Tag: 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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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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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…
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Salt water in the engine (x2)
First salt circa 3 March 2023 Twas the night before my birthday and all throughout the boat, Liam routinely ran the engine and tidied about The next day we were to set sail – the island of OrcasTo take in Deer Harbor and perhaps sight orcas We enjoyed Mike’s Cafe, cherry pie, songs, and wineBut…
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Big Push North
After a few stops in harbours and islands we visited last year in the Southern Gulf Islands we found ourselves once again at the town of Ganges. A lovely little town, often called ‘the Friday Harbor of the Gulf Islands’ we returned more out of momentum and the the thought ‘this is a place people…
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The Manual Windlass
Using one’s own ground tackle for extended periods of times is sort of what separates the weekend warrior boats from the cruising boats. If you’re only out for a bit every once in a while the mooring buoy makes a whole lot of sense. No depths to worry about, definitely isn’t going to drag around…
Sailing Vessel Karma 