Passages
Biiiiig push today
The conditions were right, and Brian had the day off from work, so we are pushing on to Poulsbo! While in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Brian …
Passage to Ladysmith
Went through Dodd Narrows and got some sailing in!
Strait of Georgia
Woke up to a beautiful morning. Left at 6:45am Big day today. Rolly. We’ve got Maui locked up in the aft cabin. The boat is surfing.
Passage to Comox
We are back-tracking a bit here, but not a problem. Very very very smoky this morning! Ash was falling on the boat. And our short 1 hour …
Passage to Comox area
Rolly!! Ugh. We’ve def had worse, but this isn’t fun. Views are spectacular though. Our first time transiting the west side of Strait of …
Passage to Rebecca Spit
Left at 6:00 this morning, so we could hit slack tide at 7:15 in Beazley Pass. (Narrows) Maui was not happy about her early morning …
Passage to Berry Cove
We stopped Back in Sullivan Bay to fill up our Diesel tanks. They had the most expensive diesel we’ve seen… $2.60/liter making it …
S Around Cape Caution
Woke up at 4:30, and took Maui to shore. I didn’t sleep very well last night. That’s common for me, I get too anxious. I emptied and lifted …
Passage
Another relatively technical pass, requiring to pay close attention to depth and direction. Brian spent some time working in the cockpit …
Meyers pass
Was a decently technical pass. And visibility was really poor. Foggy and spitting rain. At the start of the passage there was a call on the …
Passage - outside of princess royal
We left at 0630. Foggy, and moist day today. For the first hour we had quite a few whale groups, which is always exciting. Today we’ll be in …
Passage to Barnard Harbour
Left at 700 this morning and we had another visitor on our anchor chain. Our track from our movement at anchor reminded me of some ink …
Passage to Hartley Bay
We left Butedale at 8:30am after meeting back up with the fleet. Butedale Falls was pretty spectacular. – I have better pictures on my …
Passage to butedale
We didn’t want to stay anchored in Khuntz bay. In addition to the flies, the anchorage was just not great. We had trouble setting our …
Passage to Kuhntz Inlet
For lunch we had Crab salad sandwiches, Cheetos and I ate the last of the Bull Kelp Pickles I made. Yum! But I want to make them again with …
Passage to Swanson Bay
The views!!! Holy moly! We passed by a pretty large fish farm, that was interesting.
Mathison Channel -- Passage to Windy Bay
When we left, I handled leaving all on my own. Normally, Brian is at the helm, and I’m at the bow of the boat dealing with the anchor. He …
Passage to + Rescue Bay
When we pulled up our anchor this morning, there was a starfish on the chain, that’s a first. Weather was BEAUTIFUL on passage. Sunglasses …
Passage to Oliver Cove
We were bucking enough to put Maui in the cabin. Was nice to be at least going head on into the swell instead of it coming on our beam …
Passage to Ocean Falls
Last night we went to bed with red skies. The phrase is “red sky at night… sailors delight” And we woke up to a beautiful day!! Along the …
Passage to Codville
Well, we found another leak last night in the rain storm. We also ran a new Starlink wire through the boat (not an easy or fun chore) …
Headed to Pruth
Calm passage today with 2 different sets of humpbacks. Pruth is supposed to be beautiful with white sand beaches, and well-maintained …
Foggy passage!
We woke up to pretty dense fog today. Plan was to leave at 600 hours, and we did. Our Canadian friends on ‘happily Marooned’ led the way, …
We've got "buddy boats" now
This is our little flotilla. – A group of small boats moving together. When you’re in a group, you have ‘help’. You have another set of …
In Johnstone Straight!
We’re doing it!! Rachel was at the helm most of the day while Brian was working. He did help with Chatham Channel though. The mental break …
Got through 2 more rapids!
Went through Greene Point and Whirlpool rapid today. Anchoring here in forward harbor for the night. We went for a short hike when we got …
Most technical passage yet
Just before going through Yuculta Rapids our chart plotter… Idk what happened… But you couldn’t zoom in. Ugh! Brian tried troubleshooting …
Crossing Georgia
Sea state isn’t the most pleasant. It’s manageable for sure, but… It’s at the level where we’ve trapped Maui in our bedroom. We have a …
Day 5: Made it to San Juan Islands!
We made it to the San Juans! Grabbed a mooring ball at one of our favorite spots… Eagle harbor on Cypress Island. There are about 10 other …
Day 1 - Oly to Gig Harbor
Feels good to already be in Gig Harbor. Rachel went clamming at Tolmie State Park, and we enjoyed a celebration beverage at 7 Seas Brewing.
