Sailing across the Strait of Georgia at the beginning of the season. When we lived in New Zealand, we would watch boats return from the islands – Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia or some other exotic location in the South Pacific – every October only to tie up for the summer, completely ignoring the beauty of the Bay of Islands in favour of a concrete jungle.  I couldn’t,...

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Cambria tied to the dock in West Sound, Orcas Island. The warming trend finally arrived on Sunday, just in time for our passage to Orcas Island to visit our friends, Bill and Sylvia.  Over the course of four days, we wined and dined while we caught up on the news of the summer and discussed what next season might hold.  We’re both considering circumnavigating Vancouver Island and would...

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