Cambria at anchor in the Bunsby Islands Here we are at the end of yet another year and, once again, we’re left wondering where the time went – it all passed by so quickly. The 2013 cruising season took us as far north as Bishop Bay Hot Springs (53°28.22 N) and back to one of our favourite cruising grounds, the Central Coast in northern British Columbia, before we...

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All Is Lost, written and directed by J.C. Chandor (Margin Call), is the latest in a long list of survival movies to come out of Hollywood.  The story begins as a single-handed sailor wakes to find water coming into his boat after hitting a shipping container full of tennis shoes that was floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean.  The boat is holed above the waterline on...

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When I asked David if he had any advice about having guests aboard, his recommendation was “don’t.”  Which is exactly what I knew he would say.  Whether on land or on the water, guests can be stressful.  Part of this, of course, is simply because they don’t know your rhythms and routines . . . or what drives you crazy. But whether you have a “good” guest or...

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Sally enjoying the beaches of Calvert Island along the Central Coast of British Columbia. The Monkey's Fist, a website that collects blogs from cruisers on a series of topics, recently posted a request for blogs about the most important things you learned in your first year cruising to share with other newbies.  I’ve been wanting to write about Sally, our dog, for a while now and decided to...

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Now that our cruising season has officially ended, I’m excited to get back to blogging about things other than destinations; and what better topic than some of the products that make our lives a little bit easier and more comfortable on the water.  But I can’t claim the idea:  It comes from The Monkey Fist website where you can find posts from other cruisers on this subject, and hundreds other. ...

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