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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #450 on: March 20, 2023, 07:10:50 PM »

If all goes well, then tomorrow, he runs to Mazatlan ahead of coming weather, then will stay until conditions permit ... then the last leg to Puerto Vallarta.  He should be there in 2 or 3 days... faster than he predicted by a day or two.
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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #451 on: March 23, 2023, 06:38:48 AM »
Chuck is now in Mazatlan ... leaving for Puerto Vallarta in about an hour ... he's 1173 miles into the trip and going well!  More when I get more ... Destination: Puerto Vallarta (lower-right in pic).
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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #452 on: March 23, 2023, 08:54:24 AM »
This is great advertising for your design Brian! 8) 8) 8)

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #453 on: March 23, 2023, 03:38:55 PM »
... And DONE!!  Congratulations to Chuck Mazzola on completing his ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY mile trip into Mexico on his big Great Alaskan Kodiak!  Easy schmeeezy... 😁😁😁  That's a LOT of wide open ocean exposure!

Made the trip in NINE days ... ahead of schedule!

PS: Love those Garmin maps and tracking!

PPS: Now ... Who's up to bat for going from Seattle to Kodiak, across the Gulf of Alaska?  Hmmm?  Who?  Dan? Team Lindy?

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #454 on: March 23, 2023, 04:41:35 PM »
This is really pretty incredible. Chuck is the man. The weather down here has been pretty ripper, although it's probably just another day on the water for all you northerners. 1300+ miles of it sounds really daunting, I can't even imagine. :) Pretty freaking cool.

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #455 on: March 23, 2023, 05:25:10 PM »
This is really pretty incredible. Chuck is the man. The weather down here has been pretty ripper, although it's probably just another day on the water for all you northerners. 1300+ miles of it sounds really daunting, I can't even imagine. :) Pretty freaking cool.

Exactly what I told him when he arrived ... You da MAN!!
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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #456 on: March 23, 2023, 08:21:18 PM »
Way to go Chuck big water, big trip! Team Lindy is hoping for Latuya Bay this summer, Dan may cross the gulf, and Djeffery is heading north this summer. These boats are getting around!

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #457 on: March 25, 2023, 09:02:49 AM »
Congrats, gives me even more confidence to make my trip north. Going to be a fun summer for glacier boats of Alaska owners.

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #458 on: March 26, 2023, 08:06:20 AM »

I think Chuck busted some serious records ... Does anyone know of another home-built boat builder or design that has performed a bigger trip than Chuck's nearly-1400 mile, all open ocean exposure, trip??  It's the longest and most-exposed trip that I've heard about ... makes those racing across the Dixon Entrance (SE Alaska) look like weenies in comparison ...

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #459 on: March 26, 2023, 01:07:24 PM »
Agree,
Having sailed bot across Dixon entrance and the West Coast of California, Dixon entrance usually is a pond compared to the California Coast. For those heading North, remember to keep your eye on Queen Chartlet sound also. Wind and waves can woop up there big time.

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #460 on: March 27, 2023, 08:36:41 PM »
Brian a friend on Maui talks of her old boyfriend in the 70s who built a stitch-n-glue tri-hull and circumnavigated it - built the whole thing himself from scratch in 2-3 years. There are a lot of stories of home-built boats that have done big voyages, including the epic Homer to Iliamna to False Pass and back to Homer trip in a Tolman Widebody a couple decades ago - and THAT stretch of water north and east of Kodiak is a serious navigational challenge!! That does nothing to diminish what the GA is capable of, nor of how great these builds are, nor Chuck's recent awesome voyage....just a nod to the salty and motivated centuries of sailors before us.

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #461 on: March 28, 2023, 07:07:48 AM »
Brian a friend on Maui talks of her old boyfriend in the 70s who built a stitch-n-glue tri-hull and circumnavigated it - built the whole thing himself from scratch in 2-3 years. There are a lot of stories of home-built boats that have done big voyages, including the epic Homer to Iliamna to False Pass and back to Homer trip in a Tolman Widebody a couple decades ago - and THAT stretch of water north and east of Kodiak is a serious navigational challenge!! That does nothing to diminish what the GA is capable of, nor of how great these builds are, nor Chuck's recent awesome voyage....just a nod to the salty and motivated centuries of sailors before us.

Pretty amazing stuff ... :)

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #462 on: April 07, 2023, 08:43:11 AM »
I’m having secret fantasies of doing the Northwest Passage in mine. ;)
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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #463 on: April 07, 2023, 10:42:27 AM »
I’m having secret fantasies of doing the Northwest Passage in mine. ;)

Go fast and bring a coat!

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Re: Kodiak 31' 4"' OAL 9'6" Beam West Coast Boat Works, Bend OR.
« Reply #464 on: April 09, 2023, 09:34:31 PM »
I’m having secret fantasies of doing the Northwest Passage in mine. ;)

… and lots of gas!
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