September 6, 2023 We made it! And we were looking forward to a solid break before tackling the southern half of our trip. We dropped our...

Finally! After a week of fun in Eureka, we had a weather window to round the infamous Cape Mendocino and were ready. Or were we? 

Eureka wasn't a place we planned on because we'd been trying to avoid marinas and those pesky river bars…

Pods of humpbacks jumped, some entirely out of the water and dove around us. Dolphins showed up and played in the bow wake.

After sitting for days in Neah Bay with nothing to do other than walk the same piece of road, we were antsy to leave.

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…

We left Princess Louisa to Desolation Sound in British Columbia in search of the ultimate cruising grounds.

We finally make it to Princess Louisa Inlet.

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.

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...

It feels like we’ll never leave the island, but we spend another week and hit a milestone.

We find ourselves on Pender Island with some time to kill. We cycle, visit farms and a market.

We finally leave the boatyard with big plans. Then we throw those sailing plans out the window.

One week into cruising life and it’s looking pretty good so far.

We’ve packed everything we own into our tiny floating home and are setting off to full-time cruising.

A quick wrap up of the last 6 months

We have the best and worst sails of the Summer to and from Montague Harbour on Galiano Island, British Columbia

Finally on Vacation and we head to our ultimate destination of Hornby Island