20 May - Our first day of just 'being'. After a breezy night which had me sleeping for a time in the cockpit (first time on the hook nerves!) we woke to a day of sunshine and rain. Following a leisu ...
Unwinding in Nanaimo
Alone at last
Monday morning was a bright, if breezy day. All morning other members of BCA departed and we helped them with their lines were we could. (as well as fending off one boat that tried to squeeze past ...
BCA Leavers do
The morning dawned somewhat brighter than the last day and, after a quick trip ashore by me, we dropped our mooring around 10 and started the 'drive' around to Thetis. With little wind and an ...
We Have Begun!
Heidi's last day at work was yesterday (I had been a 'resting consultant' for the last six months!). After handing her laptop in we had retired to the boat and drinks with Janet and Darryl, our ne ...
Heading Home
26 June With time now running short, we started turning our attention to getting home before we had to get back to work on 02 july. Our first step was a wet but lively sail form Joe's bay to Bamfield ...
Chilling out in the Broken Group
22 June. Now we were on familiar territory, and 3 weeks into our trip, we finally started kicking back and relaxing. AFter a good night's sleep we had another putz around the amazing shell beds and ...
Back on familiar territory in the Broken Group
20 June We spent a great day in Ucluelet sorting things out and getting our admin sorted. We wandered around on a lovely sunny day and also got some clothes with "Round the Island 2024" on them to ce ...
Round Estevan Point and onto Ucluelet
18 June - Bligh Island to Hot Springs Cove Tuesday dawned bright with very little breeze and so we decided this was a good window to get around Estaevan point, the last of the 'challenging' headlands ...
Finding a little bit of Paradise on Bligh Island
16 June We had a restless night up against the pontoon and dock at Friendly Cover what with the swell and the squeaking of the pontoon, as well as the rubbing of all our fenders against the rusty d ...
Time to explore a bit of history - Yuquot (or Friendly Cove) in Nootka Sound
The next morning it was still damp and overcast but now we had a few more provisions, and more importantly, some clean underwear, it was time to head off exploring again. The next stop on our jou ...