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#TBT The “Inner” Inside Passage

While one cannot entirely avoid Johnstone Strait, there is an alternative route on the Inside Passage that is more protected, intimate, and scenically diverse. Sailors heading north to Alaska or exploring upper coastal British Columbia must reckon with Johnstone Strait, a 54 mile-long and often two-mile wide wind tunnel...

April 7, 2016 Michael Collins Throwback Thursday.

TBT: “Cougar Nancy,” A Legend of Okeover Inlet in Desolation Sound

From the March 2006 issue of 48° North by Jo Bailey with Carl Nyberg Legends abound of independent early settlers who peopled the forested shores of Desolation Sound, grubbing out a living in the tranquil beauty. One of the most intriguing was Nancy Crowther, also known as “Cougar Nancy.” Desolation Sound, no longer...

March 31, 2016 Karen Higginson Throwback Thursday.

#TBT: The First Great Ocean Race

Ocean Race between the “Henrietta,” “Fleetwing” and “Vesta” – The start. Drawing courtesy of “Scribner’s Monthly” an illustrated magazine for the people, from May 1872 to Oct. 1872 From the January 2001 issue of 48° North by Hewitt R. Jackson The first Trans Atlantic Yacht Race was sailed during...

March 17, 2016 Michael Collins Throwback Thursday.

#TBT: Pure Sound Society’s Discovery’s Launch

From the August 1987 issue of 48° North By Griffith H. Williams “Toss oars!” ordered the man at the tiller. Ten oars each eleven and a half feet long rose above the gunwales. “Let fall the oars!” The ten sweeps dropped smoothly into position by their thole pins. “Make...

March 10, 2016 Savannah McKenzie Throwback Thursday.

#TBT KOONA Through the Eyes of a Haida Chief

From the July 2002 48° North By Alan Ross Hugenot The village was somber in the deepening shadows of dusk when we arrived under sail from Skidegate, ghosting in with the sunset on the last breath of a southerly. We doused the genny, furled the main, and motored slowly to...

March 3, 2016 Karen Higginson Throwback Thursday.

#TBT: Exploring the Waterways of Early Seattle

From the August 1990 issue of 48° North By Hewitt Jackson Those of us who lived on or near the water were on or in it as much as school and chores allowed – and sometimes a good deal more than that. Parents and those on the docks...

February 25, 2016 Savannah McKenzie Throwback Thursday.

#TBT Never a Dull Moment – May 2002

Peter Kiidumae’s “Life in the Creek” series celebrates the wildlife living in False Creek in the heart of Vancouver, B.C. by Peter Kiidumae Tell someone for the first time that you live on a boat, and the inevitable question you get is “What is it like?” The short answer...

February 18, 2016 Michael Collins Throwback Thursday.

#TBT STOP SCREAMING AT ME!!!

The Ski Film Guru Recounts His Electrifying First Sail by Warren Miller This article was originally published January 2004 With fear in my heart and butterflies in my stomach, I watched the marina hoist operator lower my brand new Pacific Catamaran into the Redondo Beach Marina. I had sailed...

February 11, 2016 Karen Higginson Throwback Thursday.

#TBT: Sea Turtle Rescue: This is the true story of how a dorado saved the life of a sea turtle

From the September 2012 48° North By Verena and Captain Mike After an early morning start from Mazatlan, we headed for Puerto Vallarta. Mike was napping below and I was whiling away the time of my watch with a good book in our sunny cockpit. There wasn’t much of...

February 4, 2016 Savannah McKenzie Throwback Thursday.

#TBT Best (Worst?) Anchoring Stories of April 2006

We asked readers to send 48° North their funniest, sorriest, most pathetic, but true, anchoring stories. The majority of the stories were harrowing anchoring experiences, usually on a lee shore in the middle of the night, with half naked people running around, pushing off, pulling in, with chaotic organization....

January 28, 2016 Karen Higginson Throwback Thursday.

Category: Throwback Thursday

#TBT The “Inner” Inside Passage

TBT: “Cougar Nancy,” A Legend of Okeover Inlet in Desolation Sound

#TBT: The First Great Ocean Race

#TBT: Pure Sound Society’s Discovery’s Launch

#TBT KOONA Through the Eyes of a Haida Chief

#TBT: Exploring the Waterways of Early Seattle

#TBT Never a Dull Moment – May 2002

#TBT STOP SCREAMING AT ME!!!

#TBT: Sea Turtle Rescue: This is the true story of how a dorado saved the life of a sea turtle

#TBT Best (Worst?) Anchoring Stories of April 2006

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