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The Tonie O's Voyages Through the Inside Passage
-Summer 2007: New Boat! New Website!
-Summer 2002: Port Townsend, Washington to Petersburg, Alaska and Le Conte Glacer (RT)
-Summer 2003: Port Hardy, B.C. to Glacier Bay, Alaska (RT)
-Summer 2004: Prince Rupert, B.C. to Skagway, Alaska (RT, including Sitka, Rocky Pass, Angoon, Kake, and Elfin Cove)
-Summer 2005: Port Hardy, B.C. to Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (With special guest David Spencer, and shrimping highlights in Craig, Alaska)
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Join Shawn and Tonie Ogimachi on their summer adventure aboard their 22-foot C-Dory cruiser, the "Tonie O." The boat has twin four-stroke, forty-horsepower Honda engines, radar, GPS, autopilot, Wallas stove, plenty of fishing and trapping gear, as well as a mini harp to keep Tonie's fingers in shape.
The photos and log notes trace the Tonie O's trip through the Inside Passage of coastal British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. According to the Waggoner Cruising Guide and Leif G. Terdal's Small-Boat Cruising to Alaska, the smallest boats to comfortably make the voyage measure about 26 feet. The 22-foot Dory bucks the prevailing trend. But we aren't the only C-Dory to successfully negotiate the Passage. In 2002, we encountered "Ol Aviator," a C-Dory from New Mexico, as he made the return trip from Skagway. Last year (2003), we met the crews of "Catch 22," "Halcyon" (click on their website; they've been everywhere!), and "Rana Verde" as they explored the Southeast Alaskan waters. Last year (2004), we met the crews of Naknek, in Sitka and "Miss Polly" (from Juneau), in Tenakee Hot Springs.
2005 brought special guest crew, David Spencer from Afton, Virginia to fill in during the B.C. portion of the trip, while Tonie was finishing work in California. Tonie was delayed in updating the website with 2005 highlights this year. For this, we will provide an link to an external site holding our photos.
From the 2002 log:
"Reflective moments as this long adventurous trip winds down to an easy return: over the trip there are many apprehensive moments, knowing that logs, ice, rogue waves, and a myriad of other hazards can take you down anytime.
During this time our lives were dictated by tides, wind, current, and our nautical charts. We learn to adapt to live within this context. Rounding the final lighthouse, we sense that time and traffic will again dictate our next moves, while we slowly lose touch with the tides and winds--sigh! But the time we spent, the waters we traveled, and the latitudes we gained were well worth any effort."
Click on the links below to view highlights from the voyages:
About the C-Dory "Tonie O" (Includes 2003 and 2004 boat improvements, and "The Art of the Sponge Bath")
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