We dropped our lines at 9:30 this morning to make way for Pender Harbour. We were the last boat to leave Princess Louisa Inlet, everyone else having gone hours and days before. As we motored up-inlet, the snow-capped mountains came into full-view and left us with an amazing sight. Once again, it’s incredibly quiet on the water and we were the only boat in sight until we rounded...
The Air Chair, a hammock-like concoction, is too big of a distraction. Both David and I have found ourselves loosing hours swinging by a halyard on the forward deck while reading or watching Chatterbox Falls. I did manage to motivate myself enough to hike up to Trapper’s Cabin again on Friday. And we finally, aired up the kayaks today and took a paddle around the basin and up...
The first days of fall are off to a brilliant start – sunny and warm – bringing back lingering memories of summer fun. We left Dark Cove at 6:30 Wednesday morning to time our passage through Malibu Rapids. As we entered, six boats were lined up to leave. There were only two boats on the dock when we arrived at Chatterbox Falls and one at anchor. Clearly, the...
The 13th Annual Pender Harbour Jazz Festival was excellent and on our list of “must-do’s” for next year. Jazz isn’t our genre of music, but we heard a great variety of very talented musicians – Astrid Sars, Company B, The Rakis Angles, The Chris Andersen Trio, and more – surely inspiring one, or both, of us to pick up our guitars in the very near future. I heard...
Bill and Sylvia upped anchor about 10:30 this morning on their way to Nanaimo. As we left the bay’s entrance a half hour later, we could see them adrift in the water ahead of us with two of their sails up and thought they were making ready for the trip across the Strait of Georgia. As we came closer, we could see Bill in the dinghy and it...
We didn’t like the sound of the forecast for later in the week, so we made the decision to travel south on Tuesday rather than risk missing Mike and Lisa in Pender Harbour because we were stuck in Desolation Sound. On the way, we received a phone call from Bill and Sylvia Emmens, our friends from Orcas Island, who had just left Princess Louisa Inlet so we made...
We left Westview yesterday afternoon after our new nav light arrived and we filled up with fuel. Without the portable generator, we’re using more diesel than before and finding life aboard a little less convenient. The weather’s been beautiful for the past three days, so we decided to go back to Desolation Sound because we’re afraid that it’ll be our last opportunity of the year due to the...
the Strait of Georgia
the Sunshine Coast
Westview (Powell River)
Friday, September 11, 2009TheCambrians We’re back in Westview and the boat looks like a gypsy caravan littered with bedding and squabs set out on the deck to dry in the sun. Once again, we’re making the most of our time tied to the dock. The laundry’s done. The provisions are bought and stored. The decks are washed. And the boat’s clean inside and out. Unfortunately, the nav light that came in was...
We all moved over to Laura Cove near Prideaux Haven yesterday afternoon – the quintessential Desolation Sound anchorage. It was very beautiful, but David and I prefer Roscoe Bay which offers better protection and has swinging room. This morning, we parted ways. Mike and Lisa left for Comox and we went to Westview to pick up a new nav light that David had ordered and give the batteries...
Desolation Sound
Black Lake (Roscoe Bay, West Redonda Island)
Tuesday, September 08, 2009TheCambrians The weather was beautiful this morning with large patches of blue sky and clouds quickly passing by in the upper-stratosphere, so I optimistically aired up the kayaks. As the day passed, the clouds lowered replacing the blue patches with gray while spitting the occasional raindrop along the way, but it was still nice enough to paddle over to the end of the inlet and carry the kayaks to...
Mike & Lisa left late this morning for Squirrel Cove in search of provisions and a garbage bin with a plan to meet up in Roscoe Bay on the eastern side of West Redonda Island (opposite to Teakerne Arm) later in the day. The entrance to Roscoe must be timed properly because at a zero tide, the main bay is cut off by its bottleneck entrance which shoals...
It rained most of the night last night and the barometer was sitting at 1001 this morning when I got up. I haven’t seen it that low since the winter months and am concerned about what the weather will bring over the next 24 hours. We listened to the forecast yesterday and didn’t hear anything for this area that concerned us, but we’ve come to trust the barometer...
Mike and Lisa arrived around noon yesterday and invited us over for drinks in the evening after a quick catch-up that afternoon. Mike’s taken to drinking a glass of Scotch at night and was keen to share one (or two, or three, or four) with David who paid a small price for it later on. We all, except Lisa who quit drinking weeks ago, woke up a little...
David’s back is really giving him problems now. It’s been sore for the past week but is getting noticeable worse. After going back and forth for awhile – should he rest or should we go – we finally decided to leave Westview and make way for Teakerne Arm. The passage was uneventful and, again, there’s been a change in the air. The last time we were here, the...
the Strait of Georgia
the Sunshine Coast
Westview (Powell River)
Tuesday, September 01, 2009TheCambrians Being the first day of September, we decided we should finally leave Secret Cove. We have two sets of friends approaching the area and would like to spend some time at anchor with both of them. The Emmens are coming from the south, the Dobsons are coming from the north, while we lie somewhere in the middle. Bill and Sylvia, our friends from Orcas Island, called as we...
