#TBT: Choose Your Winter Cruising Adventure
In out latest Throwback Thursday, enjoy 48° North editor Andy Cross's third article in the series about winter cruising destinations around the Salish Sea. If you missed the others, be sure to check them out: Winter…
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Destinations: Warming Up to Glacier Bay
In our latest Destinations piece courtesy of Salish Sea Pilot's Jim Burgoyne, we take a ride through the wonders of Glacier Bay, Alaska. Lynne was on the phone with our banker, discussing our modest investments, as we…
Favorite Offseason Anchorages
Top spots to visit when the nip of winter arrives The first big fall storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest recently, and the images and stories it brought to mind were familiar. While living aboard and cruising our Grand…
Three Sheets NW: Destination Tacoma
On the list of great destinations for a weekend cruise on Puget Sound, Tacoma might not immediately spring to mind. But that didn’t deter us when we found ourselves without plans for the Labor Day weekend. The forecast was…
Hikes for Boaters: Strait of Georgia
On the way to Desolation Sound, there are several locations north of Nanaimo where boaters can stop to break up the long trip. Some of these also have excellent hiking opportunities and are worthy of a longer stay. The…
Destinations: Cozying up to Waiatt Bay
Enjoy our latest installment from Lynne Picard of SalishSeaPilot.com about a favorite anchorage on British Columbia's Quadra Island. With unsettled weather in our late-season forecast, we wanted a sheltered place to drop the…
Destinations: Stuff Happens in Foggy Bay, Alaska
In our latest destinations installment courtesy of SalishSeaPilot.com, Lynne Picard describes how situations can quickly take a turn for the worse—you just have to keep calm. There were high fives all around as we dropped…
Hikes for Boaters: Gulf Islands
The Canadian Gulf Islands are just across the border from the San Juans and are similar in many respects—in the large number of beautiful islands, the vast array of marine parks, and the wealth of opportunities for boaters,…
#TBT: Echoes of a Homesteading Past on Jedediah Island
In our latest Throwback Thursday we visit a favorite British Columbia Marine Provincial Park—Jedediah Island. Every time we drop the hook at Jedediah Island, we dream about leaving the modern world behind to try our hand at…
