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 ...
Be True 2 - West cost 2023
Relaxing in the Pinkertons
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 ...
Holidays at last!
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 ...
VICE fleet - offshore
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 ...
Making Progress to Berkeley Sound
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 ...
"Shall we, Shan't we" - indecision on the way out and buddy boats
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 ...
Adventures up the west coast in 2023 - "Round the corner
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 ...