Jeff Bland maneuvers his Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP using a totally-in-the-moment frame of a mind and a Twin Disc remote.
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Our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP departs Vancouver, British Columbia—check out the city’s skyline in the background.
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A groovy little lighthouse decorates a point to starboard as on our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP makes her way north to Desolation Sound.
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After docking our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP at Garden Bay Marina, we passed the Garden Bay post office enroute to the Garden Pub & Bay restaurant.
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Even a Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP can feel a tad cramped at times. But the trails and country roads of British Columbia offer lots of elbowroom.
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A seat by a lake not far from where we moored our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP for the first night.
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While Cinnamon apparently loves life onboard the Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP she loves life even more when ensconced in the front seat of an outboard-powered RIB.
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The raft-up at Squirrel Cove put our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP in the very middle of things.
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Cinnamon, the Blands’ retriever, indulges in a little line handling on the foredeck of our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP.
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We used the nifty RIB off our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP to get to the trailhead of Unwin Lake.
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Check out these halibut and salmon steaks on our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP’s propane-inspired grill.
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One of the true delicacies of the Pacific Northwest—we ate several bags of ‘em while touring Desolation Sound onboard our Grand Banks Aleutian 72 RP.


















