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Gwaii Haanas: Hlk’yah G̱awG̱a & G̱andll K’in Gwaay.yaay (2023 July)
Sticking to my journal as a guide, we continue south to other parts of Gwaii Haanas Park including the rest of the Watchman sites. The first would be Hlk’yah G̱awG̱a (Windy Bay) where a recently raised legacy pole stands. The island, Tllga Kun Gwaayaay (Lyell Island) also houses the site of a very important protest…
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SV Qualia and Fish
You’ve heard the name mentioned here before, but this, well they, deserve their own story here. Once upon a time we were stranded in Port McNeill, whole Heinicke family in tow, looking for a ride back to a broken down Karma in Lagoon Cove, some 30 miles east in The Broughtons. Each day Heather and
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Officially Cruising, Pruth Bay
Leaving Greene Island in a dense mist, we departed with all the other serious looking cruising sailboats at around 10am. Expecting mostly a motor, we set out, sneaking around the shallow bits in the channel entrance, and then turned due west to enter the strangely straight Kwakshua Channel. We had the head sail out for
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Cape Caution
Cape Caution is where the more populated cruising grounds end on the inside of Vancouver Island. This is a mini cape area where the wind can pick up, the Slingby Channel exits to, and is the first place on many people’s journeys where they’re in the open ocean with ocean swells. We were staged at
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Stranded in the Broughtons Pt 2: Semi executing le plan
So thankful for the Harmony Bay Hail Mary, our spirits were high all day Saturday and we really enjoyed the Happy Hour in Lagoon Cove that night. We chatted with such friendly folks. We had already met most of the people on the dock when we were covered in oil. Maybe we looked different than
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Stranded in the Broughtons Pt 1: Brainstormin’ options
This blog is a stressful one to write. I imagine it is stress inducing to read. It gets solved I promise. ! We were beginning to understand the schedule that the Johnstone Strait required. That is, catch the ebbing tide early morning, instead of the afternoon ebb, to avoid the strong westerly winds that build.
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Johnstone Strait
The first big stretch of water to navigate carefully when heading north is the formidable Johnstone straight. There are a few different routes one can take through, each with their own rapids and other various obstructions. Interestingly, just south of Desolation sound the current switches directions on the east side of Vancouver Island. This, in
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“The right size for a yacht is large enough to have 6 onboard for cocktails, 4 onboard for dinner, and 2 onboard to sleep” – William Stuart Herreshoff
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