Category: Canada
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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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Days 7 – 8 Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower: Plans, Cranes, & Automobiles
Day 7 is a mystery but the 8th was a most important day. A circus of logistical bedlam unraveled all day. Highlights follow. PAYMENT FOR NEW ENGINE Many phone calls leads to 1 hour phone call for a wire transfer. The hope was to get a receipt before Janet and Amos arrive in Sidney. That…
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Days 4 – 6 Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower: Stagnation to Domination
Many a chore has been accomplished the last few days. We even had time to procrastinate! After many a scrub on day 3, we still had more cleaning to do so day 4 we scrubbed until we had only nubs. It seems the more we clean the more dirty the boat gets. Stuff absolutely everywhere…
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Day 1 of a Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower
So the story goes we are re powering Karma! We are slapping in a 2GM20F in place of our well used and well loved 2QM. The first funny thing we learned was that what we have is not a 20 HP engine, but an 8 HP. Since we got the boat and was told from…
Sailing Vessel Karma 