Cambria making her way to the head of Queens Reach (photo by Bill Emmens). Unfortunately,our time in Princess Louisa Inlet is over and we left the dock this morning at eleven o'clock with Bill and Sylvia aboard Salubrious following behind. It was a magical week, my personal favourite for various reasons – the mysterious weather, having the basin to ourselves for a day but, above all, sharing this time with...

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Cambria and Salubrious alone at the dock. As promised, the rain set in on Thursday giving life to more than sixty waterfalls in the basin alone as it continued for five days. Each moment was different from the last: an ever-changing scene with low clouds and fog moving down the inlet, catching itself on a tree to hang for a moment before slipping past the falls and through...

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We left Pender Harbour around eleven o'clock yesterday morning for Princess Louisa Inlet with Bill and Sylvia following close behind. There's a large storm with high winds (20 to 35 knots from the southeast) predicted to hit the area on Thursday but, for now, the weather continues to be beautiful and we had another incredible passage to the dock at Chatterbox Falls where we'll spend the next week...

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A Pender Harbour sunset looking out to Texada Island. Last Tuesday was another gift of a day that we gladly accepted as we upped anchor and motored south to Pender Harbour for the 14th Annual Jazz Festival – days ahead of the event but just before the forecasted rain moved into the area on Wednesday and Thursday. By Friday, the weather had cleared and our friends, Jeff and...

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An adult black bear swimming near the entrance to Ballet Bay. Today was one of those magical days where everything went our way: an incredible gift that we won't soon forget. With our chores done, we left Westview in the early afternoon and made our way south to Ballet Bay for the night. It was an exceptional passage – warm and sunny with blue skies all around and...

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The forecast for the weekend isn't exceptionally good – 15 to 25 knots of wind from the southeast with showers – and, although we're well protected from the wind, it's time to seek out an anchorage with better holding. There are several “hurricane holes” in Desolation Sound – Roscoe Bay, Gorge Harbour, Squirrel Cove, Von Donop Inlet – so it was just a matter of picking the one...

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We woke up early Monday morning to rain and fog so, not being too pressed for time, we went back to bed and spent one more leisurely day in Shoal Bay before finally leaving for the year Tuesday morning. We upped anchor around eight and brought the boat over to the dock to say good-bye to Mark and Roger – the last men standing. Mark came aboard for...

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Shoal Bay from the lookout. It rained all day Tuesday leaving no reason to go to Bute Inlet, so we hunkered down below decks for the day until the rain slowed to a spit and I could take Sally to shore for her evening trip. Mark, who had gotten back from Campbell River that afternoon, was walking from the pub to his cabin and invited us to dinner....

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