After our morning adventure with the Grizzley in Grappler Sound we again took to our kayaks and SUPS and explored another lagoon not far away. This one we even more remote and we felt very lucky to h ...

With our great trip north behind us we were now looking to kicking back and learn what cruising is really about. Lottie was due to join us on the 25th so we had 8 days to carry out a grand tour of th ...

We had been away from civilization for 9 days now and could finally start seeing the end of what had been a very adventurous journey up north. By now we had made the decision that going round the isl ...

We woke early on Tuesday morning in order to hit slack water going through Chatham Channel, but not as early as our neighbours overnight who must have been off before 05:30. Chatham Channel ...

There are no real options for this part of the journey north, everyone is pushed onto Johnstone straight for a long stretch. The only possible place to stop is at Port Neville; an old post office in ...

We spent Thursday 8th July recuperating from the last couple of days. Such a change; from dread and terror to lounging around a resort, reading books and soaking up the sun. Blind channel to ...

The next morning we woke to a windy day. The wind was forecast to rise to gale force blowing right down Johnstone straight; naturally the direction we wanted to head and so our plans for the day were ...

This morning was the start of the 'real' adventure (as if the preceding days hadn't taught us enough). We were now moving beyond the towns of Vancouver Island and into the lands where there were few ...

Benjy and Heidi still smiling as we near Campbell River After a rest day in Comox we were both now psyched up for the long haul up to Campbell River. We were out of our slip at Comox at around ...

The night had been quite blowy last night but the hook had held steady but we were up and about early and left False bay feeling sprightly and looking forward to seeing Lottie in Comox. With a fairly ...