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Skookumchuck Narrows

Try to say that three times fast! The Skookumchuck Narrows, often called the Sechelt Rapids, are a tidal rapid along the Sunshine Coast of Canada’s British Columbia. With currents on spring tides...

Category: Culture, June 2015, Overnight Trips Tags: british columbia, Canada, capsize, coast guard, currents, egmont, extreme kayaking, Flicka 20, jervis inlet, kayak, Pacific Seacraft, Princess Louisa Inlet, provincial park, sechelt rapids, skookumchuck narrows, spring tide, sunshine coast, tidal rapids, Tides, whirlpools

The Most Satisfying Sailing Experience?

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

The Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20

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

Two More Walde Sailing Episodes

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

The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

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

Klaskino Basin and Walde Sailing

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

Rounding Cape Scott…and more 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, B.C. and a Sampaguita Cameo on Walde Sailing

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

I’d Rather be Anchoring

I was rinsing down the anchor gear on deck of Sampaguita, my 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20, back in my home port when a dock mate walked by. He asked,” how much...

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

Vancouver Island Wildlife

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

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Sailing With Josh

Explorations and adventures of sailing and living aboard the PSC Flicka 20, Sampaguita.