Watermaker Fixed and Farewell Harbour

July 28, 2011

As I start writing this, it’s July 19th and we’re at Sullivan Bay Resort, near the top end of the Broughton Archipelago, on the north side of Broughton Island. When it rains, it pours.  First it was the generator shutdown with the clogged sea strainer – which miraculously cleared itself.  Then on the way into [...]

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Prawning in Beaver Inlet and Booker Lagoon

July 20, 2011

For the past two weeks, prawning has pretty much dominated our activity.  It’s been very good to us, and if we can get them home safely (i.e., without a freezer malfunction), we should have enough to last us through the winter.  But let’s back up and take this in chronological order, starting about 8 July. [...]

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April Point to Blind Channel

July 8, 2011

After a quick 10-day trip home to take care of family and other business, we returned to April Point Marina on July 4th via Kenmore Air and are now aboard Flying Colours.  After a day of provisioning and getting settled in, we departed early the next morning and are now at one of our favorite [...]

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Pender Harbour to Cortes Island – and Prawning!

June 21, 2011

It was really peaceful in Garden Bay, deep inside Pender Bay on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.  For several days the weather forecasts had been for high winds out on the Strait of Georgia, and we were content to stay put. (Don’t forget, you can click on any image to see an enlargement of [...]

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