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The Right Balance

Scott and Jane Young wanted to go farther, but at first, they couldn’t quite figure out how to get there.

After they sold their business in 2016, the longtime boaters thought about putting some serious miles under their keel. They’d seen a TV show about great train rides, including one up to Alaska, which inspired them to check out the option of chartering a boat in that region. On Canada’s east coast, at their home port of Fredericton, New Brunswick, they had a Downeast-style Wilbur 34 with a cabin for overnighting, so they knew they liked being

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