Now that the new year is upon us...Happy New Year everyone!..... I thought it was about time to get some of the computer work done for Dakota. And it is proving to stretch my patience. First...the wifi is pretty slow here and we are paying for this as part of our moorage agreement. Our computers … Continue reading An Exercise in Patience
Life Under the Tarp
The last time I wrote, we were sailing around and enjoying the last breath of fall sailing....then we arrived to our winter moorage on November 1st. Here we are at the downtown docks in Victoria. All the sounds, smells and lights of downtown living....a little hard to get used to when most of the summer … Continue reading Life Under the Tarp
Fall Sailing
Well, since we returned from our circumnavigation- we've been cruising around and enjoying the solitude of fall sailing. We spent a few days in Todd Inlet to wait our some weather then we started to make our way back up north to check out Desolation Sound in the fall. We stopped for a few days … Continue reading Fall Sailing
The Trip Home
- We sailed into Tofino and got onto the Port Authority docks- 48 bucks a night! Of course we were rafted to another large ketch and couldn't get Charlie over their lifelines to walk over to the dock....so we launched or dinghy to row the 20 feet over to the end of the dock. We … Continue reading The Trip Home
Officially in the Southend of the Island
We are still in Nootka Sound and motorsailing from Bodega Bay to Santa Gertrudis Cove- we even got the spinniker up for a about 20 minutes! We got to the Cove and anchored in the 'outer cove' (more depth) and waited for Caseta to get there. They checked out the inner cove but after doing … Continue reading Officially in the Southend of the Island
Oh My, More Bears!
Last I wrote....we were leaving Kyuquot Sound and heading to Esperanza Inlet. This is where we parted with Caseta for a few days, with the plan to meet up again in Zeballos. We sailed in grey, miserable, rainy weather taking the long route around Rugged Point and Clear Passage. We anchored in beautiful Queen Cove … Continue reading Oh My, More Bears!
Kyuquot Sound Adventures
After a few days in the Bunsby Islands we lifted anchor and headed to Kyuquot Sound and into Dixie Cove. The winds were to blow tonight so we decided to go into a very protected anchorage. Caseta said they were heading to Blue Lips Cove- but it didn't sound all the appealing for swimming. We … Continue reading Kyuquot Sound Adventures
Going around Brooks Peninsula
We left Klaskish Bay early and started our trip around Brooks Peninsula....it's 10 nautical miles out- 6 across- and 10 back in! (19 km-11km-19 km). We were excited because we heard that this is the place to see the puffins! We got a hold of Caseta and they are off the docks in Winter Harbour … Continue reading Going around Brooks Peninsula
Quatsino Narrows
tThe last we wrote, we were pulling into Winter Harbour. We meet a few cruisers here and did a bit of provisioning. A couple of the cruisers on SV Caseta- Bruce and Judith became very close friends (and we have now buddy boated for 10 days together). Just before we left the docks at Winter … Continue reading Quatsino Narrows
A Small Left Turn
The wind and tide were just right so we went all the way to Bull Harbour to plan our trip over Nahwitti Bar and around Cape Scott. On the way we saw a Momma Humpback Whale and a baby and some dolphins playing in some ripping shoals. We anchored in Bull Harbour and immediately saw … Continue reading A Small Left Turn
