Doubletime 2021 Cruise

Now on familiar territory it was time to head home. From Herring Bay we decided to follow our previous course via Maple Bay and Sidney Spit. On leaving Herring Bay the weather start ...

On leaving Smugglers Cove our plan had been to head further along the sunshine coast initially shooting for Gibsons landing. Heading down the coast towards Sechelt though we soon found ourse ...

With our bow facing the right way and no one in front of us it was an easy get out in the morning after topping up our water tanks. As soon as we were in clear air we put up the sails and had ...

It's a tough life being a ship's bear After winding down (even more!!) at Squirrel cove we headed up Homfray Channel to explore Prideaux Haven. We had been up here a number of years ago on our ...

Now we were south of the major rapids it was time to relax and tour around the more populous cruising grounds of Desolation Sound. For the next few days we decided to take it easy, investigat ...

During our rest day at Blind Channel we worked out our route south through the various channels to Desolation Sound. We knew that we didn't want to just go back through Seymour Narrows and so after m ...

After a sociable evening and calm night at Lagoon Cove marina we pressed on. Today's plans were focused on successfully getting through the shallows of Chatham Channel. We had done our maths ...

After our close encounter with the wildlife, we pulled up the anchor and started on a long day heading towards an old marina at Kwatsi Bay. We had heard it had been sold but were hoping we could stil ...

Starting on the long way home After having spent a wonderful few days with Lottie we realised that we were now about half way through our fantastic sojourn on the water. We had given u ...

With Lottie with us for the week and needing to be back in Victoria for work by Saturday, we decided to explore the local settlements around Port MacNeil rather than going on a big adventure. ...