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Home stretch and last 200 or so miles

5.12.26 – Wednesday There is little that is quite so comforting as a long, relatively straight down-wind sail on easy seas, even if the motor is also running. The five and a half hour trip took us south of Savary Island south of Lund thence southwest to Deep Bay. We took the opportunity to sailContinue reading “Home stretch and last 200 or so miles”

A Different Johnstone Strait, New Gunkholes, and Nostalgia: 7-11 May

Off-grid sailing has its advantages but pokes the guilty button of having not posted a thing since Port McNeill. I am trying to catch up during our morning in Lund, BC. Johnstone Strait can be formidable to the point of dissuading any save the intrepid Row2AK competitors that take what Mother Nature hands them inContinue reading “A Different Johnstone Strait, New Gunkholes, and Nostalgia: 7-11 May”

Queen Charlotte Strait, Port McNeill, … and the path ahead

I had a good sleep while it lasted(!) An hour and a half ago, nature called after which I couldn’t force my mind to settle down and go back to sleep. Half an hour ago I arose, dressed, and am sipping a cup of coffee presently. My mind was going everywhere after I crawled backContinue reading “Queen Charlotte Strait, Port McNeill, … and the path ahead”

Thursday – Tuesday, 22-27 August 2024 … and HOME!

Thursday, 22 AugustEffingham Bay to Turtle Bay by way of Wouwer Island, Broken Group Islands, Barkley Sound: (48-52.0N 125-21.3W) (48-55.0N 125-19.7W)So much rain has fallen in the past few days, first circumnavigating Estevan Point to Quiet Cove and over twelve straight hours last night of heavy downpour, that the anchor light flooded out. We areContinue reading “Thursday – Tuesday, 22-27 August 2024 … and HOME!”

North Vancouver Island: 11 to 16 August

Sunday, 11 AugustBrowning Inlet to Winter Harbor: 50-30.7N 128-01.7WA short 30-minute trip at noon put us dockside at Winter Harbor Outpost at which we enjoyed paid-for the WiFi by which I sent my last posting. I realized a day late that I had a pretty cool track of our crossing on the new NavStation Garmin.Continue reading “North Vancouver Island: 11 to 16 August”