We left you on the way to Hanfield Bay, BC in July. I promise you, we did not sink Arcturos along the way. We had a wonderful trip home from there. Perhaps I will remember it here one day. We did move Arcturos though, from Blaine to Everett, over a year ago. We were up …
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7-22-19 Douglas Bay to Hanfield Bay
One of the fun challenges about boating up the Inside Passage are the narrows and rapids. With the wide swings in tides and currents, deceptively peaceful channels transition to impassable torrents of whirlpools, eddies and overfalls in the space of an hour. The current can run from 1 or 2 knots at slack water up …
Bailey takes a swim
Bailey doesn’t really like it when Arcturos is moving but, he loves riding in the tender, up in the bow nose to the wind, ears flying. We store the tender aft on the fly bridge and have a crane that lifts the tender up, swings it over the water and slowly lowers it into the …
7-21-19 Turning around
Pat was ready to start heading home after one more night. That made me sad but, vacations can’t last forever! We left Helmckyn island for Port Neville. It sounded good and was just a bit farther north. We got as far as Robber’s Roost in this long shallow inlet when the depth gauge read 8 …
7/20: Helmckyn Island
Leaving Small Inlet, Pat wants a place with cell phone coverage in order to download an equipment manual. The hydraulic stearing is working but auto pilot is still dysfunctional and confused. It thinks the date is January 1st, 2014. We picked a lovely island in the middle of Johnstone Strait. Small and only logging roads …
7/21/19: What could go wrong?
I don’t want to make it sound like this is all a piece of cake. If you own a boat you expect things to go wrong. That is part of the fun, figuring it all out. And sometimes it is not so fun and you feel really really dumb and it can be very humbling …
7/18-20: Small Inlet
We left Campbell River at 5:15 am to make an early slack tide at Seymour Narrows. 8 miles past the Narrows, Small Inlet beckoned from the end of Kanish Bay. Such a lovely, secluded spot, we stayed for 2 days. Lake Newton, is a 1+ mile hike from Small Inlet or Waiatt Bay, with refreshing …
7/15-18: Campbell River
Steering sloppy, especially on fly bridge, and auto pilot not working since before Gorge Harbour. Arranged for moorage and a mechanic at Campbell River’s Discovery Harbour Marina. Stayed an extra day as a storm blew 20 knot winds and rain. This allowed time to splice the rode to a shackle and the anchor chain, mark …
7/13-14 Drew Harbour/Rebecca Spit
This long spit on Quadra Island creates a superb bay for anchoring, kayaking, camping, walking, beach combing and swimming. Water temp 67 degrees. I wore a wet suit anyway. Trails on each side of the spit afford a variety of views. Whales and otters outside, yachts, boats and splashing children inside. Inner Rebecca Spit.
Gorge Harbour 7/11-7/13
Eager to take advantage of calm waters, we departed Nanaimo at 6 am aiming for Desolation Sound, a long day. Hydraulics issues are affecting steering from the fly bridge and autopilot but, the water is calm all day.We decide to head to Gorge Harbour on Cortez Island. About 3 hours out, Pat spots a whale. …
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