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 ...

The wind was meant to be light today but better than Sunday so we planned to head out and repeat my journey of last week around Discovery island, possibly dropping the anchor if we had the guts to hav ...

With Heidi away, I had agreed to head off with Adam and show him how a sloop rig sailed. (Adam had recently bought a custom made feo-cement gaf rigged ketch and was pretty new to sailing, having neve ...

With the family in town we thought it would be only proper that we let them experience something of the joys of sailing. First out was Mum. We wondered if she would be happy doing anything more than ...

04 July So this is what cruising should be like!. We left the dock with little drama now we have a new spot, far easier to get out of and motored out of the harbour. After hoisting sail, we ...

10 July We finally slept on board the yacht. Very snug and comfy although Heidi woke up feeling very poorly - perhaps she needs to take the sea sickness meds 11 July NO great ...

Having turned the yacht around at last when we left today there was very little drama on leaving the dock (Phew!) As we pottered out of the harbour we passed Adam in his new yacht just heading back i ...

WE hadn't managed to get out on Saturday and so on Sunday we set off with a definite plan. WE were going to sail across to look into Esquimalt harbour and then head down to Pedder bay. Getti ...