Sailing With Theo: A Desolation Sound Adventure
November 13, 2025
The author and Theo head back to the boat after a trip…
Trouble in the Park
October 23, 2025
Emergency Repairs in the remote waters of Gwaii Haanas National Park We were burned out and needed to get away. For many recreational boaters, this means spending an hour buying groceries and beer, casting off the dock…
Cruisers Sharing Seafood
October 8, 2025
There’s something about seafood and cruisers. Maybe it’s fresh sushi in Bahía Asunción, on Baja California Sur’s Pacific coast in Mexico, made by a Canadian singlehander for a US-dated Thanksgiving potluck dinner hosted by a…
Lugger Lore: A Small Boat Adventure to Princess Louisa
September 18, 2025
"You can choose between a cooler and a toilet, but we can’t have both,” I said to my long-suffering wife, Jordy, with a sheepish look, hoping this revelation wouldn’t completely derail my vision of sailing our Drascombe…
A Barkley Sound Adventure
August 14, 2025
New cruisers test their boat and skills with a voyage out the Strait of Juan de Fuca The engine’s bass vibrations rumbled below me as I laid on the teak planks of the cockpit. The sun was out, the dodger blocked our apparent…
#TBT: Never Say Easy
May 1, 2025
In our latest Throwback Thursday, were are reminded that, on a boat, some of the simplest days can turn into the hardest. “It’s going to be a clear short trip tomorrow, we don’t have to rush in the morning. It will be easy.”…

Dean, Dennis, and Alan on…
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It was late February when a plan for heading…
After a week exploring the islands on…