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One upside to winter's shorter days is the nighttime lights. Whether from a passing
ship, a moored boat, or a nearby house, we enjoy being snug inside with a view to
lights twinkling i…

A storm warning was in effect, with
winds expected to reach 40-50 knots in the afternoon. More systems were on the way.
The only obvious weather break coming up in the next few …

A southwesterly gale was well underway as
we approached Ucluelet. 6-8′ waves were rolling through and crashing into the shore
on either side of us. The buoy in Carolina Channel, to our west, was disappearing
completely behind the waves. The calm…

On Christmas Day, the barometer fell nearly 20mb in 24 hours and Environment Canada
was predicting big weather: Storm warning in effect for West Coast Vancouver
Island South. Wind west 25 t…

The first time we encountered surface ice on saltwater was back in 2002, on a winter
trip to Desolation
Sound and Princess
Louisa Inlet. We had to break
ice to reach Chatterbox Falls. We&#0…

Winter boating has its challenges, but one of the many rewards are the waterfalls.
Flows that might be non-existent or just a trickle in summer gush and roar in winter.
Teakearn Arm in Deso…

We first planned a Christmas cruise to Barkley Sound in the fall of 2003. That November,
however, we attended a presentation by Cliff
Mass on

the difficulties …

We’ve just arrived in Barkley
Sound for a Christmas tour, so we’ll be updating the live
travel map to show the current trip.

Our fall travel log is below, or you can display it on a map
view.

12/09/11: Canal Boat Yard

It’s 32F…

On our Prince William
Sound trip this summer, we started keeping a live, map-based travel log. We posted
updates several times a day during the offshore run there and bac…

Last week we gave a presentation on our
trip to Prince William Soundto
the Seattle Sail and Power Squadron.
They meet on the third floor of the Queen City
Yacht Club, with a wonderful view …