Blog Posts
Point Hudson to Shilshole Bay
Where we departed Point Hudson on a fair current and fair wind and sailed under genoa alone most of the way down to Shilshole Bay...
Friday Harbor to Point Hudson
Where we departed Friday Harbor San Juan Island for Point Hudson, through Cattle Pass...
Canoe Cove BC to Friday Harbor
Where we shoved off from Canoe Cove early in the morning, crossed the Haro Strait again and went to Friday Harbor for the night...
Sidney Waterfront and Gatilin’s real birthday
Where we found Antoinette already splashed, strolled on the Sidney waterfront and ate birthday dinner close by,,,
John Dean Provincial park hike
Where we searched out the John Dean Provincial Park on Mount Newton then hiked through it for some spectacular scenery...
Sidney Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and waterfront
Where we went to the aquarium in Sidney then walked on the waterfront...
Tsehum Harbour near The Latch Inn
Where we found out our raw water pump was shot and moved into a new Air BnB...
Butchart Gardens
Where we drove to and toured Butchart Gardens then ate lunch at the Fickle Fig Farm....
Victoria BC
Where we drove down to Victoria BC and walked around the Provincial Parliament building and Victoria waterfront, then went to Beacon Hill Park and walked along the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Clover Point....
Canoe Cove haulout
Where we hauled out at Blackline, picked up our rental car, and moved into our first Air BnB...
Roche Harbor to Canoe Cove BC
Where we crossed Haro Strait to Canoe Cove on Vancouver Island BC to haul out...
Roche Harbor
Where we stayed on a dock for a night before crossing to Vancouver Island BC to haul out...
Point Hudson to Roche Harbor
Where we motored across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, up the west side of San Juan Island and into Roche Harbor, anchoring before the rain began...
From Shilshole Bay to Point Hudson
Where we departed on an ebb tide to ride the favorable current up Puget Sound...
Landed Shilshole Bay
Where we arrived in Seattle’s Shilshole Bay marina and ended our passage with a great sigh of relief.
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Where we finally entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca and began the long trek down to Puget Sound and Seattle
Land Ho! Again
Where we finally sighted land, long after we were close enough, and after 24 days at sea in extremely poor visibility
Sailing with Whales
Where 4-5 Sei whales swam with us just as dolphins would.
The North Pacific
Where we watched and sailed and ate and slept, and watched and sailed and ate and slept, etc, etc, etc.
Halfway
Where we crossed the halfway mark as best as we could tell, marked the moment with a bottle of Prosecco and cheese and crackers, then got on with it