Great pic of a guy in a whaler at Swiftsure bank.

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/cetacea/cetaceaPage40.html

Also, how far is the trip from Neah Bay to Swiftsure bank?

Thanks,
Matt

Holly Sh*^%T! Count me out, but that's a great photo and testament to Whalers.

fishking,

Neet shot!

Article says "Swiftsure Bank about ten miles off the coast". I think he meant out of NB. That sounds about right to me but the Bank is a fairly wide & general area as I recall. And of course, distance is one way to measure, the other is time, and on a rough day in ANY 18' craft, Whaler or no, it is way far too long and too far for me to go just to bounce a lead grapefruit off a 200' bottom and then have to yard up a belligerent flatfish in stormy seas.

I suppose Humpy Hollow is more my speed. And plunkin' on the lower Sno is looking better with every Outrage I see comin outta water these days.

I ran a 15' Whaler out to Swiftsure several years ago. Not a trip I will duplicate. However, other than getting a little wet from sticking the bow several times it wasn't that bad. We did have another boat to pal-around with, I would never attempt a trip like that solo.
I always thought it would be fun to do the inside passage in a Whaler just for yucks. The closest I have come is circumventing the San Juan Islands in one day starting and ending in Bellingham Bay. Six gas tanks later, a mild sun burn is all I have to show for an eight hour trip at wide open throttle. I have the route plotted on a chart in my garage, but nobody seems to understand my sense of adventure.
In all I have had six Whalers and thirteen OMC motors. I have an '81 Montauk now and have endured some knarly water- there are not many boats that are twenty years old that I would trust in open water. My oldest daughter actually lost front tooth on a wave hitting her face on my butt down in Ilwaco. She still laughs about that today. I can't say enough about the durability of the boats- I have dozens of stories; swampings, flips, crashes, beachings (not all of that happened to me- I have never flipped okay )... they are great boats.

JTD....That was quite a trip in the 15 footer that day. I've told many people about that trip. As I recall you were a little green around the gills but, that could have just been my sunglasses. I don't know what was more adventurous the whaler trip to swiftsure or the 3 day 2 night stay in Neah Bay living off vending machine food and sleeping in the back of your Blazer. What it would be like to have the wives understand the fun to be had if you add just a dash of adventure.

Had a buddy put one over the bow at Birdrocks in rosario strait during a heavy tidal rip. Only time I've had a wave come into the boat, luckely we were both sitting down cause that was one big wall of water! (Only thing I lost overboard was my rapala filet knife.) I'm always amazed at what a solid dry ride my outrage provides. I did drop my old fiberform off the top of an eight foot wave into the trough during a 55mph gale trying to jump from wave to wave! I'm surprised the hull didnt crack - Ahh, what foolish youth wont do for fun!

Whoa! Great take off, but I wonder what the landing was like

Did it labor day wknd. It's 22 or 24 miles (can't remember) according to the gps from the Neah Bay Marina. The fihsing was unreal. All species out there!

There's something a whaler...