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This video brings our summer of 2022 sailing adventure to a close. We make a short passage from Squirrel Cove to Lund BC, then continue south from Lund, through the Malaspina Straight to Boho Bay Lasqueti Island where we thought we might blow away over nig...

In this episode we spend time in Rebecca Spit and marvel in all that southern BC has to offer. We say bye to our friends and continue on to a fabulous three days at Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island. We made a little "life at anchor" montage that captures the...

This episode is from the summer of 2022 as we are a year behind with our uploads. We spent a great few days at Tenedos Bay in Desolation Sound, we deployed our new Helix Gennaker for the first time, and we had an incredible encounter with some hump back wh...

In this episode, we hang out at the Granville Island Boatyard, and look at the boats, a great way to spend a morning in the city! We then enjoy a great long weekend cruise with our good friends Stephanie and Chas. We attempt to move the outboard engine fro...

Hobbling into St Kitts on emergency tiller, it's time to find out why our steering cable snapped and to get it fixed. But there's always a silver lining to being stuck in St Kitts, we get to explore its heritage above and below the water, with some of the ...

We've set sail again, leaving the BVIs and heading south for the mysterious and forlorn island of Saba. Without any way to go to shore we go exploring under the sea and find strange objects on the seabed. And that's not all, we wake up in the morning and f...

Part 2 of our trip away for NYE with  @Ryan & Sophie Sailing. After a very uncomfortable night rolling around, we get an unexpected weather forecast and it looks like a storm is on it's way, so we decide to head back to the mainland in search of some...

Time to weigh anchor and get moving again, for we have a rendezvous with friends up north. We hop from island to island, making only brief stops at exotic locations like Martinique, Antigua, St Kitts, St Barts and St-Martin! __________ Join our Tranquilo...

We've made landfall in the Caribbean after crossing the Atlantic, and we celebrate with the other yachts coming in from the race, with a grand finale announcing the results. __________ Join our Tranquilo community to support us and help us keep our vide...

We've just reached the tradewinds and we're holding on to position 2 in Division D, 3 in the Pacific Fleet, and 33 overall in the ARC as we race across the Atlantic. Steady winds and steady sailing, at least for now. Unfortunately things are starting to co...

In our third episode, we see the completion of the dodger and bimini install. We then travel from North Vancouver to Squamish, take our kids for a sail, and then two four day cruises to the sunshine coast. A fabulous first summer with our new boat.

Our first Barlovento Sailing instalment is a little clumsy but we'll get there! In this video, we introduce our family, our community, and our first boat, an Ericson 29 named Saluki. The video ends with our first encounter with orcas while at anchor. A ve...