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We continue sailing and exploring Barkley Sound, BC, on the Pacific side of Vancouver Island. As one of the salmon fishing capitals of the world, we attempt to catch a salmon for the first time. Highlights include visiting the towns of Ucluelet and Tofino,...
After leaving Bamfield, we set out to explore Barkley Sound, and uncover five secret places along the way. Highlights include a secret trail across Fleming Island marked only by buoys, zig-zagging through a dangerous channel into Jaques-Jarvis Lagoon, find...
We sail west out the Strait of Juan de Fuca to explore the wild Pacific coast of Vancouver Island BC. Highlights include Victoria, Sooke, Port Renfrew and Bamfield on our way to Barkley Sound.
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!
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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!
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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...
As our amazing time in Princess Louisa Inlet continues, we decide to hike to famous trapper's cabin trail and then further up the mountain into the beginning of the alpine- all from our sailboat!
0:00 intro
0:59 The hike!
6:59 the cabin!
10:30 the lookou...
If you live and cruise in the Pacific Northwest, you've probably heard of Princess Louisa Inlet. This place is somewhat of a pilgrimage and right of passage for cruisers in the PNW, and there is a good reason why!
More info about the inlet: https://www....
We start our last adventure of 2021 sailing up Princess Louisa Inlet! Jervis Inlet blew us away with its amazing beauty on this incredibly sunny September day.
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We leave Campbell River and start our journey to Princess Louisa with a few stops along the way!
0:00 intro
1:45 Savary Island
11:25 Cortes Bay
15:46 Pender Harbour
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After weeks of waiting, we start to head down Johnstone Strait, but weather reports don't tell us the truth in this gnarly bit of ocean.
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Welcome to Unna, our 40 foot steel Van De Stadt Norman 40 tiny home on the water. She was built in a boat yard in Amsterdam in the late 1990s and has lived in Europe as well as Canada. We plan to take her into Northern latitudes and on icy adventures in ...
We leave Turnbull Cove and make our way to the most beautiful place we visited all summer! The Pacific Northwest at its best- just outside of Nimmo Bay Resort.
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Exploring ruins on the beach
5:04 Rafting up!
8:10 Fishin'!
9:47 Hiking in grizzly territory
Claydon Bay is an amazing bay in Wells Passage, Broughton Archipelago that holds some pretty awesome places to explore! We hunkered down for a few...
We leave the beautiful Potts Lagoon and head up Beware Passage into Knight Inlet and Blackfish Sound on our way to the beautiful town of Sointula on Malcom Island! I also share some more foraged food tips with kelp rings we collect and dry!
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