Author: Chris

It’s getting real now – Ti leaves are on!

We’ve spent the weekend finishing up last minute projects, looking at weather, attending the skipper’s meeting and bon voyage party, looking at weather, topping off our water, finishing up shopping, and looking at the weather. We’re looking at the weather a lot right now – it is going to be a bit tricky to get

Southern Straits 2022

We did a write up for 48 North of the race – you can read about it here. 

PNW Offshore 2021

We did a write up for 48 North of the race – you can read about it here. We also put together a video here.

Van Isle – Reflections

Well, the 2019 Van Isle 360 is done and dusted, so we sit here basking in the glow of completing another fantastic adventure.  I thought a lot about how Van Isle might compare to other experiences before, during, and after the actual event.  I would say may expectations were universally met.  The scenery and wildlife

Van Isle – Day 11: New speed record!

For the Ucluelet to Victoria leg, we had 97 miles ahead of us. The forecast was for things to be pretty light at the start, that we would have to navigate around a big wind hole, and then that we’d have some wind in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. One local weather guru noted

Van Isle – Day 9: Line honours!

This was the big one.  The longest leg at 138nm from Winter Harbour to Ucluelet, all on the outside of Vancouver Island, known for dishing out some challenging conditions.  This year was no exception.  While we all hope for a sleigh ride down the coast on this one, mother nature had other ideas.  The morning

Van Isle – Day 5: A quick sail to Port Hardy

We were up early since our start was at 0730 this morning. Apparently, we’re experiencing some of the lowest tides of the month, and Telegraph Cove loses its quaintness when all the boats go aground while tied to the docks. So, we had an early start to get all the boats out on time. We

Van Isle – Day 4: No bears yet

Our leg from the fish farm at Hardwicke Island (aka Flying Pelletsville) to Telegraph Cove had a challenging start – our simple goal was to avoid being swept over early and to be in breeze. We ended up having some nice breeze to start, and the RC even came over the radio to let the

Van Isle – Day 2: Boat speed mysteries

The Comox to Campbell River leg began with lots of sun and not a lot of wind. Our start out of Comox was right on time, apparently – except we never heard any of the start sequence, likely because we sat at the pin end (a bell buoy) with it clanging in tune with our

Van Isle – Day 1: Great start to the biggest wind hole eva’

We woke up to an amazing warm day in Nanaimo, offloaded all of our extra gear, and headed out to the outside start to the harbor (Div 0 & 1 boats started inside).  The start was heavily boat-favored, and we opted to start a little further down in clear air and timed it well. The

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