Company’s coming… don’t fret
Planning cruising itineraries is difficult. No two people enjoy doing the same things. But planning routes for guests on your boat can be a nightmare.
marine destinations
Tale of two anchorages
The way we feel about an anchorage has so much to do with the conditions we encounter during our initial visit. Not many of us want to return to an anchorage where we sat up all night hoping not to drag.
A boater’s afternoon delight
The sometimes countless frustrations of a boating life can be ushered aside, at least for a moment, by the many wonders of the natural world.
Mañana reopens its doors
The newly rebuilt docks and the fine dining give this resort and marina in Ladysmith Harbour a touch of luxury.
Off season in Smuggler Cove
itting in Smuggler Cove, basking in the otherworldly stillness of the early season, I went online to see what we had written about it in a previous blog. Surely we had glorified it, gone...
Quartz Bay is off the radar
ach time we return to Quartz Bay, on Cortes Island, we expect to find the 36-hectare (88-acre) property that wraps around much of the bay has been sold to a developer with plans to...
Our sea through others’ eyes
Sometimes we forget that our coast, on the Salish Sea and beyond, provides some of the most captivating, most alive and most beautiful cruising on earth.
All quiet in Quait Bay?
Once a bustling centre of commerce and a thriving community, Quait Bay in Clayoquot Sound has mostly fallen silent, at least for the time being.
Spring shakedown to La Conner
Quaint and cozy, La Conner adds a flourish and a touch of romance to a transit of the Swinomish Channel.
Quietly memorable Kwakume
An all-weather anchorage with lovely beaches, distant mountain views, ancient trees and camps where folks made themselves at home some time ago.
‘Biggest hits’ in the San Juans
The islands aren’t remote, nor wild and untouched, but the group offers laid back cruising, easy provisioning and exhilarating hikes ashore.
