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

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…

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.

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

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.

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…

Les and I were in the pilothouse enjoying our morning coffee. Ours is a simple and informal coffee clatch… just … Continue reading Yesterday They Were Here. Today They Are Long Gone.

We are back. And Canada welcomed us with open arms. Well… really we just slid across the border and called … Continue reading Sunrise, Sunset and a Sun Dog, Montague, Gulf Islands, British Columbia, July 2025