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Davis Boats 2008
Event Schedule
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The 2008 Events Schedule will not include the Tuna wars in Baja.
Do to the civil unrest on our Southern Borders, we will
not be holding
our annual event at the Hotel Coral. This
does not reflect on the
services or staff at the hotel. We at
Davis Boats will not ask our
customers to place themselves in
harms way.
There will be another event in the place of the tuna wars.
Information
will be coming out soon.
Thank you,
Harold Davis
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ALASKA BOAT-CARAVAN
2008
• SUMMARY: The trip will involve
a caravan of boats traveling in Southeast Alaska during the summer
of 2008. The length of time on the water will be approximately
4 weeks. We will start and end the trip in Ketchikan , Alaska
. The methods of getting your boat to that location are mentioned
below. Since some people see this trip as primarily “sight-seeing” and
others see it as a “fishing trip”, the caravan members will have
great flexibility to go and do as they please with certain “rendezvous
points” along the way.
• TIMING: We plan to leave in the
middle of July 2008 and return to California in mid-late August.
The exact dates are not set. We will probably leave California
on July 14.
• GETTING TO KETCHIKAN : Most
of us will trailer our boats through Canada all the way to Prince
Rupert . This is a lovely drive through the beautiful Canadian
Rockies up to Prince George , then westerly over to Prince Rupert
. It is about 90-100 miles by sea from Prince Rupert to Ketchikan
. If you are really adventuresome, you could put your boat in
at Bellingham , Washington and travel all the way up the Inland
Passage to Alaska . For this option, you would have to start
your trip earlier and plan about 3 days getting from Bellingham
up to Prince Rupert .
RENDEZVOUS POINTS: On our last boat-journey
to Alaska in 2003, three boats made the trip. We stayed together
for parts of the trip and were separated on other parts of the
trip. We stayed together on the road trip from California to
Prince Rupert and back again to California . We traveled together
from Prince Rupert up to Ketchikan and back from Ketchikan to
Prince Rupert at the end of the trip. We all stayed at Clover
Pass in Ketchikan on the front end of the trip and back end of
the trip. We had rendezvous points at Wrangell, Juneau , Sitka
, Angoon and Petersburg . In between these rendezvous points
we went many separate ways and stayed at different locations.
Two boats spent a number of days in Glacier Bay , but Bob Wendt
and I went over to Elfin Cove for more fishing since we had toured
Glacier Bay on a previous trip. There was a great deal of flexibility
on the 2003 trip … but we stayed in touch and made certain rendezvous
points as planned.
ONE POSSIBLE ITINERARY: As an example only,
here is the itinerary that Bob Wendt and I are considering for
the 2008 trip:
• 3 ½ days from CA to Prince
Rupert
• 3
days in Ketchikan
• 1 day travel to Wrangell with stop
on the way at Annan Bear Reserve
• 3 days in Wrangell/Petersburg
area
• 1 day in Juneau
• 3 days with friends at
their home in Funter Bay on Admiralty Island
• 3 days
in Elfin Cove
• 1 day at Tenakee Springs
• 5-6 days in
Sitka
• 1 day at Snipe Bay (or Baranof Hot Springs)
• 2
days at Port Alexander
• 1 day from Port Alexander to
Ketchikan
• 4 days at Ketchikan
• 3-3 1/2 days back
to CA
[The above route would take 36 days]
- PLANNING ITEMS: Advance planning is crucial.
You will need to get a good set of charts for navigation and
a GPS chip of all SE Alaska . You will need to make sure that
all safety equipment on your boat is in good order. You may
want to consider an extra prop, a zodiac strapped to the top
of your boat with kicker motor, bar-b-que, e-burp system, crab
pots, downriggers, extra filters, oil, belts, etc. You will
need to make reservations at lodges or motels along the way.
You will need to have a file with the phone numbers of key
locations along the way including motels, lodges, marinas,
National Park, etc.
Glacier Bay National
Park : Only a limited number
of boats are allowed in the park at any given time.
You need to look up the park on the Internet and
review their web site for rules and regulations.
I think that they will allow you to make reservations
60-days in advance of your arrival. You must stop
at the Ranger Station at Bartlett Cove at the Park
entrance before going up into the park. Bartlett
Cove is very secluded and you can sleep on-your-anchor
in Bartlett Cove. You can only stay tied up at the
dock in Bartlett Cove for 3 hours at a time (and
cannot sleep on your boat tied to the dock). The
nearest town is Gustavus which is 10 miles by taxi
ride. They have a row-boat that you can use to ferry
back and forth from your boat to dock if you leave
your boat on anchor and decide to stay at the park
lodge or stay at one of the many bed-and-breakfast
places in Gustavus. If you make reservations to be
in Glacier National Park on a particular day, you
must arrive at the park headquarters on that day
or they will give your permit to another boat.
- Harbors: Most of
the harbors have nice marinas, fresh water and electricity.
The fee for a slip is reasonable everywhere. Call when
you get near a harbor and the harbormaster will give you
directions on the location of a slip. Use Channel 16.
They will route you to another channel after you make
contact. Many harbors have multiple marinas. Most of
the cities by harbors have web sites with maps of the
harbors that give you good info on location and which
marinas are located near which motels, lodges, etc.
We have a diesel engine and have found fuel in every
harbor we visited. We did find that a few places have
fuel closed down on Sundays … so be sure to not get
caught low on fuel on a Sunday. When you get to a harbor
ask the harbormaster the location of the fuel dock
and the times they are open.
- Traveling through Canada : On
our first trip in 2000, we suffered a long and thorough
search of our boat and truck at the border. On our
second trip in 2003, we went through the border without
any problems. I think it depends on the “terror alert” or
how you smile at the border guard. Also, they will
require that you tell them you are leaving your truck
and trailer in Canada while you travel with your boat
in Alaska . They will give you instructions on reporting
to Customs when you return to Canada to pick up your
truck and trailer. Traveling through the mountains
in Canada can be scary. You will often be on steep
two-lane roads. I recommend that you only travel during
day-light hours . Some cities are a long ways apart
so always be conscious of your truck fuel-gauge. In
looking at your map, be aware that mileage is in kilometers,
not miles. A kilometer is about 2/3 of a mile.
- Licenses: You are not required to
get a separate boat license while traveling in Alaska
. However, you will need a fishing license. We bought
ours when we arrived in Ketchikan . I recommend that
you contact the Alaska Dept of Fish and Game and get
a copy of the fishing regulations for the year 2008. Different
areas have different bag limits on certain fish at
different times of the year! You
will probably only be allowed to keep 3 or 4 king salmon
on your whole trip … so keep this in mind if you catch
a small (but legal) king early in your trip. In recent
years the size limit on kings has been 28 inches. You
are required to mark down the date and location right
after catching a king on your fishing license.
- Taking care of your fish: Bob and
I will be taking a commercial vacuum-packer for our
fish. We will break up our trip into three separate
legs. Friends will fly up to Alaska and travel with
us on each leg of the journey. When a person finishes
a leg, they will be flying our fish back to CA for
us. We have gotten to know the ports where we can get
our fish frozen and have been successful getting all
our fish home in great condition. You can also send
frozen fish by FedEx back to CA.
Contact me at: Melvin A. de la Motte Jr.
1326 Chorro
Street
San Luis Obispo , CA 93401
(805)544-2424 office
(805)544-3947 home
e-mail at: mdelamotte@gmail.com
Alaska Getaway 2008
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Summary
• Leave SLO on Monday July 14
and return on August 18
• On the
water in Prince
Rupert on July 18, and out of water back
at Prince Rupert on August
15 (28 days on the water)
• Leg
one of trip : Arrive in Ketchikan on
July 18 and fly back from Juneau on
July 26
• Leg two of trip : Arrive
in Juneau on
July 25 and fly back from Sitka on
August 2 [This leg is reserved for our wives].
• Leg
three of trip: Arrive on August 2 in Sitka and
fly back from Sitka on August
7
• Leg four of trip: Arrive in Sitka on
August 6 and fly back from Ketchikan on
August 14 or 15
Detailed Itinerary
- July 14: Leave SLO and stay in Medford that
night
- July 15: Medford to Hope , Canada
- July 16: Hope to somewhere west of Prince
George [Like Terrace , Canada ]
- July 17: Arrive in Prince Rupert and
stay that night
- July 18: Leave Prince Rupert in
morning and arrive in Ketchikan and
stay at Clover Pass Lodge
[1 st Leg arrives]
- July 18, 19 and 20 at Clover Pass Lodge
- July 21: Leave Ketchikan and
travel to Wrangell with stop at Annan Bear Reserve
- July 22: Fish near Wrangell
- July 23: Fish near south entrance to Wrangell Narrows and
then Travel to Petersburg
- July 24: Fish near Petersburg
- July 25: Travel from Petersburg to Juneau [2
nd leg arrives]
- July 26: Travel from Juneau to Funter Bay ,
fishing along the way [1 st leg flies home]
- July 26, 27 and 28: at Funter Bay
- July 29: Travel to Elfin Cove, with sightseeing & fishing
at Pt. Adolphus
- July 29, 30 and 31: at Elfin Cove
- August 1: Travel from Elfin Cove to Tenakee Springs
- August 2: Travel from Tenakee Springs to Sitka [3
rd leg arrives]
- August 3: [2 nd leg flies home]
- August 2-6: In Sitka [4
th leg arrives on Aug. 6 and 3 rd leg flies home on
Aug. 7 th ]
- August 7: Travel from Sitka to Snipe Bay [or
Baranof Hot Springs ]
- August 8: Fish near Snipe Bay [or
Baranof Hot Springs ]
- August 9: Travel from Snipe Bay [or
Baranof Hot Springs ]
to Port Alexander
- August 9 & 10: Port Alexander
- August 11: Travel from Port Alexander to Ketchikan
- August 11-14: Ketchikan
- August 15: Travel from Ketchikan to Prince
Rupert and then travel on to Terrace , Canada [4
th leg flies home]
- August 16: Travel from Terrace to Hope , Canada
- August 17: Travel from Hope , Canada to Medford , Oregon
- August 18: Travel from Medford, Oregon back to
San Luis Obispo
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ROYAL POLARIS SPORTFISHING TRIP
November 6 th – 16 th , 2008
For Reservations and Information Contact: Andrea
or Scotty
(619) 226-8030 (619)
226-8092 Fax
info@royalpolaris.com
www.royalpolaris.com
Royal Polaris, 2838 Garrison St . , San Diego
, CA 92106 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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