Exploring Quatsino Sound Anxious to get out on our first multiday sailing trip of 2024 we planned trip up Quatsino sound on the west coast of Northern Vancouver Island. We left Winter Harbour in late May and returned early June – in total we were gone 12 days. During our trip we explored several different
Background Something we have wanted to do since the purchase of our sailboat was to go on multiday sailing cruises We did a 3 day cruise last year, but only went a few hours from Winter Harbour. This was going to be a 5 or 6 day excursion. Being gone for 5 – 6 days
Post 160: East Cove, Koprino Harbur, BC East Cove was another first experience for us. East Cove was another first experience for us. Our plan was to sail from Winter Harbour to East Cove, Kaprino Harbour and spend the night at anchor. Kaprino Harbour is located in Quatsino Sound. Quatsino Sound is the northern most
Post 158: Raising the sails! Aligning of the Stars We have been out in the sailboat many times, but always under power. We were waiting for the perfect conditions to actually try sailing for the first time: time off from work, a little wind but not too much and enough courage to give it a
Post 157: Sailing from Port Hardy to Winter Harbour – the conclusion The final legs of our sailing trip from Brown’s Bay Marina to Winter Harbour, BC. Our last post (Post: 156) described our trip from Brown’s Bay, Marina, BC to Port Hardy, BC. This is the story of the rest of the trip from
Post 156: Sailing our new sailboat to Winter Harbour The Challenge Now, we were the proud owners of a 28′ sailboat. The next step was to figure out how to get the boat from Browns Bay (near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada) to Winter Harbour, BC Canada. This post will cover the preparations and sailing
Beautiful West Coast of British Columbia, Canada We have been on the rugged, but beautiful West Coast of Canada for over a year now. Almost everyday we see boats of all types and sizes go in and out of the harbour. Small ‘tinies’ to large commercial fishing trawlers – monohulled sailboats to 50′ catamarans, kayaks,
