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Dinghy Decisions – Choosing a Tender for A Small Boat

Latest Update, 1/31/24, La Paz, Mexico: I would have to say that I cannot recommend an AIRE kayak for a dinghy anywhere outside the US and possibly inside too. While warrantied,...

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, June 2015, June 2016, June on the Hook 2017, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Salish Sea, ThreeSheets, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: aire, anchoring, blake island, british columbia, broken group, Canada, dinghy, Flicka 20, granville market, inflatable, kayak, life raft, Pacific Seacraft, powell river, sailboat, tender, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, west coast

The Meaning of May

I would like to thank Joe Cline, Andy Cross, and all the crew at 48° North for choosing and publishing my poem about the meaning of May. It appears in the Lifestyle section...

Category: Culture, June on the Hook 2017, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: 48 North, Anchor, Astoria, boating season, Breskell, Canada, Flicka 20, Image, Inside Passage, Northwest Maritime Center, Northwest Passage, pacific northwest, Pacific Seacraft, Poem, port angeles, port townsend, sailboat, sailing magazine, Sampaguita, Stay Gold, Swiftsure, Thankful, The Meaning of May, three sheets northwest, Vancouver Island

Friendly Cove, Nootka Island, BC, Canada

Approaching Nootka Sound It’s heady sailing to a place Captain Cook sailed to. Nootka Sound, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, was that place for me. When I left Port Langford...

Category: Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: anchorage, anchoring, Bajo Reef, BC, Bligh Island, british columbia, Canada, Captain Cook, Dreamspeaker Guide, flicka, Friendly Cove, lighthouse, nootka sound, sailboat, sailing, Santa Gertrudis Cove, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing, west coast, Yuquot

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

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

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Sailing With Josh

Explorations and experiences of sailing and living aboard.

Sailing With Josh

Explorations and experiences of sailing and living aboard.

Dinghy Decisions – Choosing a Tender for A Small Boat

The Meaning of May

Friendly Cove, Nootka Island, BC, Canada

The Most Satisfying Sailing Experience?

Two More Walde Sailing Episodes

Dixie Cove Provincial Park and Walde Sailing

Klaskino Basin and Walde Sailing

Rounding Cape Scott…and more Walde Sailing.

Bull Harbour, B.C. and a Sampaguita Cameo on Walde Sailing

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