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...
top of page
Hard Departure
-
- 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...
Mark
- 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...
-
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
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...
-
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
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...
-
- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
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), but...
-
- Sep 4, 2022
- 2 min
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...
-
- Sep 3, 2022
- 2 min
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...
-
- Sep 3, 2022
- 1 min
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...
-
- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
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 popular...
Mark
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
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...
Mark
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
Firsts on Gambier Island.
As I sit here calming I keep asking myself the same question. Is that boat getting closer? It doesn’t matter how many youTube videos I...
Mark
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
Sailing: Not as advertised on YouTube
After months of dreaming, researching, and planning, we bought a boat. Then we spent the next month doing repairs, sorting out weird...
Mark
- Jun 6, 2021
- 1 min
Last Couple of Weeks: What we’ve been up to.
Since we bought the boat three weeks ago, we’ve learned a ton…just not how to sail (haha). Knots. So many knots. We’ve tackled some small...
Mark
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
Boat Ownership – Overwhelmed with the Unknown.
The boat was pretty inexpensive in the grand scheme of things, considering COVID pricing on all things outdoors. Because of the price, we...
Mark
- May 25, 2021
- 1 min
S.V Crew’s Control – Our Accidental Race Boat
When we set out to buy our first boat, we wanted two things: one to learn on and one that could safely cruise the BC Coast. We both...
bottom of page