I am curious at to what distant do you conceder as long power passages,

Georgs Kolesnikovs wrote: >I have not been able to identify very many people who have made long >power passages prior to 1990, other than Bob Beebe, the few boats >mentioned in Voyaging Under Power, a Krogen 54 delivery skipper who >crossed the Atlantic, a Willard 36 that crossed to Hawaii, and the >List's own Leonard Stern who took his Marine Trader across the pond >in 1984. Bruce Jones wrote: >I have identified a handful of other long-distance passagemakers from >the 70s. These folks were mainly from Europe. Right you are. It's a pity that in North America we know so little about passagemakers such as pioneering Eilco Kasemier and the legendary David Scott Cowper. Jim Slocomb wrote: >Add Rick Cockburn (I think) on the fishing troller (40 footish) Hi Dad. >Vancouver, Mexico, Hawaii, Japan, Aleutians, Vancouver ..... The story >is in the Bet Oliver book on Ed Monk boats. Thanks for the tip! Speaking of the Pacific Northwest, there was a singlehander who run his Cheoy Lee or something from Hawaii to Seattle, but that was in the 1990s, about the same time Phi and Faye Guay steamed a 41-foot custom DeFever on the same route. Marv with no surname wrote: > I am curious at to what distant do you conceder as long power passages, >As I believe I have made long passages thirty years ago, but then they may not >have very long at all. I suppose Seattle to San Francisco or Maine to Florida, when run nonstop, is a long passage but by "ocean passages" I generally mean trans-oceanic. But never mind definitions, Marv, tell us about your long passages three decades ago, please. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Editor-at-large, Power Cruising http://www.powercruisingmag.com https://secure.palmcoastd.com/pcd/document?ikey=0897ZHDDD