Flat calm in Maple Bay This mornings we woke again to flat calm and what promised to be the hottest day of the year. Our plan was to head to a spot called Pirates Cove; a good six hour day at ...

Our first leg - Todd Inlet to Nanaimo So today we finally left for 2 months together sailing the highways and byways of Vancouver Island. With some trepidation we raised our anchor f ...

Today was our last day before truly setting off on our grand adventure. We had done a Costco run on Friday and with the car stocked full of tins and pasta we headed back to the boat at Todd Inlet. W ...

By Friday afternoon we were ready to get Doubletime back in the water. After her stately re-entry on the crane we slowly steered around to the fuel dock and filled her up (for the first time ever!). ...

After a pleasant night at Royal Cove, we decided it was time to head off to Heidi's new home for the next week; Todd Inlet. We untangled ourselves from the Stern tie, hoisted the anchor and we were a ...

Today was intended to be a simple cruise from Sidney spit to the haul out location for Sidney spit. As we woke it was a grey morning but we could see Sidney through the mist and heh! - what could go ...

Benjy planning our big adventure first two weeks route So this morning was the big day that we leave Victoria for 3 months. The sun shone as we packed the last of our bits and pieces in ...

Well our dear friend had spent the winter bobbing up and down in the harbour but not really going anywhere. We had taken apart the engine and pocked around in the wiring, everything seemed to be work ...

FOr some reason this isn't documented but below are some photos from the trip Day 1 - 01 Sep - Wharf Street to Discover Island - First time every anchoring in Puget Cove ...

The forecast showed that there wasn't meant to be much wind today but it had been a while since we had ventured out on Double Time and so we thought to heck with it - let's go. We left the harbour to ...