Jaclyn
‘Merica Here We Come! Sailing the West Coast (Leg 1)
It's a cold morning, and we've raised the anchor in Sidney Spit and have pointed the boat towards Port Angeles, our first destination…
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Hard Departure
Jaclyn
- Sep 18
- 4 min
Desolation Blues
We left Princess Louisa to Desolation Sound in British Columbia in search of the ultimate cruising grounds.
Jaclyn
- Aug 4
- 4 min
Now We’re Cruising!
We’re officially off work and cruising full time. We hit our first weather snag and then spend a long visit on a magical island.
Jaclyn
- Jul 30
- 4 min
Night Sails, City Life, and Bye
May 24, 2023 After leaving Pender, we started making our way back to the City. My last days of work were coming up, and then I had a...
Jaclyn
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Pender Island Part 2: Are We Ever Leaving?
It feels like we’ll never leave the island, but we spend another week and hit a milestone.
Jaclyn
- Jul 6
- 4 min
Growing Roots on Pender Island
We find ourselves on Pender Island with some time to kill. We cycle, visit farms and a market.
Jaclyn
- Jun 18
- 3 min
Escaping the Boatyard and Abandoning our Sailing Plans
We finally leave the boatyard with big plans. Then we throw those sailing plans out the window.
Jaclyn
- Feb 12
- 4 min
The Best and Worst Sail of the Summer
We have the best and worst sails of the Summer to and from Montague Harbour on Galiano Island, British Columbia
Jaclyn
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Vacation Time. For Real.
Finally on Vacation and we head to our ultimate destination of Hornby Island
Jaclyn
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Summer Trips: Spinnakers and Dock Jumps
We start off on our last long summer trip up the Sunshine Coast and beyond.
Jaclyn
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Our Longest Sail Yet…Kind Of.
We set out on what would be our longest sail yet, Vancouver to Pender Island.
Jaclyn
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
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.
Jaclyn
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
Going with the Wind
We leave Portland Island and let the wind direct where we go for a couple of days.
Jaclyn
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
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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- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
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 a...
Mark
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Mark
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Mark
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
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 Cruising...
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
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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