Today we’re anchored in Forward Harbour, not far from Johnstone Strait, and are feeling the effects of an approaching frontal system and a 996 MB low that’s moving down from Haida Gwaii.  We hope to continue north later this morning but, for now, we’re stuck . . . again. It’s not surprising. It is spring, after all.  The Pacific High’s fighting for dominance and the weather’s unsettled.  That...

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Cruising the Inside Passage is a history lesson waiting to happen.  All the greats (and some not-so-greats) have lent their names to the countless inlets, islands and bays along the coastline.  Sometimes the answer is obvious: Vancouver, Bligh Cove, Cape Cook.  And other times . . . not so much: Tod Inlet (named after John Tod, a Hudson Bay officer), Dodd Narrows (named after Captain Charles Dodd who...

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“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Newton may have written his Third Law of Motion to explain the nature of physics, but the principle is equally true philosophically.  In the physical world, the relationship is immediate but in the philosophical world, the “action” and “reaction” can take place days, weeks, months or even years apart. Some call it karma. The idea that opposing forces work...

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Cambria fuels up before leaving Kingston. There’s an old Chinese proverb attributed to Lao Tzu that reads, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”  That’s so true, especially in a literal journey that will take you three times as far:  But regardless of the distance travelled, everyone has to start somewhere and we’re no different. Our journey to Alaska began yesterday. We didn’t get...

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