The winds that blew us onto the dock in Ganges quieted down overnight and our departure on the morning of September 13 was very uneventful. We motored down Saanich Inlet and entered the calm protected waters of Tod Inlet. After lunch we paddled our k…
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Hello from Roanoke
2729 Plantation Rd, NE
It’s September 16th and we’ve been home almost a month. We’ve actually done quite a bit; I just haven’t taken many photos or taken time to write. Randal and I each have new glasses (new sun glasses for me too)…
Beaches & Bears
15 Sep 2011 0630 Tofino Harbour (SW coast Vancouver Island BC) (Continued…)
Lucky us!
I couldn’t believe my eyes, but our Diesel Duck picture made it onto the back jacket of George Buehler’s “The Troller Yacht Book” 2nd Edition. Wow. Inside, there are more pictures of our duck and of course of other Diesel Ducks in various siz…
September 4-12 – Broughtons to the Gulf Islands (Sun at Last!!!)
Boy, a little blue sky, warm sun and calm winds can really improve a cruiser’s disposition. This leg has had some of the most relaxing cruising we’ve ever done. When we left Pierre’s at Echo Bay on September 4, we weren’t done with the Brought…
Freezer on the fritz!
Oh man, when it rains it pours! I did not want to be the “bad news queen” again. Benno just finished fixing the 120 VAC panel, when our freezer went on the fritz. I noticed with horror that the gauge indicated that the temperature inside the freezer…
September 1-3 – The Broughtons
The Broughtons are a popular cruising area east of Port McNeill at the junction of Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait. It has many protected channels, bays, coves and small marinas. On account of it being north of Seymour Narrows and its cousi…
The panel removed
Photo of the installation. (View Post…)
August 27–30 -Prince Rupert to Port McNeill (aka “Now its time to slow down”)
It seemed as though we’ve repeated the frenetic pace of the northbound trip in our southbound journey. We are now docked in Port McNeill after covering the 295 miles from Prince Rupert in four days. The last three days were all nearly 12 hours underw…
Change In Plans
Change in plans: we’d planned to winter over the boat in SE AK again this coming winter, but family issues have caused us to reconsider. We are now enroute south to Bodega Bay via the Queen Charlotte Islands, west side Vancouver Island and Pacific Coas…
