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Alone at Anchor
I spend 24 hours alone on the boat while Mark heads back to the City for work.
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Summer Trips: Spinnakers and Dock Jumps
We start off on our last long summer trip up the Sunshine Coast and beyond.
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Our Longest Sail Yet…Kind Of.
We set out on what would be our longest sail yet, Vancouver to Pender Island.
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The Nanaimo Curse Strikes Again
July 16, 2022 We’ve got a weird draw that keeps us returning to Nanaimo. Neither of us particularly like the city, and the anchorage is...
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2022: A Year in Review
We’re looking back at 2022 and recapping the things we’ve done and accomplished.
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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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Start of Summer Cruising
May 20, 2022 We’re off. We had a wind delay in the marina that bumped our departure back a day. I guess the whole “no sailing on a...
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Life at the Dock: Upgrades, New Toys and Repairs
May 14, 2022 We’ve been back at the Marina for a couple of and have been taking advantage of that time to tackle some projects and get a...
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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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