Vancouver Island 2018 | Sailing With Josh

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

Flicka 20 Vancouver Island Circumnavigation, May/June 2018

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

Admiral Ship Supply

Visiting Port Townsend and closing the circle on my circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. Hanging at Admiral Ship Supply with a friend and the Lady Washington is on the hard right in...

Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: Admiralty Ship Supply, boatyard, circumnavigation, Lady Washington, maritime, port haven, port townsend, Vancouver Island, washington

Back in the USA

After 33 days, I’m back in the USA. Just checked in through customs in Port Angeles, which is the chillest place to check in through customs of the 3 locations I...

Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: barkley sound, becher bay, customs, didger channel, e.e. cummings, Flicka 20, juan de fuca, orca, port angeles, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, shipping lanes, usa, Vancouver Island, west coast

Hot Springs Cove….Again

Ramsay Hot Springs. I’ve been here before, but it was well worth the return. Plus, it had been almost 2 weeks since my last shower. It was a two night anchorage...

Category: Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: anchoring, boardwalk, british columbia, Canada, circumnavigation, flicka, hot springs cove, provincial park, ramsay hot springs, sailboat, sailing, Vancouver Island, west coast

Wonderful Cove and Wonderful People

Sampaguita at rest in Dixie Cove Provincial Park in Kyuqout Sound. Lyndon, Tiffany and I braved the Northwest rain-forest and climbed the bluff above the Dixie Cove to catch the view...

Category: Overnight Trips, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: anchorage, Canada, circumnavigation, dixie cove, environment, flicka, kyuquot sound, provincial park, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Vancouver Island, Walde Sailing, west coast

Moving Forward

I spent two nights in Port McNeill waiting out the weather at the Government dock and on a walk I saw an enormous nursery stump in someones yard. It was the...

Category: The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: circumnavigation, fisherman, flicka, government dock, IGA, lumberjack, Nursery Stump, Port McNiell, sailboat, Vancouver Island

Giving it a go

Not much time for blogging on the go. Taking care of the boat and myself takes everything. I’m in Westview, BC, my first rest stop in a week. My goal is...

Category: Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: british columbia, Canada, flicka, Malaspina Strait, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Strait of Georgia, Texada, Vancouver Island, Westview

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