What is the most satisfying sailing experience for you? I would expect everyone to have a unique and personal answer. It might be an event or a particular place. Maybe it is...
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: anchorage, anchoring, british columbia, Canada, Clayoquot Sound, engineless, Flicka 20, Flores Island, hot springs cove, motor, Pacific Ocean, sailing, sailing off the anchor, Sampaguita, Satisfying, Tides, Vancouver Island, west coast, White Pine Cove, Wind
If you are interested in more information about the Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 sailboat beyond what this blog has to offer, check out the following links. There are some great pictures,...
Category: Gear & Maintenance, June on the Hook 2017, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: 20, anchoring, blue water, bruce bingham, circumnavigation, designer, Fan site, flicka, full keel, john vigor, june 2017, magazine, Newsletter, pacific northwest, Pacific Seacraft, sailboat, sailing, salish sea, Sampaguita, small craft advisor, tom davison
There is some great footage of Hot Springs Cove in their latest episode. This was the last place we encountered each other during our travels. Their visit coincides with my brief excerpt:...
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: adventure, british columbia, cove, hot springs, maritime, nootka sound, Park, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, swimming, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing, west coast, youtube
I attended and volunteered at The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center, on September 8th and 9th, 2018. My motive is to share some positive encounters...
Category: Overnight Trips, The Dock Life Tags: admiral ship supply, adventure, bronze, center, documentary, festival, film, Flicka 20, foundry, joni mitchell, kaci cronkite, manry at sea, maria coryell-martin, maritime, northwest, olympic peninsula, port townsend, robert manry, sailboat, Sampaguita, sketching, small boat, tinkerbelle, varnish, volunteer, wooden
There is another YouTube video from Walde Sailing. This episode shows some really great video of black bears in the wild! It also coincides with my blog post: I’d Rather be Anchoring and...
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018, Wildlife Tags: adventure, anchoring, Canada, Flicka 20, maritime, northwest, Park, sailboat, Sailing with Josh, Sampaguita, small boat, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing
There is another YouTube video from Walde Sailing. Click the link for more about Tiffany and Lyndon’s story. They in their Niagara 35, and me in my Flicka 20, tag-teamed down...
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: 2018, adventure, anchoring, bull harbor, Canada, cape scott, dinghy, Flicka 20, forward inlet, inflatable kayak, june, kains island, life raft, light, lighthouse, maritime, motor, nahwitti bar, niagara 35, north harbor, northwest, outboard, Park, quatsino sound, queen charlotte sound, red, robson, rock, sailboat, Sampaguita, scott channel, sea, sea otter cove, small boat, tow, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing, west coast, whale, winter harbor
Bull Harbour is a jumping off spot on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. This is the last safe harbor before crossing the Nahwitti Bar and rounding Cape Scott, especially in...
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: adventure, anchoring, british columbia, bull harbour, Canada, channel, first nation, goletas, hope island, june, light, maritime, motor, nahwitti bar, northwest, Park, port hardy, sailboat, Sampaguita, sea, stack, Vancouver Island, walde, west coast, youtube
was rinsing down the anchor gear on deck, back in my home port and a dock mate walked by and asked,” How much anchor rode is that?” “300 feet,” I replied....
Category: Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: adventure, anchorage, anchoring, basin, bear, british columbia, Canada, chafe, dragging, environment, inflatable kayak, inlet, june, kayak, klaskino, martin, mud, newton entrance, north harbor, northwest, pacific, port townsend, rock, rode, rugged island, sailboat, Sampaguita, sartine, scope, scouler, solander, storm warning, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing, west coast
One of my wildlife viewing hopes came true on this trip. I was just getting settled at anchor in Klaskino Basin when the Walde’s came into the basin in their dinghy....
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018, Wildlife Tags: bear, klaskino, sea otter, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing, west coast, Wildlife
The circumnavigation of Vancouver Island is complete after 39 days and the return to the home port achieved. There are many boat chores to do, and the adjustment of re-entry into...
Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: 2018, Canada, circumnavigation, entertainment, Fair Harbour, Flicka 20, fuel, gasoline, government dock, june, log, moorage, propane, sailboat, showers, trash, Travel, Vancouver Island
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