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2009, 74-FOOT OCEAN ALEXANDER COCONUT. PHOTO BY GARY BEYSCHAU
“You’ve published another photo of ours, taken from a trip we took down to Mexico [“Snapshot,” October 2012], but this was our first passage north of Catalina Island. We have made passages as far south as Barra Navidad, Mexico, and have done two significant passages to Baja. Coconut is a 2009, 74-foot Ocean Alexander. Her home port is in Kona Kai Marina in San Diego, California. We met Ron and Carol Petersen on Kodiak, a 2009 65-foot Grand Banks Aleutian (seen in the background), during the 2011 FUBAR rally. They have cruised Alaska and British Columbia before, and at their encouragement, we met them in Anacortes, Washington, and departed for our trip north on April 26, 2013. The plan to cruise British Columbia and southern Alaska for the summer with a couple we hardly knew was a departure from our norm, but it became the best boating experience we’ve had during our 35 years on the water. Princess Louisa Inlet was our third anchorage, after False Creek and Pender Harbor. What an amazing introduction to the endless beauty of Canadian and Alaskan cruising. From there it was nearly four months of exploring, adventuring, and getting up close with the Alaskan people and their way of life. A six-month passage from San Diego to Glacier Bay, covering 6,000 nautical miles. Can’t wait to return in 2015. As my friend Ron would say, ‘This is way too beautiful to not share!’” — Gary and Pat Beyschau