Old Salt wrote on Jul 20^th, 2012 at 10:18pm:

As for canoeing/yaking the Inside Passage, that is the thought I had 8 years ago when we did a cruise. I think it would be almost mandatory to wear a wetsuit, and to be skilled in self-rescue, and, of course, to always wear the PFD. The water temps are in the high 30's-low 40's in the summer. The fishing boats, cruise ships, etc show no mercy if they see a canoe/yak, and the wake can easily swamp such a vessel.

I remember it being a little bumpy on the cruise ship one night while running the passage.  The next morning the staff announced that we'd be running through some 17 foot swells.  It would be interesting to see how someone would yak that.

dd