Mischief on the Edge

Sharing the knowledge — socializing in Shearwater. Our rather daring goal for the 2023 cruising season was to explore some of the inlets on British Columbia’s North Coast that are on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and Hecate…

Mischief Around Vancouver Island: Part 2

Mischief’s counter-clockwise route around Vancouver Island. After leaving Seattle and heading north, following the east side of Vancouver Island, the crew of the Eagle 40 trawler, Mischief — my partner Karen and I — had…

Mischief Around Vancouver Island: Part 1

Highlights From A Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island Mischief's route around the northwest coast of Vancouver Island:A) Bull Harbour/Nahwitti BarB) Sea Otter CoveC) Quatsino SoundD) Klaskish BasinE) Columbia Cove. Like…

Cruising the North Coast Wilderness

The North Coast of British Columbia is the area between the northern end of Vancouver Island, Cape Caution on the mainland side, and the Alaska border. It’s a land of wild beauty, from the fjords reaching deep into the…

Mischief Beyond Nakwakto Rapids

Leaving Allison Harbour in time to make the slack at Nakwakto. For more than 10 years, our 40-foot pilothouse trawler Mischief has been both our comfortable home-away-from-home and our magic carpet to new places. My wife…