On Monday, April 30, we waited out the morning’s southeasterly winds until 8:30, then at slack current, departed Vancouver for our cruise “up province”. Following seas and winds built again as we exited Burrard Inlet making for some second…
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SE Alaska 2012 – The voyage begins
Steamer SS Prince Rupert in 1953SS Prince Rupert about 1914The CNR Terminal in 1952 with Howard Craven in foregroundWell, this journey actually began 60 years ago when Bill Craven took a trip with his parents to visit an older brother in Ketchika…
Dinner of Friends: Dinghy Parking
VHF radio and dinghies keep us connected. (View Post…)
Dinner of Friends
What a great evening — one of those ‘it all seemed to click’ events. We had friends from five boats (Selene 60, Solo 43, three Nordhavns 47, 63 and 68) aboard our Nordhavn 55 for a Cajun dinner (seafood gumbo, potato salad, collards and blackeyed pea…
Back in the USA
After 43 hours and five flights I landed in Seattle on a brilliant sunny day. Seattleites go wild when the sun finally comes out, even though it was a 30 degree temperature drop for me. I reunited with some good friends and attended a meeting of my…
#3 In the City
The Langara Fishing Lodge is moving north from Vancouver for the summer.It was a calm night at Sucia Islands, probably the calm before the Customs storm. We are dreading the Canadian Customs transition as Pat doesn’t want to give up Wilson, our Fescue …
#2 Off the Dock….. Finally
From the Pilothouse with Sucia Islands on the horizon.It’s 730. We left about 6pm from Anacortes and we are northbound on the flood tide to a Sucia Island anchorage. Will arrive at sunset and anchor for the evening. The big wide open ocean is flat and …
The FL-GA-SC ICW: 5th Time’s the Charm?
This trip is our fifth journey on the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway (AICW or ICW for short), and that reality affects our experience in more ways and differently than we might have anticipated. First, we have favorite places we looked forward to visiting and without exception have enjoyed these again: Cocoa Village, New Smyrna Beach and […]
Visitors
April 21. Picture: Bran Muffin. (Continued…)
Staniel Cay Yacht Club Bar at 3pm
April 20 Biz is good in Staniel Cay. DK had a conch burger and onion rings, I had local lobster salad. We bought a $10/day Internet pass and signed on. I spent time wandering around looking up at the ceiling to find the San Francisco Yacht Club p…
