]

Nice job, Chuck ... looking forward to Part 2!Peter.

 

[pelagicasd]

I'm envious and hope to do the same trip some time in the next year or two. Hope you get some time with the sail up and the engine off. Walt To: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comFrom: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comDate: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:35:31 +0000Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Re: Vega #385 Down the Inside Passage






Wow Chuck, I watched last on youtube. Perfect crew and brought back memorys of bringing Viking down the ICW from Maryland to Charleston. Looking forward to Video 2. Manning J. Harvey IIIUSCG Master 200 GT, Near Coastal.Senior Chief Quartermaster, Submarines. United States Navy, Retired.manningharvey@... On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:06 PM, "pjacobs55@... [AlbinVega]" AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 

[vega1860]

Part 2 uploaded last night. When we set off from Petersburg, all the electronics worked. By the time we got to Prince Rupert, the radar, GPS and depth sounder had failed. Only the VHF still worked. Tom and I managed to fix the depth sounder and we had brought along a couple of hand-held GPS recievers and a UB353 for tom's laptop but the radar was toast."Fair winds"Chuck RoseSV Lealea, V1860