Can you get the to 'open ocean' in or from Prince Rupert ?

I mean wide open ocean with surf ..
not inland waters, or inside passage, or the ends of fjords etc ..
 I mean unrestricted swells rolling in , and surf from  ..usualy the north
west.

I read it somewhere is how I came to be aware of that.
I've been to Price Rupert by ferry, twice ..
not open ocean I don't think, unless there are roads near there I don't know
about ..
better google map it I should.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Simply Stunning....

> Tofino you say .... Better not tell that to all those people in prince
> Rupert
> Yours
>
> Sent from my iPhone...
> There must be a lifetime of thought in the last second if we are to  live
> from moment to moment.
>
> On 2010-09-25, at 4:36 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
> > wrote:
>
>> yes,
>> it's more than two hours drive ..
>> ( but you can still get salt air on your vanagon in some areas )
>> it would take a person from Seattle, driving ..
>> 3 hours easily to get to the Pacific Ocean ...
>> whether you go south and take the Hood Canal Bridge..
>> or take a ferry across the Sound , like to Bainbridge Island...then
>> West.
>>
>> ( If on that route,  be sure to visit Cheif Sealth's grave after
>> crossing Agate Pass ..
>> at the north end of Bainbridge Island ...right after crossing that
>> narrow water passage, if going west, turn right at the traffic
>> light....go about a mile  or so, find a funky very old small  church
>> ..hidden back on the left.
>> behind that ...in the cemetary, see the two large carved wooden  canoes
>> sticking up at an anlge on top of a log framework over a  pretty large
>> christan grave ....people leave tobacco, and trinkets  and whatnot
>> there..
>> It's a trip.
>> Very NON- 'all-big-and-huge-and-paved-over' ....the extreme opposite  of
>> that.
>> Old and funky to the max, in true western washington mossy style. )
>>
>> As the crow flies it's what ..about 70 miles or so  to the ocean  from
>> Seattle,
>> driving ...up to 3 hrs. easily, by Vanagon of course  !
>>
>> You know what they say about Western Washington ...the two keys  works
>> are 'visiting' and 'summer' ..lol !
>>
>> hey ..I paid the dues to be able to say that ...4 yrs in Port  Townsend
>> ...
>> did my first subaruvanagon engine conversion there.
>>
>> best wishes to all Washington Vanagon folk !
>>
>> and if any road emergencies with vanagons, I'm just off exit 24 on  I-5
>> in southern oregon, 'bout 9 hours from seattle.
>>
>> VROOOMMM !~
>> scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Annie
>>  To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
>>  Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>>  Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 4:05 PM
>>  Subject: Re: Simply Stunning....
>>
>>
>>  See, that's what I'm saying - the Puget Sound isn't what most
>> Washingtonians would consider Pacific Ocean - THAT is way West - off  the
>> Olympic Peninsula. ;-)
>>
>>
>>  Annie Anderson Blogger, Designer, Thinker & Mom
>>  web: annieandersonblog.com email: lsandrsn@gmail.com
>>  twitter: silverlunace facebook: anniesanderson
>>  Blazin' a trail where there is no path.
>>
>>
>>  On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
>> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>    more like Puget Sound..
>>    the Pacific Ocean is well west of Lynnwood.
>>
>>    Do most Canadians that own Vanagons realize that the only place  you
>> can
>>    drive to the open ocean coast in Western Canada is Tofino and  that
>> area of
>>    Vancouver Island. ?
>>
>>    anyone ever been to Bella Coola ?
>>    pretty exotic/remote almost wild last time I was there in the  late
>> 80's.
>>
>>
>>
>>    ----- Original Message -----
>>    From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>>    To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>
>>    Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 3:32 PM
>>    Subject: Re: Simply Stunning....
>>
>>
>>
>>      Zoltan is in Lynnwood,Washington - near the Pacific Ocean?  ;)
>>
>>      On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Michael Sullivan
>>      <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>        Bravo---East Coast to the rescue.
>>        Michael in San Antonio
>>        91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>>
>>
>>
>>        On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Brandon Christophel <
>>        bchristophel@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> I had beed doing small projects on my 1987 Westy for a few  months.   As
>>        you
>>> do van research, you can't help but run across peoples experiences  with
>>> rust.  I could see where my seams were showing a tinge of rust color.
>>> I
>>> sense of dread sunk in.  Rust is like an iceberg they say.  If you  can
>>        see
>>> the tip, then whats underneath is huge.  This is what started the  sense
>>        of
>>> dread that I carried while finishing up small projects.  Pretty  soon it
>>> became the monkey on my back and I couldn't take it anymore.  I
>>> finished
>>        up
>>> the projects and began to seek out a doctor for my baby.  Not just  any
>>> doctor, I wanted a specialist.
>>>
>>> I put out some feelers.  The name that came back was "Zoltan".  He's
>>> had
>>        my
>>> van for awhile now.  He sent me a mail saying, "its out of paint  and it
>>> looks beautiful".  You have to know the man but, he usually doesn't  use
>>> decorative words like that.  He'll say, "and it's fine" or "that's  ok".
>>         So,
>>> I was *very* curious what I was to see.
>>>
>>> Getting the van to this point is the culmination of a lot of hard  work.
>>> Zoltan has been like the conductor of an orchestra.  Doing the tear
>>> down
>>        of
>>> *everything*, noting items to be replaced or fixed and giving me
>>> options
>>> along the way, getting the sanding done and bringing the body metal
>>> back
>>        to
>>> trueness,  attacking rust and going through the procedures he has to
>>> get
>>        rid
>>> of it and probably a hundred other things I'll never know he did.
>>>
>>> Today I get to see it.  The results of all this work so far.  So,  in my
>>        car
>>> and off to Lynnwood I go.  I saw Zoltan and waved hello.  He was  moving
>>        cars
>>> around among the fleet of Westys that are his domain.   We greeted  and
>>> walked as we were chatting.  We rounded the corner of one of the  other
>>> Westys and suddenly, I looked up and there it was, my baby... it was
>>        simply
>>> STUNNING...  I think I clapped my hands and yelped.  I turned to  Zoltan
>>        and
>>> shook his hand.  "It's fantastic!" I said.  All his preparation work
>>> had
>>> paid off.  The van is incredible looking and yet, it doesn't even  have
>>        it's
>>> trim put back on it yet.  Zoltan took me around the vehicle and led  me
>>> through pieces of the the work and how it was done.  I just couldn't
>>> stop
>>> looking.  It's gorgeous!  We still have a ways to go but, man it's
>>> going
>>> well.  It is a work of art already.
>>>
>>> Zoltan won't brag so, I felt it necessary to send this mail.  He may
>>> not
>>> like it but, the way I see it, If I don't inform the community of the
>>> availability of a master craftsman and the fine work he is doing  then,
>>> I
>>        am
>>> doing a disservice to all all those van owners who were like me and  had
>>> a
>>> monkey on their back but, didn't know who to trust.
>>>
>>> Get rid of your monkey.  Call Zoltan.
>>>
>>> -Brandon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      --
>>      Jake
>>
>>      1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
>>      1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
>>
>>      Crescent Beach, BC
>>
>>      www.thebassspa.com
>>      www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>      http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27