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Time to head in for some admin

07/10/2025 Charlie

09 Jul - On waking this morning we realised it was time to head back to civilization when we spotted we were down to our last clean underwear! Leaving the Pinkertons we had a steady motor against bui ...

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Living in a Yoga Poster... And Breathe

07/09/2025 Charlie 1 comment(s)

We knew it wasn't going to be a special day today but this?? WE woke to the gentle pattering of rain on the boat, and it just kept raining, and raining, and raining! We had actually expected thi ...

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Moving back to the Pinkertons

07/08/2025 Charlie

During the evening and into the night Effingham bay had been a bit roll-ey. With a forecast for winds again in the bay today we decided to up anchor and head further back into the sound. In glorio ...

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Quiet day in Effingham Bay

07/07/2025 Charlie

Overnight the wind died right down and we had a wonderful restful sleep with no need to wake up in the morning. We had a great lazy day on the boat just catching up with ourselves and reading. In ...

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Finally reaching Berkely Sound

07/06/2025 Charlie

After a restful night on the dock at Port Renfrew we were up at 05:30 for an early start to Berkley sound. The day wasn't too bad and we left around 06:00 along with a host of sport fishing boats ...

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The long slog up to Port Renfrew

07/04/2025 Charlie

04 July - Having done this trip once before, we knew that the next stage of our journey, heading for Uclulet and Berkley sound, was not going to be the most enticing. The Juan do Fuca straight has a ...

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"Around the corner" - Blasting through Race Rocks

07/03/2025 Charlie

Early start in Esquimault - this is what 5 am looks like 03 July - Having checked the weather and the tides, we had to be up early to get around Race Rocks at slack (at 07:00) so we woke up around ...

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The Party's over, it's time to go!

07/02/2025 Charlie

02 July - The day finally arrived when we were to leave for our big adventure! Checking the weather though it was clear we weren't going to get far. It was blowing 25 - 30 knots around race rocks ...

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Quick trip to Vancouver for final prep

07/01/2025 Charlie 4 comment(s)

25 July - Now we are completely separated from land, we needed to get some final tweaks done for the boat in Vancouver and so we had to set off for a 'flying' visit there. Leaving around 10am on a ...

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Final preparations 1

06/25/2025 Charlie

We are now in the final run to leaving on the 2nd July. 22 July - After the hectic last couple of weeks today was about catching up with ourselves and working out what needed to be done next. We also ...

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