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” »
Saturday, May 3rd, 2023 It was a long day, nine hours to be exact. We left Sidney Marina at 5:30 a.m, soon after day break. We traveled north along the Gulf Islands transiting through Gabriola Passage at slack tide. It was a calm five hour plus cruise. Before we entered the Straight of Georgia through … Read More “Garden Bay, Pender Harbor, BC” »
June 1, 2nd 2023 Sidney, Canada The Nordic Tug Rendezvous is officially underway. We have 54 boats participating in our gathering. Several are older boats dating back to the late 90s and three are brand new boats on their first summer of cruising. For those of you who are not familiar with a rendezvous it … Read More “Nordic Tug Rendezvous” »