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Outfitting and Planning for Cruising
Remote Alaskan Waters
Terry Johnson, Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory
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Anyone can cruise remote Alaska waters,
in almost any kind of boat…
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You’ll see a wide range of sport boats, runabouts, etc. near popular ports.
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But the issues a boater has to confront are:
• Great distances between services especially fuel • Distant Coast Guard and assistance • Sparse navigation aids, no guidebooks,
and sometimes inaccurate charts • Often inclement weather • Expanses of exposed waters
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Rewards:
Scenery
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Wildlife
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Solitude
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Selecting a (motor) vessel for remote Alaska cruising
Necessary and appropriate equipment
Voyage planning
Daily operations
Post cruise strategies
This Session:
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Most of the following pertains to sailboats too
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Selecting a vessel:
should be “sea-kindly”
Hard chine, soft chine, round bottom
Adding stabilizers, ballast, weight distribution can help
Flush deck for safety
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The ideal hull
for deep water
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But a shallower draft works just fine, and is better where shallows prevail.
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Rolling chocks or stabilizers can improve comfort in a round bilge (soft chine) hull
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Modest topsides profile
Reinforced windows
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Uncluttered deck Good handholds
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Adequate fuel range…(at least 600 n.m.)
(Drums on deck stored gear for research charter, not fuel)
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Necessity: prop and rudder protection
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Accessible engine room
Note wing tanks
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Quality plumbing and wiring. Especially fuel plumbing
Note dual canister Racors,
fuel transfer valves
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Essential: Good filtration
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Cabin heat
Compact interior
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On Deck:
Anchor winch
Adequate ground tackle
Two anchors, different kinds, with rodes, plenty of chain
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On Deck:
Inflatable tender with davit
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On Deck: Storage of lines, fenders, boathook, tender fuel, etc.
Also, some means of boarding
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Basic electronics: • Autopilot
• Depth sounder
• Radar
• VHF
• HF-SSB
• GPS-Plotter
Optional: AM-FM tuner, Sat radio, Sat telephone
Go for stand-alone units
An inverter is nice
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Safety gear: get a good liferaft, keep it serviced
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Make up a ditch bag.
There’s not much in a life raft pack
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Minimum safety checklist:
Survival suits, and PFDs
EPIRB, hand VHF, Sat phone
Ditch bag (take one ashore in tender)
Damage control kit
Overboard recovery system
Alarms – smoke, CO, bilge, engine room fire
Pumps
First aid kits
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Don’t forget fire extinguishers
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Note: Be sure head has overboard discharge
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Miscellaneous Charts, tide & current tables.
Coast Pilot
Binoculars
Various containers - trash
Regional information
Portfolio for document, ins.
Manuals for all systems, equipment.
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Regarding paper charts:
• You need them
• You need to know how to use them
• You can get less expensive copies
• You can download Pilot, Tide & Current tables
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Essential! Know your systems. Know how to:
Change oil, filters, belts, raw water pump, alternator
Add fluids, tighten stuffing box, unclog head, use VOM
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Voyage Planning:
Don’t over-plan
Too much changes, too quickly
Over-planning robs you of opportunities
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Planning:
Know where to get fuel and water
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Planning:
You can often get fuel and water,
groceries and sundries at villages
and fish processors
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It may be easiest to get water from nature.
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Carry all spares you can think of.
Some emergency spares may be found
at the parts stores in fish processing plants.
Planning:
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Planning – Weather, current, distance all cause
schedules to be inaccurate.
What’s on the chart or in the Coast Pilot may not be
what is actually there.
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Plan one day at a time. Allow yourself short running days.
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Running at night is OK But you miss a lot
of scenery
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Be flexible – don’t pass up opportunities
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Daily considerations: 1. Weather
2. Weather
3. Weather
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You can get forecasts on HF, and AM bands, and on VHF if you’re in range. Write down frequencies and schedules.
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Remember, wind direction is more important than velocity, as is fetch, and how wind interacts with tide/current determines whether it’s dangerous.
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Daily considerations:
4. Anchoring
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Don’t hesitate to ask for advice from locals
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Pay attention to what is
going on outside the boat
Your most important navigation and safety device: your eyes
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Danger, and the perception of danger:
• Discomfort – normal and persistent
• Outside the “envelope” of experience
• True danger – rare if vessel well-found and reasonable prudence applied
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In summary… Pick an adequate vessel
Learn basic repair and maintenance
Get necessary equipment, simpler the better
Get necessary spares, essential supplies
Plan for getting weather forecasts
Plan for emergencies
Plan for fuel, re-supply stops
Don’t over-plan
Navigate with your eyes, for the conditions
One day at a time
Remain flexible
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A final thought:
Post Cruise – run your boat all the way home
or store in Alaska for more adventures
Here or there: remember Good winterization