Follow along with us on our 2023 trip
2023 / #12 Gulf Islands to Shilshole
Monday, August 7. The day started calmly enough. Gabriola Passage was just around the corner from our anchorage and slack was a bit after 9:00 so everything was set for a leisurely start. Once we were through the passage we headed south. There were lots of boats,...
2023 / #11 Desolation Sound to the Strait of Georgia
Monday, July 31. We were glad to leave Bickley Bay. The smoke from the wildfire across the channel was spreading and we had to drive through it to escape – our destination, Small Inlet. In addition to being a Provincial Marine Park, Small Inlet is not heavily used...
2023 / #10 Cape Caution to The Discovery Islands
Monday, July 24. Overnight in Fly Basin there were periods of heavy rain with occasional breaks. We didn’t have far to go so we took our time over breakfast and weighed anchor during one of those breaks; I was very grateful since I’m the outside person when it...
2023 / #9 Squally Channel to Smith Sound
Monday, July 17. The day almost started with a bang. After Karen took us out of Farrant Island Lagoon with no problems, we entered the northern part of Squally Channel and saw a humpback whale breach with its whole body out of the water. Since it was almost...
2023 / #8 Turning Around
Monday, July 10. The wind and waves in Principe Channel continued all day. From our sheltered position in Colby Bay they looked the same as the day before, that is, unpleasantly boisterous, so we decided to stay where we were for another day. A free day means boat...
2023 / #7 Weinberg Inlet to Principe Channel
Monday, July 3. Weinberg Inlet is only six miles north of McMicking, still Campania Island, but is completely different in character. Where McMicking had been a single long straight inlet, Weinberg has two entrance passages into a labyrinth of channels formed by...
2023 / #6 Racey Inlet to McMicking
Wednesday, June 28. We didn’t particularly care for the weather forecast, especially the part that said rain, but we decided to travel anyway and started off in almost calm, and dry, conditions with a slight swell from the west. On the way we had to cross Laredo...
2023 / #5 Pruth Bay to Aristazabal Island
Tuesday, June 20. We left Fury Cove on Tuesday to find a 2 foot chop in Fitz Hugh Sound so we headed north to put most of the waves on our stern. Our destination was Pruth Bay. Pruth is one of Karen’s favorite places. After anchoring, you can park your dinghy at...
2023 / #4 Around Cape Caution to Fury Cove
Wednesday, June 14. We’ve spent two nights in Blunden Harbour, mostly being blown around. The wind has been severe, even in the Harbour. Karen thinks we’ve been hanging on by a thread. And we haven’t been alone; on Monday some nice folks came in out of the waves...
2023 / #3 Broughtons to Blunden Harbour
Tuesday, June 6. It has been windy, especially in the afternoons, so we have kept our journeys short and among the islands. We’ve encountered current and wind but no waves. Our first stop, Waddington Bay is one of the most popular anchorages in the Broughtons and...
2023 / #2 Strait of Georgia to the Broughtons
Monday, May 29. Just before dawn there was a red stripe along the horizon in the eastern sky with gray clouds everywhere else. And Mark Bay was perfectly calm. By 8:00 it was getting breezy and time to check the forecast. It called for winds northwest 10-15 knots...
2023 / #1 Seattle to Nanaimo
Wed, May 24, 2023. Hooray, we are away from the dock. It has been a difficult winter and spring getting to this point, with much frustration over boat projects that just didn’t want to go right. But finally, everything works and we are off. We had a nice current...
Welcome to Our New Website!
May 2023 We travel to many remote places but, at last, we expect to have reliable internet on our travels, thanks to the new Starlink setup we just installed. It now makes sense to send out our posts through a website instead of directly through email, which was...