A rather hairy trip to and from Orcas Island
After the swiftsure race I had a couple of nights downtown and then headed back to Cadboro Bay for...
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Shaking off the rust. Badly.
Last weekend I decided to take the boat out for the weekend and go to Orcas, as it had been almost...
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More goodies
This weekend I went on a trip to Orcas for two reasons: Firstly to go to a ghost prom (this would...
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Returning home and first docking mishap
Well, first docking mishap to cause damage I should say. Ugh. So let’s get to it –...
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Quick jaunt to Orcas Island and a porpoise encounter!
I needed to pick up some stuff from Orcas island, namely Drag link for autopilot (last piece I...
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Lessons learned from the weekend trip to Orcas
I went to Orcas this weekend to pick up my drive unit for my autopilot, and it was a bit of a...
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First sail of the year
And what a marvelous sail it was! I had plans to go out with Emma on the Sunday, but she called...
Read MoreSailing through a winter storm
This weekend was Halloween, and my friend Elyess had invited me over to Orcas to a couple of parties, and in addition, I had shipped a bunch of stuff from Amazon to her so I went to pick it up and save on shipping. Midday Friday...
Read MorePower and Whales
I’m now at Orcas Island visiting my friend Elsyee, after spending two days at Saltspring, where I found my battery wasn’t keeping up. Originally I thought it was bad, but then after running the numbers I realised...
Read MoreFirst multi-day trip
So last weekend I went on my first multi-day trip! And didn’t die! All photos are from my mobile phone because I forgot to charge my fancy camera’s battery before we left. Oops. We took this route There was a...
Read MoreTrip to Orcas
So after all my hubris in my last post, I did not actually sail over. My ankle is still pretty bad, and for a solo trip it just seemed like a big ol’ bad idea. And I’ve had a few of those recently, and am trying to...
Read MorePlanning for my first international trip
‘International Trip’. It sounds so grand doesn’t it?! As it turns out, it’s just a short jaunt across the Haro Straight to the San Juan islands I plan to head tomorrow to Orcas Island to pal around with...
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