As our heroes battle wind, wave, seas and swell — you know whoever called them swells screwed-up; I think they should be called “awfuls”! but I digress — our heroine, and her trusty canine pals (who each had his own reason for temporarily abandoning …
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On the run
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Beaches & Bears
15 Sep 2011 0630 Tofino Harbour (SW coast Vancouver Island BC) (Continued…)
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…
Another Week in SE Alaska
Saturday 13 Aug, Gorgeous day! Blue sky, sunshine; would that there were more like this. Craig and Anne headed off the boat early to take advantage of their last day in AK (this year). Presumably they headed for the Mendenhall glacier which should, …
There And Back Again
Kate’s visit was way too short, but we’re glad we were able to get her out on the water around Sitka. (Continued…)
(not just) Sitting Around Sitka
Had a great visit with (daughter) Kate! Only a week but we managed to get her out underway on DE – Kate’s been on the boat before, but never underway. The weather was great, so we jumped on it and cruised down to St Lazaria Island, a bird preserv…
When last we left our heroes…
Sorry about the lack of recent blogs; no connectivity much of the time and just lazy I guess. Anyway, since Petersburg we’ve been to Juneau, out to Glacier Bay National Park with Hong Kong Aussies Heather & Warren; down to Elfin Cove then back to Ju…
Putterin' in Petersburg
Since our “adventure” passage from Seattle to Wrangell in January, MV DavidEllis has spent 4 months on the hard getting sandblasted and new bottom coatings, and another 5 weeks at the dock in Wrangell putting things back together; we are finally un…
Checking Things Off The List
The last three have been beautiful sunny days, so we’ve been working outside: up the mast to re-mount one of the VHF antennas as well as the anemometer (wind speed & direction); pilothouse roof to mount the other VHF antenna and the AIS antenna; lace…
