After struggling to make our Torqueedo electric outboard motor work for us, we decide to buy a gas powered one, and don't waste any time using it to do the exploring we had been missing with the Torqueedo! Welcome to the Wayward family Yamaha 9.9hp 4 strok...
We leave Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island to head to Thetis Island before heading to Nanaimo, but things don't exactly go as planned...
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We leave the lovely Sidney Spit, BC to visit Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island, mostly so we can check out the famous Saltspring Island Farmer's Market. We find it and some more fun adventures on the way, including using our solar shower for the first t...
After a week in Tod Inlet, we leave with a couple of friends and head to somewhere we had heard many amazing things about- Sidney Spit on Sidney Island. We struggle with our Torqueedo and enjoy some time on the beach.
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We leave Finlayson Arm with a friend to send us off and head towards Tod Inlet and its beautiful forest within the city to spend a few days exploring and relaxing.
0:00 Intro
1:11 Leaving the inlet
3:44 Tod Inlet!
4:10 Ocean bath
9:30 A little bit of hi...
After plugging our chain locker holes, we leave the dock in Cowichan Bay and head south to Finalyson Arm where we anchor up, light our wood fire place (cubic mini grizzly) for the first time, and just enjoy the incredible beauty that this area of the world...
After discovering numerous rust holes in our chain locker, we had to come up with a temporary fix to get us off the dock and back to sailing for the summer- cuz we weren't about to spend another summer in the boat yard.
0:00 intro
0:32 Step 1- Blue Steel...
We make our way to Cowichan Bay to take a week or so to fix our chain locker, but we find some unexpected issues along the way...
0:00 intro
0:37 heading out
2:05 the work begins
8:42 uh oh...
10:18 blue steel
10:49 the damage
14:19 local and fresh seafo...
We leave Newcastle Island in Nanaimo on an absolutely perfect day and head to Galiano Island where we meet up with Alfy from Life is Like Sailing and spend a couple of days enjoying the early summer weather in a beautiful west coast paradise.
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After a "sail" from Hornby Island to Newcastle Island in Nanaimo, we anchor up and explore the area a little bit, including getting to listen to some awesome shanties right along the waterfront, thanks to Danny Dolen.
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After arriving in Tribune Bay on Hornby Island we hang out on the island for a couple of days before continuing our journey to Galiano Island. I also get into the ocean for the first time in 2021, despite the water still being winter temperatures and my g...
Two days after installing our new battery bank we decided to start heading south to meet up with a friend on his boat. Wind forecasts had told us to expect 0-10 knots, but we quickly came across 15-20 and then 20-25- the biggest winds and biggest seas we ...
After realizing we had a dead battery bank, researching and finding replacements, we install our new AGM battery bank, including new bus bars and some new wiring.
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After a couple of nights in Cortes Harbour our batteries troubles get the best of us and we struggle a bit to head on our way home. But it isn't all frustration as my wildlife spotting curse is broken and we see some porpoises and a ton of eagles hunting!...
After a night of battery issues, we do some troubleshooting and then go for a hike in an incredible forest on Cortes Island. This is what the sailing dream is all about!
0:00 intro
0:34 batteries
5:05 forest
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After buying our steel expedition sailboat Papa Rumba, we decided to leave the marina and head to Cortes Island to test our systems and enjoy a couple of days on anchor.
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After a few days of cleaning we move onto our new sailboat!
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We moved to Ireland in hopes of building a new life of adventure, but quickly figured out that wasn't going to work out how we wanted, so we moved back home and bought a sailboat (Ontario 32)... and then a different sailboat that wasn't what we had thought...
After leaving the boat in Mill Bay and sailing part of the way back, we moved into a house we bought in Port Alberni and take you on a tour of this cute and quickly changing town. But don't worry- we aren't changing to a new kind of channel. We will be ba...
After seeing a waterfall from the highway for years (way up the mountain), we decided to take our chances and see if we could hike to it. After some confusing meandering and steep clambering up some hills through the forest, we make it to the incredible w...
We leave Galiano Island in the dark to catch the current in Prolier Pass, get out into the Strait of Georgia and find the perfect spinnaker weather! Making our downwind sailing dreams come true.
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Between camping up a random logging road and visiting Cape Scott, we decided to hike down to a little provincial park called Raft Cove on the west coast of Norther Vancouver Island. It was a bit muddier than we had bargained for, but full work the meander...
After making our way to Mill Bay with two sailboats, we leave one and jump on our friend's boat to head back up island. On our way back we have enough wind to sail, but just barely, and end up spending a good amount of time kind of chasing the wind around...
We left DeCourcy Island just as the sun was starting to rise, dodging logs for the first two hours of the trip, followed by losing our GPS while going throug some fog before eventually arriving in Mill Bay on Vancouver Island.
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