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Back to the Broughtons
June 22-26, 2023 Escaping the gale the previous week had brought us farther north than we’d anticipated and we were anxious to get back towards the Broughtons and Port McNeill area in hopes of catching up with some friends. It was grey and overcast leaving out of Wells Passage, and more boat traffic moved about…
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Grappler Sound
june 16-22, 2023 A very kind staff person, Matt, ran to help catch our lines as we arrived in Sullivan Bay, an adorably tiny and colorful floating community on the north side of North Broughton Island. Operational only in the summer months, the new proprietors of the marina were still readying for the crowd of…
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Around the Broughtons
June 8 – 15, 2023 Traveling Havannah Channel from Port Harvey, the moon still hanging on the horizon, we caught our last glimpses of the sparsely snow capped Vancouver Island Mountains, lining the south shore of Johnstone Strait, glowing in the morning sun. Ducks, seals, and jumping fish greeted us as we entered Chatham Channel,…
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Octopus Islands
June 2 – 7, 2023 Proceeding north from Desolation Sound requires traversing at least one of the major sets of rapids, where currents on large tides can run through narrow passages at up to 16 knots. The three main routes are Seymour Narrows, Surge Narrows, or the Yacultas which is a set of 3 rapids…
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Desolation Sound
May 20 – June 2, 2023 On our way to Desolation Sound from Jervis Inlet we made a brief overnight stop in Lund, a historic community marking the end of the Pacific Coastal Highway 101 – or perhaps the beginning depending who you ask. Tied to the inside of one of the floating breakwaters we…
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Princess Louisa Inlet
May 16 – 20, 2023 The first time I heard of Princess Louisa Inlet was last summer listening to the book “The Curve of Time” by M. Wylie Blanchet – a captivating book that has long been quintessential reading for boaters cruising the inside passage. Traveling in their 25 foot boat, the Caprice, Blanchet along…
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Wallace Island & Crossing the Strait
May 9 – 11, 2023 Sitting at anchor in Garden Bay, Pender Harbor, writing this – it feels like we’ve finally made it. An idea we started dreaming of over a decade ago, and have spent the last eight years working towards, is now our reality. After two days in a beautiful park anchorage, and…
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First Days in British Columbia
May 3-9, 2023 Crossing Boundary Pass into Canada, the sun was welcome and warm, shining above from a blue sky with a few wisps of clouds and not a breath of wind. A bit of haze on the horizon makes Mt Baker appear to be floating well above the water’s edge off in the distance. …
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24 Hours On a Private Island
August 26-27, 2023 At the end of August we anchored off a private island, Eliza, near Bellingham, WA. Alex’s old boss and his partner own a small piece of property on the island and have spent every other weekend the past few summers clearing space and building a small cabin with a loft. They recently…
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Living in a Boatyard
Summer 2022 July: The hum of the generators on the new massive fishing boat beside us have been keeping us up at night. They arrived about midnight three nights ago with full crew working loudly until the morning and their boat hasn’t stopped humming that constant drone since. We’ve had our boat docked here at…