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More of our adventures in BC's Discovery Islands. As we sail from Rebecca Spit to Octopus Islands, through Beazley Passage and Surge Narrows, it becomes clear that we're completely unprepared for long term cruising.

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...

After sailing BC's Gulf Islands for almost a month, it's time for a little shore leave. We anchor in Tod Inlet on Vancouver Island's Saanich Peninsula and tour four local wineries, each just a short distance from our anchorage. Highlights include Deep Cove...

We head down island to Victoria, BC to jump onboard a Westerly Discus with our friend Trevor and head out for an overnight sail. We somehow manage to get lucky enough to be able to sail (almost) the whole time and just barely need an engine, despite comin...

It was an eerie feeling not 'seeing land' for the first time, navigating thru fog across the Queen Charlotte Strait to Deep Cove and onwards thru some gnarly rapids into Drury Inlet, where we had quite the adventure waiting for us.. We acknowledge the Kwa...

Towering snow capped peaks, pristine wild beauty, rich First Nations culture & the densest population of marine mammals anywhere, few cruising grounds in the world measure up to the incredible remote coast of Northern British Columbia, Canada. This we...

Sailing into this remote group of islands off BC's Northern coast on our 30ft sailboat, we were greeted by enormous humpback whales swimming alongside our boat & dolphins riding the wake of our bow! Towering snow capped peaks, pristine wild beauty, ri...

Breaking Waves Crew cooks their catch on a fire before pushing through some big swell to try and catch some surf. The team are faced with big swell, Sealions and Bears as they navigate the remote and challenging west coast of Vancouver Island. Thanks to ...

Rebuilding parts of a steel boat sounds great until we started to wonder how on earth we were going to get our heavy equipment to the boat yard... but we can up with a creative solution for moving our compressor and welder back and forth! Patreon: https:...

After six months of amazing cruising, we haul out and begin some big boat projects, starting with decommissioning the v-berth so we don't light her on fire with the metal work! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewaywardlife Website: http://www.the-waywa...

This year we spent 6 months cruising and sailing on our sailboat in British Columbia, Canada. We broke down our monthly costs for you to give you a better idea of what it might cost you to cruise and sail in this area of the world! The math isn't exact b...

0:00 Intro 0:23 Leaving Nanaimo 4:23 Sailing Blue Jersey 11:39 Tod Inlet 15:34 Butchart Gardens 18:11 Heading Home For our last adventure before hauling out for a major refit, we sail south from Nanaimo to Cowichan Bay and then to Tod Inlet. We explore B...