When I woke up Thursday morning, Cambria was sitting exactly where I expected her to be despite the fact that we'd dragged anchor and drifted over a half of a mile the night before. But she wasn't there for long.* It's getting late in the season at this latitude (53° N) and our time in Gardner Canal is limited, so we needed to start moving and, shortly after...

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There's an old nautical saying that goes something like this: There are two types of sailors. Those who have been aground, and those who lie about it. I'm pretty sure the same can be said about dragging anchor. Surely it happens to all of us at one time or another . . . or maybe I just like to think it does. It was another beautiful day in...

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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} Despite the fact that we really enjoy Jim and Laurie’s company, we didn’t come to Bishop Bay just to see them . . . nor did we come just to pick up spare seals for the raw water pump. We could’ve...

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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} It’s a little hard to believe that at the start of the week*, we were still tied to the dock in Ocean Falls saying our goodbyes to friends – both old and new – and now we’re happily sitting at anchor...

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