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A Real Beach!
July 12 – 18, 2023 We made it. This is the dream – a long stretch of soft sand beach with roaring aqua blue surf just a short row and hike away from where we anchored our boat. It felt a bit like fate, if you believe in that sort of thing, to play and…
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Cape Scott & FINALLY Heading South!
July 5 – July 12, 2023 Port Hardy Though the weather was far from ideal – I loved our short stay in Port Hardy, and wish we would’ve tried going sooner and spent another day or two. It was much more city-like than Port McNeill and had a super cool vibe. On our way, the…
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The Aurora Triangle
June 26 – July 4, 2023 Sointula & Alert Bay With thoughts of fresh produce luring our tummies we left Crease Island to head towards civilization. As we made our way out of Knight Inlet we saw a pod of four Killer Whales, with two young ones, going the opposite direction. Less than twenty minutes…
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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,…
