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”
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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”
29 April: Scoot to Comox, Cortes Is.
A (motor) sailing we shall go
Appy Friday
Enter 2026!
Shiant Island Videos
In my last posting, a few days ago because bandwidth has been a huge issue until we reached the “mainland,” I suggested viewers check out Matt and Amy’s Sailing Yacht Florence – and still do! I rushed to post and neglected to link three videos I took at the amazing Shiant Islands sanctuary. Here theyContinue reading “Shiant Island Videos”
18 and 19 June – Dunvegan, Isle of Skye and Tarbert, Isle of Harris
18 June – Carbost to Dunvegan, Isle of Skye I served as today’s “navigator” and took pleasure last evening in laying out a multi-leg planned track to Dunvegan yesterday. We will start doing this more regularly aboard SY Encore!Today was a good-winds and otherwise banner day starting with a short upwind leg, a second hourContinue reading “18 and 19 June – Dunvegan, Isle of Skye and Tarbert, Isle of Harris”
Stewart Travels 