Pat woke me too early. Bailey had had another panic attack at 2:30 AM. We went to the salon, made a bed out of the settee, he got a 1/2 tablet of aceprotab, finally snoring, curled at my feet at who knows what time as my glasses were keeping Patrick company below. It was clear …
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9/8/21: Kelp vs Kintner, Round 2
We beat the sunrise leaving Port Angeles but at least it wasn’t pitch black! This time running against the ebbing tide seemed to take forever. The tide turned as we rounded Port Townsend and we cruised towards Port Ludlow. We found the current running with us through Port Townsend Canal at 3 knots but couldn’t …
9/7/21: How do we get back to the US?
It’s been a couple years since we had to get back to the States from Canada. Our NEXUS cards had made it easy in the past but with COVID, Customs and Border Protection is not using them. Did we need to get tested for COVID again? We could find nothing new online so planned to …
9/6/21: Tod Inlet
We almost got here 3 years ago. But that day, only a couple miles away from Tod Inlet, the engine room was heating up past 190. Pat, laser thermometer in hand, found one of the Stuffing boxes overheating. The stuffing box is the hole where the drive shaft exits the engine room through the hull …
9/4/21: Campbell Bay to Port of Sydney
The only exciting part of this leg of the trip was having to cross the shipping lanes. Just after passing Victoria, we found ourselves on the wrong side of the lanes with two huge ships chasing us. Pat was running bow to stern and back trying to figure out what they were up to. Could …
9/3/21:Down the West Coast of Vancouver Island
Pat woke at 5:30 AM. Still dark, we quickly prepared to depart following a fishing boat out of Bamfield Inlet by 6 AM, a beautiful morning so far! We only really needed the radar for an hour. The rest of the day we traded “driving” every 2.5 hours or so, and were outside of Sooke …
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9/2/21: Bamfield
The perfect place to start our trip back down the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Bamfield is a funky town, split into East and West by Bamfield Inlet, only boats connecting the two. A quick trip up Trevor Channel from Robber’s Passage, the 1st thing that strikes you on entering Bamfield inlet is the beautiful …
Exploring Robber’s Passage
Arriving at Robber’s Passage via Imperial Eagle Channel, (love these names!) we found an empty, fairly protected anchorage on the NW side of the passage. Exploring by dinghy due to whipping waves and wind, we stopped by the Port Alberni Yacht Club’s outpost on Tzartus Island, who welcomes paying visitors if not busy or a …
9/1/21: Clark Island Swim/kayak
Not far from the Ucluelet channel are some favorite Islands for kayakers. Benson and Clark Islands, last stop before the Pacific. Pat agreed to hang out at anchor while I kayaked to Clark for a swim where many kayakers camped and paddled off of the white sand beaches. Water temp 57.2, Through kelp beds, then …
8/30-31/21: Ucluelet & the Graveyard of the Pacific
2 days at Ucluelet and I am just figuring out how to pronounce it or even think it, consistently. you-clue’-let. We were fortunate to be able to get dock space at the Small Boat Marina here. The harbormaster moved some boats around then helped us squeeze in as the wind blew us away from the …
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