I'm Looking for another boat(s) to
cruise the NW Passage with together or more crew members to join and savor the 10,000nm adventure - If you have the right stuff and want to go where few have gone before then its time to get in touch!
Captain to Sail the Northwest Passage
Everett-based sea
captain Douglas Pohl has announced his intention to sail his 55-foot expedition
motor vessel, the Grey Goose, through the fabled – and dangerous – arctic waterway known as the Northwest Passage this summer, and is offering “share-the-ride” berths for adventurers contributing to the expenses of the voyage. This is not a
commercial venture for profit but rather a trip of a lifetime and the expenses are shared by those who join the expedition.
Captain Pohl plans to leave from his outfitting port of Mobile,
Alabama in May 2011, and then sail northwards along the Atlantic coastline of the United States and
Canada before crossing over to
Greenland. By late summer he expects to complete an east-to-west traverse of the Northwest Passage, and by the fall reach his new home port of Astoria,
Oregon.
Potential crew mates may join Captain Pohl for the entire voyage, or board the Grey Goose for just a port-to-port leg of the voyage.
The Northwest Passage, coursing along the northern coastline of
Canada and
Alaska, is widely considered by mariners to be one of the most difficult sea passages in the world. It has been ice-blocked throughout
history, and only with the recent impact of global climate change has the waterway been free of ice long enough in the summer for a successful crossing. In August 2009, nine small vessels reportedly traversed the Northwest Passage, and the waterway is expected to again be ice-free this year. Captain Pohl estimates that the Grey Goose will be one of the first hundred vessels in
history to sail the Northwest Passage.
“It’s a chance to do something that very few people have ever done,” said Pohl, adding that those who partake of the adventure will stand in an exclusive circle among nautical enthusiasts.
Additional information is online at northwestpassage2011.com
Smooth seas,
Doug