Category: Outside the Salish Sea

Our embarrassing introduction to Glacier Bay did nothing to diminish the wonderful experience of cruising amid whales, ice and canyons of snow.

Silom sits on anchor in Foggy Bay while the crew sleeps below deck, unaware of the spectacular show in the night sky overhead.

Our first attempt to view a glacier in Southeast Alaska met with a bit of disappointment, but heading north the view is improving.

Getting to Pruth Bay, home to the Hakai Institute, is a fine reason to round Cape Caution from the south even if you have no intention to go any farther.

We had been deliciously marinating in the Eucott Bay hot springs pool at the end of a long day, offering ourselves up as hors d’oeuvres to a wandering grizzly.

Haida Gwaii’s beautiful anchorage at Bag Harbour and the pulsating life within Dolomite Narrows are enticing. You just have to decide how to get there.

The first decisions Haida Gwaii-bound sailors must make is from where do you cross and where do you make landfall. The options are many.

With our Alaska trip now out of the question, we have turned our sights to the west coast of Vancouver Island, The prognosis is looking good.

Cruisers seeking shelter from adverse weather while voyaging to or from Vancouver Island’s west coast have been offered relief in Port San Juan.