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Editorial
14th Year!
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Alan Wilson
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MOTHERSHIP PADDLING
Welcome to our annual Mothership Paddling issue. As you’ll see in these pages,
motherships come in all shapes and sizes—both powerboats and sailboats,
large and small, commercial and private. Some commercial motherships offer
accommodations aboard and meals, others just transport, and still others a mix of
these services. They’re all motherships in one way or another.
Motherships extend a paddler’s range, making distant wilderness more accessible.
Looked at from the private power or sail boater’s view, carrying a kayak or two on deck
opens up new ways to explore the shoreline once the big boat is at anchor.
Little wonder this blending of boating experience is catching on. It’s a natural and
compatible mix.
For the paddling industry, it’s also an opportunity to tap into the $25 billion a year
North Americans spend on boating. For boaters, it’s a chance to get closer to the
waters we all love.
In this issue, for your enjoyment and information, we’ve gathered a great mix of
stories related to mothershipping, including experiences on commercial mothership
paddling trips in Alaska, Baja and Chile as well as useful advice pieces for boaters
interested in paddling and paddlers interested in aquiring a mothership.
Cartoonist Berry Wijdeven takes us on a search for a mothership of his own, opening
his eyes—and ours—to some of the complexities involved.
Green Boating advocate, Sarah Verstegen, gives practical advice on boating
impacts—a sort of ‘primer’ to green boating for those thinking of getting a mothership,
and a useful reminder for power and sail boaters.
Columnist Bryan Nichols, himself a sailboater who carries a kayak aboard, gives
tips for boaters thinking of adding paddling to their boating repertoire.
And we include a handy Mothership Directory, giving the basics about companies
that offer mothership paddling in one form or another.
You’ll also enjoy columns by Dan Lewis, encountering migrating gray whales off
the west coast, and Alexandra Morton, whose ‘paean’ to spring in the Broughton will
uplift weary spirits.
We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we have putting it together.
And we wish you all happy paddling this summer—whether you’re kayak
camping, day tripping or mothershipping.
Alan Wilson
Volume 14 Number 1
INSIDE
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6 Home at the Edge of the World
JEAN-LOUIS MARTIN AND SYLVIE BLANGY
9 Dream Vacation
BARB ROY
11 Chilean Mothership Trip
BETH GEIGER
14 Still Paddling Her Own Canoe
ELIZABETH SHORT
17 Attention All Yachties!
BRYAN NICHOLS—COLUMN
20 Searching For My Mother
BERRY WIJDEVEN
22 Choosing Your Mothership
SARAH VERSTEGEN
25 Separation Anxiety
ALAN WILSON—COLUMN
28 Water Taxi Transport
TOM SEWID
COVER—Mothership with Loki kayaks
in Desolation Sound
by Matt Kirk-Buss
29 Heading for the Horizon
DAN LEWIS—COLUMN
31 Exploring Rivers Inlet
GORDON BARON
36 Spring in the Broughton
ALEXANDRA MORTON—COLUMN
37 Feathercraft K1 and Werner Shuna
ALEX MATTHEWS—COLUMN
40 MOTHERSHIP DIRECTORY
44 Cool Tools For Camp Cookery
LAURIE EDWARD/DEBBIE LEACH—COLUMN
46 Books
DIANA MUMFORD—COLUMN
48 Great Gear/News
52 Unclassifieds
54 Calendar
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