Salish Sea Pilot

07/14/2026

We've moved closer to our land home!! Here's our fun and private new berth at Ladysmith Marina, end of B dock. More central for research and updating our guides. Campbell River Fishermans Wharf was great, but mandatory rafting was deterring us from short trips, and was a long drive from home. We're feeling excited!!

07/14/2026

07/11/2026

07/01/2026

Winter Cove is filling up and the woodpile is ready. The fire will be started over night and the lamb will be served up at 2:00.

06/25/2026

Decided to make a quinoa salad and granola, sounds simple enough, this is the way it looked on Silom. Is it ADHD or just life on a boat? Thank goodness I have a very handsome dishwasher on board.

06/22/2026

A reminder from Safety-Ho

Many years ago, at a pole-dancing wedding shower party, I earned a nickname. The younger ladies all around me chose their own pole-dancing nicknames and they introduced themselves for their final act. There was Ruby-Ho, Silky-Ho, Candy-Ho, all pretending to be women of ill repute. Meanwhile, I was pointing out the dangers of hitting their heads on the bare floor, landing flat on their backs or sliding down the pole upside down and cranking their necks....

any years ago, at a pole-dancing wedding shower party, I earned a nickname. The younger ladies all around me chose their own pole-dancing nicknames and they introduced themselves for their final ac…

06/21/2026

Tale of two anchorages

The way we feel about an anchorage has so much to do with the conditione 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....

The way we feel about an anchorage has so much to do with the conditione 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…