We weighed anchor at 11a.m. on 8/6 to head east back through the Whalesback Channel for 6 miles to John Harbour, formed by Gowan, Dewdney and John Islands. The Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC) rates anchorages and this one gets the designa…
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Turnbull and Sanford Islands and Blind River 8-6-11
With a forecast of rain for all day on 8/3, we decided to head further west past the end of the Whaleback Channel to the Town of Blind River. Rainy days are good for getting boating tasks done in port (provisioning, laundry, pump-outs, etc.) as w…
#53 Baranof Island
I had reset the mileage counter in Victoria, British Columbia which seemed like ages ago. Glancing up, it read 1,234 nautical miles. It’s been just the two of us since Campbell River. We had gone as far north as planned, but now wanted to go westward and explore the less traveled Chichagof and Baranof Islands. We lost telephone service. No dialtone. I looked out the window and sure enough the mountains alongside Lisianski Strait were so close and vertical, they were blocking the satellites…
#53 Baranof Island
I had reset the mileage counter in Victoria, British Columbia which seemed like ages ago. Glancing up, it read 1,234 nautical miles. It’s been just the two of us since Campbell River. We had gone as far north as planned, but now wante…
Ligurian Coast & Elba
12th July 2011
Having planned another MasterCraft International Team Meeting, following the success of the Ibiza meeting last summer, we bypassed Genoa to reconnoitre the proposed site in Santa Margherita, taking in Portofino and San Fruttuoso al…
Ligurian Coast & Elba
12th July 2011
Having planned another MasterCraft International Team Meeting, following the success of the Ibiza meeting last summer, we bypassed Genoa to reconnoitre the proposed site in Santa Margherita, taking in Portofino and San Fruttuoso al…
Beardrop Harbour 8-2-11
We decided to head west from Spanish along the beautiful Whaleback Channel, 12 miles to Beardrop Harbour. It is a mile long stretch framed by 2 unnamed islands to the south and the Ontario mainland to the north. It is entered along a course of rocky i…
Spanish 7-30-11
We intended to island hop a few more days before coming into port for a pump-out, but the darn holding tank was surprisingly full. We don’t have a holding tank gauge and use a low tech system of simply counting flushes. This led to a lively discussio…
Hotham Island, Oak Bay 7-27-11
It was a calm, sunny, 70 degree day when we left Gore Bay headed for Hotham Island, Oak Bay. It is an easy 12 mile cruise up through the McBean Channel with an easy entrance between Oak Point and the west end of Hotham Island. This 5-mile long island …
Summer Fun!!
Wow…summer is FLYING by!! We spent a week on Skinny Dippin’ for July 4th week. We had hoped for another great cruise to new locations, but the weather was a little unsettled. Having been groomed by Sailors, we tend to wait for good weather windows …
