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Forum: Polar Regions

14-04-2015, 12:36

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Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

Claude,

You lost me. I thought you were advocating that it's better to have the mast fail rather than have the deck ripped open.

I don't see much chance of my deck being ripped open in any...

Forum: Polar Regions

14-04-2015, 08:09

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

Views: 32,783

Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

Surely you are thinking FG, maaaybe alloy, not steel?

Forum: Polar Regions

08-04-2015, 15:06

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

This young Dutch fellow built his own boat for arctic cruising. Sails out of Halifax. I meet Him a few years ago. He runs charters on his boat.

Bagheera Sailing (https://bagheera-sailing.com)

Forum: Polar Regions

08-04-2015, 08:35

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

A few reasons, inter-related
1. The cold, it wore me down with no way to stand off watch in ice.

2. The Baffin and Labradore coasts are only scantly charted. There are safe passages, and also...

Forum: Polar Regions

08-04-2015, 04:56

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

I scone the concept that many times the boat is tougher than the man.

A few years ago I tried to go to Greenland. I got to Southern Labrador, into the Lab current. At that point I could easily...

Forum: Polar Regions

06-04-2015, 19:33

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

@GG2015,
Setting people and personalities aside for the moment, just talking boats, what is your opinion of the following...

1985 Alan Pape Steel Maid.
44' LOD, 50 loa
40,000 displacement
6...

Forum: Polar Regions

06-04-2015, 06:27

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

IIRC A rather famous 1913ish expedition (Stephenson) had a small ship(85'?) with two keels. Mary Sachs or something? The problem was the keels not being in line with the prop afforded no protection...

Forum: Polar Regions

12-02-2015, 15:28

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

My furthest north is only 52N 55W, but even that can get interesting.

Forum: Polar Regions

12-02-2015, 15:21

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

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Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

We keep our heavy steel cutter in Delaware City. We can get some fairly sipubstantial ice flows that pack up in the C&D canal and then come down the marina at a knot or two. We have a few fiberglass...

Forum: Polar Regions

12-02-2015, 14:07

Replies: 123

Boat for polar cruising

Views: 32,783

Posted By hpeer

Re: Boat for polar cruising

SOLD, I think.

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