Sitting on the rocky beach of Watmough Bay on Lopez Island, I stared out on the water in quiet contemplation. Yahtzee bobbed on a mooring and Rosario Strait…
Vancouver Island Recap: An unforgetable family voyage
Velella sailed neck-and-neck with us in a fresh morning breeze and abundant sunshine while we steered Yahtzee wing and wing through Race Passage. For the first time since…
Buddy-boating in bountiful Barkley Sound
Standing on top of the waterfall, tiers of glistening, freshwater pools stretched out before us. Carved perfectly in the rock, they were laced together by…
Boater and surfer friendly Tofino
As we snaked our way through the shallow approaches to Tofino, boats buzzed every which way, sea planes took off and landed, and kayakers paddled…
This is cruising: Anchorage-hopping under sun and sail
When many sailors — novice and old salts alike — dream of cruising, they often picture themselves sailing from one idyllic anchorage to another on…
Finding summer around the Brooks Peninsula
When I woke in the five o’clock hour, my head stayed on the pillow but my mind was on deck — already out on the…
Not enough time in Quatsino Sound
Steep cliffs rose high above us and green trees bent over the water. Birds chirped, the faint sound of rushing water echoed and a steady…
Round the outside: Port Hardy to Sea Otter Cove
We could see the huge waves rolling over the Nahwitti Bar from a few miles out. And the closer we got, the more we rose…
The education of cruising through history and nature
After dropping the anchor in a small cove on the western end of Village Island, I looked around, surveying the foreshore and the skeletal remains…
Sailing, hiking, swimming and paddling in a gem of the Broughtons, Greenway Sound
Ghosting over the top of North Broughton Island on a gentle following zephyr and flood tide, I watched as our boatspeed leisurely climbed above 2…