Wednesday, January 24 After a substantial breakfast, we left Bowen Island and headed, under a thick cloud cover, for the … Continue reading Sailing (!) toward Vancouver

Tuesday, January 23 Ignoring the occasional soft drizzle, Walt, Martin, Hans, and I enjoyed a good walk around the town … Continue reading Snug in Snug Cove

Monday, January 22 Another six hours of motoring through quiet, windless, foggy, drizzly weather took Braesail’s crew from Pender Harbour … Continue reading Visiting Sagres’ new home

Sunday, January 21 We breakfasted on “Bennies” (Eggs Benedict) on Sunday morning, and, with the boat’s batteries beginning to run … Continue reading No room at the dock?

Saturday, January 20 We could hear the splashing of Chatterbox Falls as we prepared to slip into our beds, and … Continue reading “Please–we want s’mores!”

Friday, January 19 At 6:30 am, in the chilly darkness, Walt and Hans freed the boat from the dock and … Continue reading Woohoo! We made it!

Thursday, January 18 This was our day to cross the Strait of Georgia from Nanaimo to the west coast of … Continue reading Sailing (cheers!) across to the B.C. coast

Monday, January 15. The shivery, clear, windless weather continued, and we motored for about six hours to Pirates’ Cove on DeCourcy … Continue reading On to Nanaimo

Sunday, January 14 We drove the 50 miles back to the boat on a silvery Sunday morning with more boat … Continue reading Take Two

Saturday, January 13 Having made our last travel preparations and packed our Prius, Walt and I drove to Anacortes on … Continue reading First attempt to sally forth