Yesterday morning we left Sidney Spit and headed for Ganges Harbor on Salt Spring Island. The weather was gray and a bit foggy, but seas were smooth for the most part and we had a nice cruise. (I didn't take any photos on the way, because it was all just…
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After working yesterday morning at Starbucks (and running into our friend Mark Bunzel there!) we left the Port of Sidney and over to nearby Sidney Spit on Sidney Island. We wanted to give this whole crabbing thing a shot, and we heard there was good crabbing out there. I got…
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This morning we got up early to get some work done, since we were planning to head over into B.C. today (~5 hour cruise). We stopped in at the Department of Homeland Security/Customs office at Cap Sante Marina and asked about (and got the form for) getting a new 2015…
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Update 5/24/17: We’ve begun offering our own flotillas! The Slowboat 2017 Flotilla to Alaska goes all the way to Sitka and is limited to six boats. The Slowboat 2018 Flotilla to Alaska will go from the San Juan Islands in Washington all the way to Juneau, Alaska. Additionally, we are…
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I was SO looking forward to seeing whales today on our long cruise back to Anacortes. I had a blog post all worked out…I was going to talk about how finding whales in the Salish Sea was easier than finding a herd of tame deer on a tiny little island.…
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We have now hiked every trail on Jones Island — no deer. I thought I saw one when we were coming around the northeast tip of the island, but it was only a leprechaun. However devoid of deer, this half of the island still has lots of moss, mushrooms, and…
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Here she is, headed back to the water (where she belongs!) 🙂 A pressure wash, a new coat of bottom paint, shiny new zincs, antifouling paint on the running gear, and now we’re ready for more adventure. Since the end of September when we got this boat, we’ve logged over…
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Fossil Bay, Sucia Islands, March 2015
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We worked this morning over at Friday Harbor for a while, and then headed back to Anacortes. We're going to have some work done on the boat this week/next week (haul out, bottom paint, zincs replaced, stuff like that). Sad to say goodbye, but it's just for a short bit.…
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Kevin shot some aerial/quadcopter video of us in Fossil Bay over on Sucia Island the other day and made a short video. The weather wasn't quite as beautiful as as it was for his previous Sucia Island quadcopter video, but this is a different view of the bay on a…
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