Benjy and Heidi still smiling as we near Campbell River After a rest day in Comox we were both now psyched up for the long haul up to Campbell River. We were out of our slip at Comox at around ...
Doubletime 2021 Cruise
Long windy day to Comox
The night had been quite blowy last night but the hook had held steady but we were up and about early and left False bay feeling sprightly and looking forward to seeing Lottie in Comox. With a fairly ...
The next leg - long pushes north
Refreshed and ready for the next stage of the journey, our next aim was to get up to Campbell River. With few good spots to stop we knew these were going to be long days but crossing and recrossing t ...
Admin day in Nanaimo
Although we were still in June, it felt like we had already had quite the adventure since leaving Todd Inlet (a whole four days ago) so we decided that we should have an admin day in Nanaimo. We foun ...
Hair raising transit of Dodd Narrows
We slept well even with the heat and woke the next morning none the worse for the heatstroke of the day before. In taking photo's of the sunset though I had clearly spent too long staring directly at ...
Melting in the sun
Flat calm in Maple Bay This mornings we woke again to flat calm and what promised to be the hottest day of the year. Our plan was to head to a spot called Pirates Cove; a good six hour day at ...
The first narrows
Our first leg - Todd Inlet to Nanaimo So today we finally left for 2 months together sailing the highways and byways of Vancouver Island. With some trepidation we raised our anchor f ...
Final Provisioning
Today was our last day before truly setting off on our grand adventure. We had done a Costco run on Friday and with the car stocked full of tins and pasta we headed back to the boat at Todd Inlet. W ...
Sailing down to Todd Inlet
After a pleasant night at Royal Cove, we decided it was time to head off to Heidi's new home for the next week; Todd Inlet. We untangled ourselves from the Stern tie, hoisted the anchor and we were a ...
Learning the art of stern tieing
By Friday afternoon we were ready to get Doubletime back in the water. After her stately re-entry on the crane we slowly steered around to the fuel dock and filled her up (for the first time ever!). ...