Salish Sea Cruising With Blair, Les, Leo, and Bliss
Our Cruising Platform: Great Northern, a DeFever 53 Performance Offshore Cruiser
Delicate sunrise pastels illume the early hour landscape. An Earthy, morning embrace. As our planet’s rotation progresses, the angle of … Continue reading The Ethereal Light of Sunrise, Sunsets, and Moonrise
Squirrel Cove. On a recent morning, as I was relaxing in the aft sunroom, sipping my usual coffee with a … Continue reading Home Is Where the Boat Is…
Les unearthed this quote and cast it my way for me to contemplate. Mull it over I did. The deepest … Continue reading The Adventure Doesn’t Start Until the First Thing Goes Wrong
I’ve read about them. Square waves that is. I’ve sailed in 20 to 30 foot swell. Yes… those waves are … Continue reading Gibson’s Landing: Square Waves in the Shallows
It began as it always does. Hours of groundwork, planning, list formulation, developing operational schemes that unfold over time and … Continue reading June 1st 2026: The Beginning of Cruising Season
In just a short while it will be 2026. Since it was another sunnyish day in the Great Northland… We … Continue reading An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
Raveling… is a contronym. That means that it can describe both the act of tangling and depending on use: Untangling. … Continue reading The Captivating Contronym: Raveling
Come gather ’round people wherever you roamAnd admit that the waters around you have grownAnd accept it that soon you’ll … Continue reading The Times They Are A-Changin’. Bob Dylan. 1963
O…Dark…30: Nautical twilight. Garrison Bay. The sun is between 6 and 12 degrees below the horizon. At those angles, there … Continue reading An October Passage: Garrison Bay to Port Ludlow . Late October, 2025.
While chronicling the gist of The Northern Frater adventures, I strive to craft an intelligible amalgam out of the contrasting … Continue reading Fauna We Live Amongst…
Salish Sea Cruising With Blair, Les, Leo, and Bliss 