There is a change in the weather. Environment Canada is forecasting strong winds this afternoon in Queen Charlotte Strait, Sound and the Cape Caution area. We’re off the Lagoon Cove dock by 5AM hoping to make Sullivan Bay. Last year…
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#2013-05: Lagoon Cove has Lost a Good Guy
Sunday, May 5: Lagoon Cove: We already miss Bill BarberIt’s the standard Wild Blue routine and route: Off the Gorge dock at 5AM, exit Gorge turning right, snake through Uganda Passage, cross Sutil, up Hoskyn, zip through Beazley Passage w…
#2013-04: Boat Issues on the way to Gorge Harbour
Saturday, May 4: Gorge HarbourThe sunshine and Lasqueti nudists not only caused us to overheat, but also the engine manifold and stabilizers got hot too! Yesterday the manifold was reading 167F while the engine was a steady 161F. The engine…
#2013-03: Lasqueti Island Nudist Show
Thursday, May 2: Ganges Harbor and Clam BayThe current was against us up the east side of southern Vancouver Island. We eventually stopped in Ganges to buy the parts to plumb the water sterilizer. After this pit stop we motored a few more h…
#2013-02: Going south to Alaska: Friday Harbor, Brentwood Bay and Victoria
Sunday April, 28th: Friday HarborThis morning Pat drove to Seattle to pick up our first guests of the 2013 season. The crew for the next few days are Augi and Cindy Caimi from “Gundo”. The Caimi’s were our neighbors in Gundo for about ten y…
#2013-01 Our 2013 Alaska Cruise Begins
It’s Saturday, April 27th, 2013. We’re up early at San Jose Airport ready to fly to Seattle and Wild Blue. It will be a busy day as our first guests arrive tomorrow and the we need to prep the boat. We’ll split up: Pat will take the car to …
#2013-01 Our 2013 Alaska Cruise Begins
It’s Saturday, April 27th, 2013. We’re up early at San Jose Airport ready to fly to Seattle and Wild Blue. It will be a busy day as our first guests arrive tomorrow and the we need to prep the boat. We’ll split up: Pat will take the car to …
#32 – Port McNeill to Anacortes: The End of Our 2012 Alaska Cruise
On Friday evening, August 24th, we borrowed the Fuel Dock van and picked up crew Dick Squire at Port Hardy airport. Dick is the perfect crew having owned and operated some 40+ large boats through the years. He and his crew aboard Seagate, a…
#32 – Port McNeill to Anacortes: The End of Our 2012 Alaska Cruise
On Friday evening, August 24th, we borrowed the Fuel Dock van and picked up crew Dick Squire at Port Hardy airport. Dick is the perfect crew having owned and operated some 40+ large boats through the years. He and his crew aboard Seagate, a…
#31 – Single-Handed Around Cape Caution
Normally we like to cruise with at least one crew. In fact Alex likes a crowd aboard. But there are times, due to unforeseen circumstances, crew is just not available. Such was the case Sunday, August 19th once Alex placed Admiral…
