As the week ended, we left Shearwater and motored down to Sea Otter Inlet, an all-weather anchorage, off Fitz Hugh Sound to wait out more gale-force winds. By Friday morning, Environment Canada had bumped that up to storm-force but if anything moved through our area (it did), we didn’t notice. We swung a bit at anchor and could hear the wind howling above us, but never saw more...
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They Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday's Just as Bad
Wednesday, October 26, 2016TheCambrians
With Lizette Falls and Fiordland Recreational Area in our wake, it was time to get serious. The days are falling off the calendar at an alarmingly fast rate and we only have two weeks to clear Cape Caution and get back down into the protection of Vancouver Island before our insurance rider expires. Covering 150 miles in two weeks wouldn't normally be a problem but, if the forecast...
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Living Aboard a Boat
Thanks for the Memories
Friday, October 14, 2016TheCambrians
Leaving Bishop Bay* and sailing down Princess Royal Channel, the stretch of water that separates the island of the same name from the mainland, we struggled to find help from the current despite the fact that it was supposed to be in our favour. Our destination, Bottleneck Inlet off Finlayson Channel, laid 55 miles away and the going was slow, sometimes dropping below four knots. But even after...
We have an affinity for remote anchorages and are drawn by the seclusion and the need to be self-reliant that they offer. Leaving one behind can be difficult, as is the case with Chief Mathews Bay, but it's time.* It's late in the year and lingering too long would be a mistake. There's clearly been a change in the weather over the last few days and it won't...
