What on earth is a CC 381?
Chris Craft?
Eric-- The photo is a Chris Craft 381.
Virtually any boat will work in the PNW//BC. Some better than others, of course. The issue of on-board heat has been brought up and is a valid one to consider.
Another is range. I have no clue what kind of range a twin-gas CC381 has, but if you hope to do some longer cruises-- Inside Passage, etc-- it's something to think about.
Forom the photos I looked at on the web it appears the boat would be pretty easy to truck. We trucked our old GB36 from California to here in 1998 and nothing had to come off other than mast, boom, antennas and venturi. Smartest thing would be to call a marine trucking company-- Associated and Dudley are two very experienced and reputable marine trucking companies in this area-- and talk to them about requirements and cost.
Whether a particular boat is suited for a particular region is almost completely a matter of personal preference. If you really like your boat and want to bring it with you then it will work as well for you here as it does for you there. The fact that I or anyone else would prefer a totally different type and make of boat for reasons we could go on explaining forever is pretty much irrelevant.
Know, however, that if you decide to sell your boat there, move to the island, and then buy a boat here once you learn more about boating in this region, as of last week there are 357,268.5 nice cruising boats for sale in this area.
One thing to keep in mind is that because the PNW/BC/SE Alaska region offers such superior cruising opportunities the makes and models of boats that are best suited or popular for this kind of cruising often command considerably higher prices than the same boats in the same condition elsewhere. I don't know if this is still the case today, but when we bought our cabin cruiser in 1998 it most definitely was; the same boat we bought in California would have cost us some $10,000 to $15,000 more up here just by virtue of the difference in location. This made the $4,000 trucking fee a good deal indeed.