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Octopus Islands 2017

After some local cruising this Spring we ventured North to Desolation Sound on July 20th. We stopped in Pender Harbour and Gorge Harbour before getting to our first anchorage at Octopus Island.     The Octopus Island Marine Park is … Continue reading

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Tolly Roger underway

Here’s a short Video of Tolly Roger underway in Desolation Sound this Summer CLICK HERE

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Wallace Island

We stopped by Wallace Island for a visit last week.                       We added our Tolly Roger sign       We’ve been to Wallace Island before and really like the … Continue reading

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2016 Cruising

Summer Cruising 2016 We started at SUCIA for the Canadian May long weekend. We were quite surprised that Fossil Bay was not very busy. We’ve walked from Fossil to Shallow many many times and I’ve never really looked at this … Continue reading

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Teak Window Valances

In 2011, when we first got the boat, one of the first things we did was to remove the “flowery” curtains. First we replaced the curtains with with  blinds. It dramatically changed the look of the inside and helped make the … Continue reading

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Cruising Update

We’ve been neglecting our blog entries for a while so it’s time to catch up. The pictures below are random samples from our destinations so far this year that include; Sucia, Sucia, Sucia, Reid Harbor, Roche Harbor (Tollycraft Rendezvous), Steveston, … Continue reading

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Replacing a Starboard Port…….. wait…… what?

The portlight on the Starboard side was looking a little “worse for wear” The portlight was ugly, the trim ring was cracked, the bug screen was broken, the lens was cloudy and the outer silicon seal was falling out, so…. It was … Continue reading

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Battery and 12V DC Upgrade

This project began in the Fall of 2014 and turned into an almost complete upgrade and update of the 12 Volt DC system First a little background As far as I can tell, the boat came from the factory with 3 … Continue reading

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Desolation Sound

  We’ve wanted to go to Desolation Sound for some time. This year it finally happened. We started by cruising over to Gabriola Island on the first leg, then to Pender Harbour on the 2nd leg then to Grace Harbour, … Continue reading

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Catching up

Well, it’s been a while and we probably need to catch up on some of our cruising notes. We’ve had 2 long weekends in May this Spring at Sucia including the annual N Dock Pirates weekend. What FUN!   Then … Continue reading

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