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

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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
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  • 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…
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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

Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23

Apologies for the brevity of my previous pictoral post. Allow me to elaborate further on our adventures on Quadra Island … Continue reading 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

What better way to present our latest cruising travels: Pictures with a bit of description. Oh… I could add a … Continue reading 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

Gorge Harbor.  A special bay… a unique place located in the Southwest quadrant of Cortes Island.  We anchored in the … Continue reading Gorge Harbour… Late August, 2023

A Photogenic Tapestry: Waiatt Harbour and the Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, BC, Canada; August 2023

Throughout the millennia… going back 1500 or 3500 years depending on which group of scientists are reporting… First Nations tribes … Continue reading 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

After a long haul North from Tribune Bay, Hornsby Island, we landed and stayed in Drew Bay on Quadra Island. … Continue reading 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

Not much to report really… Our passage from Tribute Bay to Quadra Island was an uneventful 5 plus hours. A … Continue reading 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC

PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023

We departed Ludlow on August 15th… and had an uneventful passage (the best kind) to Hunter Bay on Lopez Island. … Continue reading PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023

A Sequel To: Cruising Being Nothing More Than Fixing Your Boat in Exotic Places:  Ginny On the Mend

A wise and experienced boater once conveyed with  a deep felt sigh: “At any one time there are 5 things … Continue reading A Sequel To: Cruising Being Nothing More Than Fixing Your Boat in Exotic Places:  Ginny On the Mend

Somewhere… It’s Crowded…

But not here in Annette Inlet, Prevost Island, BC.  Les’s namesake. Continue reading Somewhere… It’s Crowded…

Following in the Footsteps of Sisyphus: Another Week of Repairing Our Boat in Exotic Places

It is possible for ones disposition, working on boats in exotic places, to devolve into an impassioned pantomime of Sisyphus… … Continue reading Following in the Footsteps of Sisyphus: Another Week of Repairing Our Boat in Exotic Places

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