June 10th, 2023 We had a short 2.5 hour cruise from Fury Cove to the Hakai Institute in Pruth Bay this morning. This is a protected anchorage with a short dingy ride to the docks where the Institute is located. This is an environmental research area and conference center. There are numerous trails that lead … Read More “Hakai Beach Institute, Pruth Bay” »
June 9th, 2023 Forty four years ago TODAY Marlene and I were married. Over the decades we have experienced some monumental events: the birth of our two sons, Dane and Matthias; the death of our parents, Marlene’s Bob and Arlean, mine, Florence and Elmer and the birth of our first Grandchild to name just a … Read More “Rounding Cape Caution on our Wedding Anniversary” »
Thursday June 8th, 2023 We left Blind Channel soon after daylight. We were on our way through Johnstone Strait by 5:30 am for an 8 and a half hour cruise to Port McNeill. Johnstone is a beautiful but sometimes “very challenging” body of water. The strait stretches 54 miles along the northeast side of Vancouver … Read More “Log Dodging in Johnstone Strait” »
Wednesday June 7th, 2023 We left Squirrel Cove at 10:00 am heading through Yuculta and Dent Rapids. Marlene had completed the calculations and we needed to be at Yuculta Rapids at 1:00 pm, then continuing on to Dent Rapids at slack tide. Every time we go through these rapids we hold our breath because we … Read More “Cruising in Paradise: Desolation Sound” »
Wednesday June 7th, 2023 Time to say goodbye to Squirrel Cove. We had a wonderful evening here. It was 80 degrees and sunny; it could have been an August day. Today looks to be the same. Time to RUN THE RAPIDS!!
June 6th, 2023 We departed Pender Harbor at 10:00 am expecting some wind and wave in the Malaspina Strait. We encountered messy chop but it was very tolerable. (A 3 on Marlene’s scale). This lasted about two hours and then the remaining fours hours was a dream day cruise. Almost like glass. We moved up … Read More “Squirrel Cove, Cortez Island BC” »
Tuesday June 6, 2023 Before our departure this morning we did a final walk around Pender. We discovered a couple of places worth mentioning, and definitely worth visiting. Just up the road from the strip mall where the IGA is located is the Pender Harbor Hotel. Adjacent to the hotel is the Grasshopper Pub. The … Read More “Pender Harbor: Parting Thoughts” »
June 4,5th, 2023 Pender Harbor is a very popular stopover for boats heading either North or South in the Strait of Georgia. It’s a good place to “tuck in” when you are waiting for a weather window to proceed on your journey. We spent 3 days here one summer on our boat waiting for the … Read More “Relaxing in Pender Harbor” »
Garden Bay in Pender Harbor, Sunday June 4th to ???? We knew it would happen, we just didn’t know when weather would stop our journey for a period of time. And so it did today. We got up this morning around 7:00 am and checked our weather app, Predict Wind, using Windy as a backup. … Read More “Pender Harbor, BC” »
Sunday June 4th, 2023 We have officially entered the territory of Log Booms and log dodging. We see less of these in urban areas like Anacortes but they are often and plentiful in Canadian waters. They become quite challenging when you have to share a narrow passageway like Dodd Narrows the tug booms. We try, … Read More “Log Booms in the Pacific Northwest” »