Today is day 12 of our Desolation Sound journey. We had a short trip from Roscoe Bay to Toba Wilderness Resort. Yesterday afternoon the forest fire smoke really rolled in giving the sky a slight red tint. The smoke is not as bad as we have seen at home in previous years. Toba Wilderness Resor
What a beautiful location, and this is our first time doing the stern tie to shore in a tight anchorage. Marcia went to shore dragging the rope with the paddleboard. Here is our route from Squirrel Cove to Roscoe Bay. At Roscoe Bay first Marcia took each of the dogs for a paddleboard trip, then
Today we finally made it to desolation sound. Day 10 on our trip and several wind delays, but we are here now and it is amazing. For dinner Marcia made steak and shrimp on the barbecue, and home made bread that she baked while we were underway from Powell River to Squirrel Cove. One night
Today we travelled our longest day on the trip so far at 35 miles to Powell River from Secret Cove. Today was our longest day by just a fraction of a mile. 2023-08-09 10.70 Miles 2023-08-10 29.20 Miles 2023-08-12 34.20 Miles 2023-08-13 0.20 Miles 2023-08-14 0.20 Miles 2023-08-15 0.20 Miles 2023-08-16 28.80 Miles 2023-08-17 35.00
We finally escaped our wind-trapped location in Nanaimo and made our way to Secret Cove Marina on the Sunshine Coast BC. This involved crossing the Georgia Straight, and some wind and spray on the boat. Here is our trip route so far with todays trip being 28.7 miles for a total of 103 miles on
With the temp at 92 degrees it would be nice to get out of Nanaimo, but the winds are too strong. 25mph to 35mph and the boat is rocking even being tied to the dock. We will ride out the wind on the dock for at least one more day. In the mean time, doing
The wind picked up yesterday afternoon and we are now on the dock in Nanaimo waiting for the winds to slow down a bit. This gives me some time for repairs and maintenance. Today I took on the maintenance task of replacing our raw water washdown. I am not sure if all the 4788’s are
Today we travelled from Montague Harbor to Nanaimo via Dodd Narrows. Dodd Narrows was a wild ride, we were a bit impatient and did not want to wait for slack, so we hit it with a 6 knot northbound current. Here is the video of us travelling throught the narrows. The narrows seemed quite easy
Since we crossed the border today the spelling of harbor changed to harbour. Here are our distances so far. 2023-08-09 10.70 Miles 2023-08-10 29.20 Miles And here is the route from Sucia Island to Galiano Island. It took about 3 hours. Crossing the border was easy with our Nexus passes and already being in the
After a number of repairs in July and our shakedown cruise last weekend, we are now on the way. Today is day 1 on the desolation sound trip. We left Sandy Point in the late afternoon and made it to Sucia Island in time for dinner. Tomorrow we cross the border and head to Montague
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