Pirate treasure, stolen fortunes and an english mystic are just a small part of the story of the Brother 12 cult and De Courcy Island. In this episode we sail from Pender Harbour to De Courcy Island. We motor through a narrow channel and raise the sails ...
After spending a lovely night at Savary Island, we left for Pender Harbour, moving before sunrise and having the awesome pleasure of witnessing not only an incredible sunrise, but a sunrise rainbow as well! We make it to the beautiful Pender Harbour to spe...
After waiting weeks for currents and weather to line up so we could move the boat from Campbell river to Mill Bay (to sell her), we were finally able to leave. The water was full of debris from storms and landslides and we spent a lot of time dodging logs...
Well friends, after much deliberation, we are deciding to sell Nordic V. Not because we are giving up sailing, but just because she doesn't suit our needs. More details about it in this episode and our future plans, as well as footage from the largest sto...
After finding paradise in Desolation Sound, east of Campbell River and grabbing more oysters, we start our journey back home- this time getting the sails up for a good chunk of two days and sailing the spinnaker for the first time!
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After enjoying our first few days in Desolation Sound, we pull up our prawn and crab traps and head to another anchorage, which turns out to be the most beautiful place we have ever been on a boat. We also enjoy a couple of oyster feasts, find some tasty ...
We head out of Campbell River on our neighbors Mae and Marty's 48 foot wooden two- masted schooner named Wind Gypsy. We make our way to Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park where we drop prawn and crab traps and collect some edible mushrooms and just g...
Two months into marina life in our new city of Campbell River, we experience some insane winds, finally get our mainsail ready to sail and show you around a little bit of Campbell River!
Also shout out to Mae for not only going up the mast for us, but fo...
After camping along a logging road, we head to San Josef Bay in Cape Scott Park during a storm. We have an awesome time on the beach, get scared by some blowing trees and see some of the coolest old growth still left growing. Plus, we find some new lakes...
After so many months working on the boat, we decided to take a land adventure and head up to the northwest end of Vancouver Island. We did some remote camping in the rooftop tent along a logging road and hiked down to a hidden beach with amazing breaking ...
After four months up on land working on the boat, we finally make it back into the water and decide to anchor in the estuary for a week, to get our bearings again and test out our systems. It is beautiful and tranquil, but not without its mishaps.
Gian...
We finished up all the leftover small projects before going back in the water, but once we were in the water, our greatest nightmare seemed to be coming true with water coming into the boat when it really shouldn't have been....
And before you yell at me...
After three months on the hard, we finally got to the one big job we expected when we bought the boat- painting the deck. But, as usual in September, the Pacific Northwest weather threw us a curve ball and nearly ruined our Kiwi Grip paint job. It's a go...
We are jumping ahead of schedule a little bit with this one to give you a break from all the project videos and bring you along on a camping trip instead. We visit the Lonely Doug, Avatar Grove and camp in some hidden places along the backroads. Let me k...
After 3 months out of the boat, we finally put our mast back in our sailboat!! We also take you on an adventure to a dam. Only two or three more videos until we are back on the water! Follow us on instagram for real time updates.
Extra shout out to Ken...
After months on the hard, we finally get to the point where we can put the railings back on the sailboat! It isn't a simple process, but we get them back on and looking good. We also bring you with us to a beautiful forest we discovered on the edge of tow...
We finally get to the stage of starting to paint the deck. For our flat sections we decided to use the Epifanes Two Part Poly-Urethane system. It works great, but is not without its blunders, mostly due to operator error as we further this DIY project. ...
After weeks up on the hard, we FINALLY get the deck ready to be painted with Epifanes roll- on poly paint.
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Holy crap! After more than two months, we finally finished the job of fully rebuilding our chain locker. We ripped out all the balsa core, replaced it with layers and layers of fibreglass, rebuilt the bulkhead, did a bunch of stuff that took way longer an...
After so much rain, we finally had enough sunny days in a row to get some real work done on our deck, including fibreglassing the mast boot area and the front of the deck so we can get the deck painted and the railing back on!
After digging farther into some boat repairs, we discover that bondo has been used in a few places on the boat that it shouldn't be used in order to repair things, like to fair the deck and to fill holes in the skeg. Not the coolest. Luckily, we make som...
After finding more rot than we were expecting in our balsa cored sailboat, we decided to tear out all the balsa core in the chain locker and re- fibreglas the entire thing, despite having next to no experience with fibreglass and the chain locker being a m...
A few weeks ago I posted a picture on instagram of my sea asparagus harvest and meal, and a bunch of people wanted to know more about harvesting it and cooking it. So here it is! A video just about sea asparagus haha. It is highly tasty and I very much r...
We have been in a boat yard working on boat projects for a month now. Due to finding more rot than expected, bad weather, and a general crappy state of mind, projects haven’t been moving as quickly as we had hoped. So, instead of sharing a sailing rela...
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