Finally June 1st had arrived. May had been a hectic month, with the boat hauled out to fit the hydrovane and Lottie and Ed visiting as well as both of us working hard, there had been times when we ...

Yesterday evening we cruised up to canoe cove in lovely weather. After a hairy entrance to the lift area we settled in on the dock, had some pasta and watched a movie before having a restful night in ...

20 Jul - Pinkerton to Dodger channelThe day dawned a little overcast but still warm. We left our piece of paradise in the Pinkertons around 09:00 and after heading up to Eagle Empress(?) channel on a ...

18 July - Benjy's mate comes calling and moving onto the Pinkerton Islands We woke to another glorious day with no fog and decided that we didn’t’ need to move until later in the day. We lazed ar ...

17 July - Pipestem inletAgain on waking the weather was fair and we headed out of Ucluelet for some R&R. Lining up down loud on and David Channel we had the wind right behind us so we put out the ...

13 July - Effingham Cover to UclueletWe left Effingham cove on a lovely morning for the short trip to Ucluelet at around 09:00.arriving there after an uneventful passage through stunning islands at ar ...

We planned to leave Port Renfrew together early next morning and woke to a dank overcast day. Leaving the breakwater we could see the fog closing in at the end of the channel and realized this was goi ...

he wind kept blowing strongly into the evening and, with our exposed position, we ended up keeping an anchor watch until midnight. As the winds died down though we settled down for the rest of the nig ...

After a wonderful whirlwind trip to see Nigel and Theresa on the Shuswap we woke with a grand plan for the next two weeks. Head up to Ucluelet, sail out for 100 NM and then back again and then bask in ...

Exploring the Northern Gulf island in sweltering heatOur next adventure took us to new pastures in the Northern Gulf Islands. We had been through the area when we brought BeTrue home the first time b ...