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At last, we shove off the dock from Neah Bay and do the “big left turn!” We experience varied winds that keep is busy through the first four days of our seven day trip to Drakes Bay, as the crew all settle into their first offshore experience. Unfortun...

There are times when nothing seems to go your way. As we sail into the Desolation Sound area, a series of constant unexpected challenges started coming as soon as we headed into Campbell River, and then into Von Donop Inlet. But ultimately, it’s not abou...

Ahoy Folks! Sorry it has been a little while since the last video: Wifi and time to edit were hard to come by as we sailed down the wild west coast of the Baja Peninsula! In this one, we awake at the beautiful Dungeness Spit, which we arrived at the prev...

We've been looking forward to releasing this one for awhile! In this one, we finally leave our home ports behind for Mexico! We set sail from Bellingham Harbor, sail through the fog to Lopez Island, then to Port Townsend. In Port Townsend, we check out the...

Follow our sailing adventures on board our 1979 Hans Christian ketch as we continue to explore Canada's West Coast. Alfy & Devlin s/v Northern Dancer V

Ahoy! In this one, we sail from Point Roberts, Washington to the beautiful Sucia Island. As we approach Sucia Island, an aggressive cold front moves in, changing the weather from sunny and warm to stormy and cool. We anchor in Echo Bay, then go ashore just...

In this one, we set sail from Nanaimo for our last couple of stops in the Gulf Islands before leaving them behind for what will be at least a few years. Once at anchored on Gabriola, we are swarmed by thousands of little flies, so we abandond ship and head...

Here is a quick preview of what you'll see in an upcoming video that will be up in 2-3 weeks. This footage is from the morning of September 20th when the winds and seas were peaking during the three days of gale force we experienced off the California Coas...

It’s haul out time for Sea Dream of Clyde! In this one, we head to Newcastle Marine in Nanaimo to have the boat lifted out of the water and moved into the shipyard for our by-annual painting and general maintenance. I show the wet sanding technique we us...

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It is not always sunshine and rainbows in the Gulf Islands, though most the time it is! In this one, we leave the San Juans behind and head up to Nanaimo, but not before running into a frustrating customs agent, a log, and diesel spill! We stop by Prevost ...

As we sail north to British Columbia, our boat, somehow, gets so turned around that we literally sail it backwards across the border into Canada. Friends Cheryl and Garth join us for the passage from Seattle to check in to Canada at Bedwell Harbour on BC's...