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A retired MD out of Texas (Robert Youens), now turned adventurer, just took off today out of Tuktoyaktuk,NT and is going to navigate the NW passage in his jon boat. I think it's nuts, but people do crazy schit all the time and it works out. If you're on FB you can see his planning stages and boat mods. He also has a garmin tracker that you can follow him on. Robert Youens trackerRobert Youens FB
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Sounds fun, I always wanted to do something like that in my little Gheenoe 13' w/a 6hp Yamaha 4strk.
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I took off for Isle Royale from Grand Portage one time in the dark with my 12 foot Montgomery Wards boat and 6 HP Johnson. When I started loosing the lights of Grand Portage between the swells I sobered up pretty fast and turned around.
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I took off for Isle Royale from Grand Portage one time in the dark with my 12 foot Montgomery Wards boat and 6 HP Johnson. When I started loosing the lights of Grand Portage between the swells I sobered up pretty fast and turned around. Did you have plenty of beer to get home on ?? 
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My buddy borrowed my 18ft Achilles raft with a 25hp out of Valdez one year. He said they wanted to hunt the shoreline for bear.
Guess they were bored and they headed to Montague island.
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My buddy borrowed my 18ft Achilles raft with a 25hp out of Valdez one year. He said they wanted to hunt the shoreline for bear.
Guess they were bored and they headed to Montague island.
Crazy bastards That could be a cold, wet ride! Probably floats better filled with water than a aluminum jon boat though!
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My buddy borrowed my 18ft Achilles raft with a 25hp out of Valdez one year. He said they wanted to hunt the shoreline for bear.
Guess they were bored and they headed to Montague island.
Crazy bastards That could be a cold, wet ride! Probably floats better filled with water than a aluminum jon boat though! True. I guess they almost made it and the seas picked up.
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Good luck to him. Dangerous thing.
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Good luck to him. Dangerous thing. Yep. That’s quite an odyssey to embark upon.
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Better move his azz. Gonna get cold up there in about a month.
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I'll have to follow along.
I highly recommend the book " Canoeing with the Cree " written by Eric Sevareid about canoeing from his home in Minnesota to Hudson Bay . A classmate went along with him, they left for their journey a few days after High School graduation and were trying to make it before ice set in. Quite a trip
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I hope the Covtard makes it.
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Imagine how many car batteries I'd have to take for my trolling motor to do that trip in my 12' jon boat!
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I saw this posted in the Canada forum and I'll be following it for sure. I would expect there will be times he'll have to pull in and wait out weather. Given the safety net afforded by technology (as long as it works), he's a lot better off than someone would have been fifty years ago but it's still an undertaking. GD
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Isn't it a little late in the year to attempt the NW passage?
Sir John Franklin had a rough go of it.
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He doesn’t have enough gas. I bet he gets rescued by the Coast Guard at our tax payer expense.
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He doesn’t have enough gas. I bet he gets rescued by the Coast Guard at our tax payer expense. He has his trip planned out to stop in villages so he can refuel. He's been in touch with people in every place along the way. Apparently fuel is subsidized in those remote places so he will be paying like $3.20 a gallon or so. Also, the Canadian Coast Guard required him to have the tracker as they would the ones to rescue him.
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Isn't it a little late in the year to attempt the NW passage?
Sir John Franklin had a rough go of it. Apparently it only becomes ice free by mid July. Seems late to me to start, but this guy has been planning it for years.
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Isn't it a little late in the year to attempt the NW passage?. Sure seems like it to me.
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