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Captain’s Logs
Our unfiltered journey at sea—moments of joy, challenge, and discovery as we sail full-time. From quiet anchorages to sporty passages, these stories capture our real-life.
Canada Day Sails and Bad Choices
We took off for a Canada Day weekend sail to Gambier Island in the Howe Sound
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Project Time: Replacing Old Hatches and Rehabbing Teak
At the dock getting some important boat work done by replacing hatches and doing some teak maintenance.
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Foraging and Hoping We Don’t Die
We forage for oysters and clams in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and hope we don’t get sick in the process.
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Our Top Cruising Anchorages of 2022
Our top sailing destinations in British Columbia for 2022
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Going with the Wind
We leave Portland Island and let the wind direct where we go for a couple of days.
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Cruising the Canadian Portland
Finally, back to the boat and ready to start a week of vacationing! We head off from Salt Spring Island.
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Working at Anchor in the Gulf Islands
May 23, 2022 – Poets Cove Hot Tub Thieves It was time to move on from Galiano and settle somewhere for the week ahead. We’ve always had...
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Best Laid Plans
May 2, 2022 We had agreed to get up super early (5 am early) and sail home, or back to the Sunshine Coast….except it was raining and we...
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MIST and a Glimpse of Cruising Life
April 30, 2022 In preparation for the upcoming weekend, we wanted to move to the docks. Luckily we spotted an empty finger on the docks...
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The Next Stop: Nanaimo for the Week
April 23, 2022 We raised anchor with the plans to head to Nanaimo to work for the week before attending MIST with the Blue Water...
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Earth Day Sails and Spring Sunsets
April 22, 2022 We signed up for some sailing courses with the Blue Water Cruising Association for later in April over in Nanaimo. Since...
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Earth Day Sails and Spring Sunsets
April 22, 2022 We signed up for some sailing courses with the Blue Water Cruising Association for later in April over in Nanaimo. Since...
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Will Travel for Mattresses: Living our Best Land Life
April 9, 2022 Our V berth mattress is finally ready! It’s been a couple months that we’ve lived aboard and even though we love it, we...
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The Great Tile Pop of 2022
Mark’s started popping the tiles off of the galley and nav station counters. This actually ends up being a weeks long project, but the...
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Off the Dock and On to Nanaimo
March 26, 2022 We finally left the dock! it wasn’t without incident. Turns out I have COVID. I felt fine enough (just cold symptoms),...
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Unexpected Surprise: Island Visit
February 21, 2022 Turns out this February is colder than usual and the boat is fully iced into the marina. We’re not getting out of here...
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Live Aboard Life: One Month In
February 28, 2022 A month in and we’re getting used to the smaller space. We’re also having a great time playing ”is it a leak or is it...
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Some Goodbyes Aren’t so Tough: Moving Aboard the New Boat
February 2, 2022 Funny thing about buying a boat, selling the other one and deciding to move aboard in the span on 4 months…you just get...
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Keats Island: Spider bites and Mooring Balls
July 30-August 3 We have an awesome slip neighbour. He’s always helpful, but said there was no way we’d get a mooring ball at the...
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Orcas, Sea Snakes, and Stern ties
There was a porpoise too, but meh. 😂 So in a fit of mega creativity we went Gambier Island again, choosing to settle on Halkett Bay this...
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