Neil
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Post by Neil on Jul 28, 2006 22:25:21 GMT -8
www.marinelinktours.com/If anyone hasn't checked this site out, do so. It would be a great way to see a beautiful part of our coast.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 29, 2006 3:40:30 GMT -8
Aurora-Explorer is on my list of things that I'd love to do, but currently out of my budget......unless I win the contest that the Knowledge-Network does each year.
I think the year's cruises get fully-booked a year in advance......that popular.
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Jul 29, 2006 8:15:32 GMT -8
Yes, it is really expensive for what is a pretty bare bones cruise. I don't necessarily begrudge small operators the money they make; perhaps their passenger revenues subsidize some of their freight operations.
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Koastal Karl
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 30, 2006 9:30:07 GMT -8
wow that is expensive! lol! Could get a Alaska Cruise for that!
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 30, 2006 9:45:31 GMT -8
Yeah, that would be a neat trip to go on.....so the rich can get away from the tough life of the City and business world. I would suggest taking a similar trip on the "Uchuck III", providing service in Nootka Sound. It even stops by an old town I used to live in, Tahsis BC. Which is pretty much a town that was deserted because the Sawmill shutdown. So the Americans come up and rent the houses, so they can take their yaght out, and go fishing in Nootka Sound. The rates for this taking a ride on this ship, are alot more affordable, and probably just as neat as the Aurora-Explorer. www.island.net/~mvuchuck/ |
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Post by Mike C on Jul 30, 2006 10:20:53 GMT -8
Hmm. The Upchuck - I mean Uchuck III... interesting. But I think I'll stick with my kayak, thanks.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 30, 2006 12:23:01 GMT -8
Uchek-III is on my "list of things to do"....someday!
Some friends of mine took the MV Frances Barkley this weekend to go from Port Alberni to Broken-Islands-Group for a kayaking trip out on Barkley Sound.
I'll grill them for questions about how the Frances Barkley trip was....
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Post by BrianWilliams on Jul 30, 2006 20:12:40 GMT -8
Umm .. a brave endeavour, I think, to soak up some rich-tourist dollars. But ... Compare the venerable MV Lady Rose's day trip fares: www.ladyrosemarine.com/rates.htmlStill, I endorse the idea. Travel on a working BC coastal boat is a fine way for tourists (and locals) to see our coast. The outrageous $1400 fare is counter-productive. Pehaps a few millionaires will sign on, but they'll only meet a few other gazillionaire passengers. Hardly a true BC coastal experience. I hope the idea catches on, though. I could bring back the late days of Northland Navigation, when working cargo ships still carried a few passengers on our coast. |
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Post by oceaneer77 on Aug 20, 2006 9:16:50 GMT -8
I used to work for this company, but never served on the Explorer.
The crew all say that it is a great trip and lost of fun. The price is very steep and does stablize the freight.... The freight buisness is very jumpy with the softwood disputes
But it is a good company and would be a great trip.
the only downside is that the boat is old, loud and has a terrible motion in a sea ( most of the trip is in protected water)
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