Lessons Learned on Our Big Left Turn
Sitting in the cockpit at anchor in the peaceful laguna at Barra de Navidad, Mexico, I’m listening to the ker-splash of pelicans dive-bombing for fish around our boat. The afternoon breeze has just sprung up, the fleet of…
Go, Stop… Go!
The San Juan and Gulf islands. Alaska. Mexico. Colombia. Curaçao. The British Virgin Islands. Sint Maarten. There’s a single-line that connects all of these places throughout our family’s cruising odyssey. They’re all…
Charting the Course
A Trip to Blake Island Sets the Stage for Future Adventures From the very beginning, I had a plan for sailing to become a way to adventure with my partner, Bianca. When I casually floated the idea of taking US Sailing’s…
It all began with a…
Sailing With Theo: A Desolation Sound Adventure
The author and Theo head back to the boat after a trip…
Trouble in the Park
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…
Dean, Dennis, and Alan on…
Cruisers Sharing Seafood
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
"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
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…
