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Our Cruising Platform: Great Northern, a DeFever 53 Performance Offshore Cruiser

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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
  • Tis Middle Autumn… Leaning Towards The Cusp of Winter
  • Autumn In Pacific Northwest Forests: Flagler State Park, Port Ludlow and Surrounds
  • Well folks… it’s shroom season in the Northwest…
  • Our 2023 Shoulder Season Cruise Finale: Bedwell Harbour, Hunter Bay… Port Ludlow
  • Dogfish Bay (AKA Kendrick Island), Valdes Island, BC, Canada… 9/15/23
  • After Prideaux: Galley Bay, Then… Powell River.
  • After Cortes Island: Prideaux Haven and… Galley Bay
  • Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23
  • Images of Our Shoulder Season Travels in Great Northern. 8/15/23 – 8/31/23, Hunter Bay to Waiatt Bay and the Octopus Islands, British Columbia
  • Gorge Harbour… Late August, 2023
  • A Photogenic Tapestry: Waiatt Harbour and the Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, BC, Canada; August 2023
  • 10/28/23.  The Discovery Islands:  Rebecca Spit to Waiatt Harbor and the Octopus Islands
  • 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC
  • PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023
  • An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
  • Images of Our 2025 Timeline
  • Compelling Images…
  • The Captivating Contronym: Raveling
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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
  • Tis Middle Autumn… Leaning Towards The Cusp of Winter
  • Autumn In Pacific Northwest Forests: Flagler State Park, Port Ludlow and Surrounds
  • Well folks… it’s shroom season in the Northwest…
  • Our 2023 Shoulder Season Cruise Finale: Bedwell Harbour, Hunter Bay… Port Ludlow
  • Dogfish Bay (AKA Kendrick Island), Valdes Island, BC, Canada… 9/15/23
  • After Prideaux: Galley Bay, Then… Powell River.
  • After Cortes Island: Prideaux Haven and… Galley Bay
  • Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23
  • Images of Our Shoulder Season Travels in Great Northern. 8/15/23 – 8/31/23, Hunter Bay to Waiatt Bay and the Octopus Islands, British Columbia
  • Gorge Harbour… Late August, 2023
  • A Photogenic Tapestry: Waiatt Harbour and the Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, BC, Canada; August 2023
  • 10/28/23.  The Discovery Islands:  Rebecca Spit to Waiatt Harbor and the Octopus Islands
  • 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC
  • PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023
  • An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
  • Images of Our 2025 Timeline
  • Compelling Images…
  • The Captivating Contronym: Raveling
  • Blog Feed
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Author: frabl

It’s Called Rayleigh Scattering… The Science Behind Sunset Colors

Overall, sunlight appears white but as we’ve all been taught, it is composed of many colors. Each color has a … Continue reading It’s Called Rayleigh Scattering… The Science Behind Sunset Colors

The Pleasures of Navigating Through Fog

Damn the torpedoes!  Full speed ahead!  It has been reported that David Glasgow Farragut, a rear admiral or some such … Continue reading The Pleasures of Navigating Through Fog

Great Northern: Zen… And The Art of Water Pump Maintenance. Episode 23.652IIIa: Maintaining a Cruising Craft in Another Exotic Location

Part of the fall maintenance program includes changing the oil on both engines and gen sets if warranted. The oil … Continue reading Great Northern: Zen… And The Art of Water Pump Maintenance. Episode 23.652IIIa: Maintaining a Cruising Craft in Another Exotic Location

And On a Lighter Note… A Mechanical Repair in An Exotic Location.

I needed to change out a faulty water temperature sensor. Well… at least I think it was a sensor issue. … Continue reading And On a Lighter Note… A Mechanical Repair in An Exotic Location.

Burgoyne Bay, West Coast of Salt Spring Island, BC,  Un-Tangling the Enigma…

Burgoyne Bay has been alluring, and slyly morphed into the status of distinctive versus being just another comely whereabouts we … Continue reading Burgoyne Bay, West Coast of Salt Spring Island, BC,  Un-Tangling the Enigma…

Burgoyne Bay, West Coast of Salt Spring Island, BC,  A Tangled Enigma…

We’ve read many good things about Burgoyne Bay on Salt Spring Island.  Mostly.  Good things portrayed by the writers of … Continue reading Burgoyne Bay, West Coast of Salt Spring Island, BC,  A Tangled Enigma…

Todays Images: 8/31/25. Two Very Different Cruising Grounds.

We leased a buoy in Cat Harbor for a while. Cat Harbor is on the opposite side of the Island … Continue reading Todays Images: 8/31/25. Two Very Different Cruising Grounds.

Card Carrying Introvert Approved Anchorages

During my professional years I experienced the vagaries of working within the milieu of a sizeable and very complex healthcare … Continue reading Card Carrying Introvert Approved Anchorages

8:36PM or Thereabouts. Civil Twilight, Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, San Juan Island Archipelago.

Sitting on the back deck of our cruising platform we were comfortable, basking in the delicate light that Dusk fashioned … Continue reading 8:36PM or Thereabouts. Civil Twilight, Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, San Juan Island Archipelago.

6:09am to 6:48am. Thereabouts. And Soon Thereafter…

Thither and Yon we traipse, and never do we find, that traveling in a straight line suits our needs. Just … Continue reading 6:09am to 6:48am. Thereabouts. And Soon Thereafter…

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