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Do you want to do The Northwest Passage? – Part 3

I have been sorting through some archival footage from my 2019 transit of the Northwest Passage aboard Oliver Huin’s Breskell. Maybe this will be fun for the armchair sailors. Maybe it will be helpful for those planning a future trip. Like Jimmy Cornell’s: The High Latitude Challenge 2026-2027 I’ve heard it said that fewer people have transited the Northwest Passage by boat than have climbed Mount Everest. If true, I suspect that… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Northwest Passage, Video Tags: altego, anchorage, Arctic, barrow, Breskell, Canada, coffee, Crow's Nest, czech, devon, France, franklin strait, French, graham harbor, growlers, ice, island, lancaster, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Opale, peel, sailboat, sound, strait

The Boat Yard – Day 1

This morning I had a haul-out for the Flicka scheduled at the Yard in Ballard at 9am. It started snowing at about 7pm last night and the temperature dropped below freezing overnight. I awoke this morning to an inch of snow at 27 degrees. The heat was on overnight so there was chunky layer of ice between the deck and the snow. I went and got some coffee and stopped by the boat… Read More

Category: Gear & Maintenance Tags: boat yard, flicka, haulout, ice, maintenance, pressure wash, sailboat, snow, travel lift