I'd be surprised if anyone besides a Russian icebreaker will make the trip this year. The eleven-year sun spot cycle which brought the warming we experienced over the past ten years is over. Reports I have heard is that the artic ocean is again iced over. And, weather in the northern latitudes has been much, much colder this spring than anytime in the last ten years. Snow just west of here yesterday. Bon Voyage. David Sorenson Duluth, MN *********** On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:06:02 -0700 "Arild Jensen" <2elnav@netbistro.com> writes: > Sven's request about sailing conditions for the North West passage > got me > curious. > a Google search quickly found several commercial tour companies that > offered > cruises in the far north. This is in addition to the private yachts > that > have made the passage. > > There is also a Russian Ice breaker that routinely makes tourist > type > cruises in the arctic ocean. > All in all there is a lot of activity snd th eCanadian Coast Guard > is > actively trying to increase their facilities and patrol craft up > there. > Somehow I doubt it will ever be as crowded as southern waters. > > At least you will not find irate shore line property owners > demanding you > stop anchoring and spoiling their view. > > regards > Arild > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, > change email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > > ____________________________________________________________ Planning for retirement? Click for free information on 401(k) plans. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mKKgCmXqqoSUx4aQ63UJpRO3KWGSX3bBfaUsi4Ylo3dq0u4/

> -----Original Message----- > I'd be surprised if anyone besides a Russian icebreaker will make the > trip this year. The eleven-year sun spot cycle which brought the warming > we experienced over the past ten years is over. Reports I have heard is > that the artic ocean is again iced over. And, weather in the northern > latitudes has been much, much colder this spring than anytime in the last > ten years. Snow just west of here yesterday. Bon Voyage. > > David Sorenson > Duluth, MN REPLY Guess we will have to wait a few years to see if this is a blip, spike or a trend. Went boating on May 24 and there ws still a small snow drift in the ditch next to the boat launch ramp. We still had 4 feet of snow in the back yard at the end of April. Maybe we will see a new kind of recreational boat class. The ice breaker yacht! Look at the positive side. You wouldn't have to haul out for winter storage. <VBG> Arild

Arild and David, I might have known you jokers from up north and back east were responsible for all this lousy, cold, stinkin, mildew promoting winter weather we have been having in the NW Coast this summer. This is a poor way to promote boating and cruising. There will be exquisite tortures meeted out to those who are responsible, assuming we can find the miscreants in the 400 inches of snow we have had since last fall. We had more this week, so stop it I say. With Aggravated Regards, Mike _____________________________________ Capt. Mike Maurice Beaverton Oregon(Near Portland)