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The Northwest Passage – Time to Unwind

I will be attempting a west-to-east transit of the Northwest Passage in the summer of 2022 as crew aboard a French-owned and built Boréal 47 sailboat. This trip begins in Anacortes,...

Category: Culture, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage, The Salish Sea, ThreeSheets, Wildlife Tags: Anacortes, arctic ocean, Atlantic Ocean, baffin bay, Bering Straight, Boreal 44, Breskell, Cambridge Bay, Canada, Canadian archipelago, centerboard, France, Newfoundland, Norwhal, Peel Sound, Polar bear, Pond Inlet, port townsend, sailboat, Sampaguita, Sir John Franklin, The Northwest Passage, tuktoyaktuk, Vancouver Island, washington

Tales Of The Northwest Passage – Tuktoyaktuk – What’s In A Fish?

Photo: Eric Maffre Breskell stopped in Tuk for provisions and repairs and left with a story of human connection. Tales From The Northwest Passage – Tuktoyakyuk – What’s In A Fish?...

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, Wildlife Tags: 48 North, Beaufort Sea, Breskell, Canada, Morgane and the Big Blue, Northwest Maritime Center, Northwest Passage, pingo, provisioning, public dock, Salmon, Tuk, tuktoyaktuk, vagrant speciers, voyaging

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

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

June on the Hook – Day 20, 21 – A Whale of a Time

Southern Resident Orcas Sighting Off of Lime Kiln State Park, June 25th 2017 One of the great things about exploring the Pacific Northwest from a small boat is the marine wildlife...

Category: June on the Hook 2017, Wildlife Tags: County Park, Dahl's Porpoise, Flicka 20, Friday Harbor, Haro Strait, Lime Kiln, Lopez Island, orca, Resident, Roche Harbor, sailboat, sailing, San Juan, San Juan Island, southern pod, State Park, Sunset, The Whale Museum

Tide Pools and Sea Arches

I circumnavigated Effingham Island while anchored in Effingham Bay. The back side of the island was the weather side with rock formations and a sea arch that I paddled the kayak...

Category: June 2016, Wildlife

Hummingbirds in Joe’s Bay

This is while anchored in Joe’s Bay in the Broken Group in Barkley Sound. As soon as I entered I was swarmed by hummingbirds. I’ve never seen anything like it. They...

Category: June 2016, Overnight Trips, Wildlife Tags: anchoring, barkley sound, british columbia, broken group, Canada, Dodd Island, flicka, hummingbirds, Joe's Bay, sailboat, sailing, Turtle Island, Vancouver Island, west coast, Willis Island

Sailing With Josh

Explorations and experiences of sailing and living aboard.