23 July - Today was our catch up day. We had a leaisurely breakfast tied up to the dock then we headed into Astoria - walk along sea front - Maritime museum - didn't go in though as didn't want t ...

20 July - We woke at 06:00 and, with everything ready, raised the anchor and headed off down channel escorted by lots of fishing charter boats. Once clear of Jenny reef we set our heading (just ...

Photos to follow 14 July - day trip to Tofino - With expected strong winds blowing across Berkeley sound today we decided we would keep doing the tourist thing and head over to Tofino today. We ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...