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Finally, It is time for us to push away from the docks and start cruising the beautiful Pacific North West waters. Before leaving, we have some last minute adjustments to the diesel heaters. We owe lots of thanks to Ian and Nick from Philbrooks for making a Sunday AM call to the boat for troubleshooting. […]

Before heading out on the water, we take a three day road trip in the RV to visit Strathcona Provincial Park. Designated in 1911, Strathcona was the first provincial park in British Columbia. The highest point on Vancouver Island is known as the Golden Hinde (2200 m) and is located at the center of the […]

The diesel heater install aboard Idyll Time is progressing smoothly, so we decide to head out in the RV to explore areas of Vancouver Island that we won’t be visiting by boat. We have had numerous friends suggest Tofino and Uculet located on the west coast side of Vancouver Island as “must see” places. The […]

Today is an exciting day aboard Idyll Time. This is our first day of cruising in the Pacific Northwest. It will be a short cruise of only 32 miles to the town of Sidney. Having never traveled these waters, we are a little unsure of what to expect. Daylight comes early up here and we […]

After months of planning and waiting, our boat has finally arrived to the Pacific North West. It’s hard to believe she is finally here. The Nassau Clipper has been anchored off Vancouver Island for the past three days waiting on a berth in Victoria to come available. We anxiously rode our bikes out to Ogden […]

With all of our paperwork in hand, we said goodbye to Anacortes and headed up to Blaine for our border crossing. First stop was U.S. Fish and Wildlife where Nate and Primo’s passports were stamped out of the country. After paying $350 for the two birds’ privilege to leave the U.S., we head to Canadian […]

Wow! It has been a busy couple of weeks. Idyll Time is now slowly sailing her way to Victoria, BC. After leaving West Palm, she transited the Panama Canal without incident and headed to Golfito, Costa Rica for a two day stop. Here Sevenstar offloaded several boats and loaded several more onto the Clipper Nassau. […]

Idyll Time is now on her way to the Pacific North West! With confirmation that the Clipper Nassau, our transport ship, was nearing West Palm, we said our goodbyes to the remaining Krogens still at Sunset Bay Marina and took a slip at North Palm Beach Marina to ready the boat for shipping. With the […]

We have had a change in our shipping plans. Seven Star just notified us that a new ship has been nominated for our transport. We are now being carried on the M/V Clipper Nassau. Evidently the M/ V Happy River had some base cargo problems that were going to delay the ship for a week […]

Good News! We now have a nominated ship for the transport of Idyll Time to the Pacific North West. The M/V Happy River is scheduled to arrive in West Palm on April 27/28. The Happy River is one of the “ Big Lift” ships owned by The Spleithoff group, Seven Star’s parent company. The date […]