2017 Summer

The great snowpack for 2016/2017 meant a great ski season, beautiful snowy mountains for the mid-June launch, and good water levels all summer.

Evening of launch day.

Morning view of the substantial June snowpack.

Ready for the summer.

View at the south end of the lake.

First time up the mast, for a lost halyard. A good reminder that makeshift tied webbing harnesses are not that comfortable unless well-fitted.

Mid-summer hike.

The nice part before a steep deadfall section.

The waterfalls had great flow through the summer.

The payoff view for the bushwhacking.

A gorgeous canyon that was worth the effort.

Very first test of a rowing setup, after starting to seriously consider the possibility of the 2018 R2AK.

Quite makeshift, but it still worked to move the boat!

Summer heavy weather, testing steering range with bare poles and storm jib.

Entertaining surprise hailstorm while at the mooring.

2016 Desolation Sound

2016 ended with a Sept/Oct three week cruise from Anacortes, WA up the full length of the Strait of Georgia to Desolation Sound and back. This trip was primarily spent in Canada, though it did involve our first visits to Jones Island and Deer Harbor in the San Juans.

Our first time to Nanaimo

Must be nice to just ship your megayacht wherever you want it to be.

Perfect conditions heading north in the Strait of Georgia.

We definitely waited to leave French Creek after watching the Lasqueti Island foot ferry bash its way into these winds and waves.

Entering the Desolation Sound area.

Rustic Refuge Cove

Cassell Falls, Teakerne Arm.

Rounding West Redonda Island.

The waterfall above Toba Wildernest Resort.

Partway back Toba Inlet.

Toba Inlet waterfall.

Leaving what would be our furthest point on the trip.

367 feet deep right off the shore! This is not atypical in the Desolation Sound area.

We found the somewhat lost hiking trail up Mt. Llanover, through the logging slash. Above Roscoe Bay.

It looks like pan dulce grows in the forest here...

The view of the northern Strait.

Quite the tow.

Looks familiar! But definitely not the B.C. Coast!

Chemainus, quite the interesting town to visit, famous for its murals.

A painting of famous Emily Carr paintings!

Quite the little community, with a slug at the top.

More perfect late fall weather.

Wallace Island

Conover Cove on Wallace Island.

Casual downwind conditions in the Strait of Georgia. 

The temporary only stoplight on Orcas Island required some supplemental instruction!

A sunset hike after a successful day of hitchhiking on Orcas Island near the end of a great trip.