A friend with a Nordhavn 40 sistership told us about Anan Bear Observatory, saying it had been his best memory of his Alaskan trip. We...

A little over 30 miles North of Ketchikan lies a well protected cove with a tight entrance: Meyer's Chuck. There is a very nice public...

We left Bundige Island early (for us!) and in clear beautiful sunny weather. This is about as good as it gets crossing a major passage...

Day by day we saw our latitude climb North by a few minutes, adding up to degrees. Today, after a quick overnight stop at Bloxam passage...

We left Kutzhe with a thin layer of fog on the bay. The layer was thin enough that our pilothouse was above it, making for a spectacular...

From Shearwater we had planned on continuing to split our climb up North into manageable chunks of about 30 to 40 miles each day,...

Setting off early once again in bright sunshine we made way through a number of tight passages on our way to Shearwater. Shearwater is a...

Nestled at the end of a 7 miles long inlet is a great anchorage close to the docks of the Hakai Institute. The institute is housed in a...

Aiming for good weather in the Queen Charlotte straight we left Port McNeill early morning. The straight is one of the few areas on the...

We set off from Port Neville in perfectly calm conditions, and within half an hour the tides switched to give us a gentle push all the...

We left Octopus very early -just after 09:00 in the morning!- which is much earlier than our normal time, but we had to hit the tides...

A picture being worth a thousand word, I'll let this one speak to the beauty of Octopus Bay. We are in high season, but the bay is very...

No Hitchcox mystery: We're simply making our way North on the lee side of Vancouver Island. Easy navigation, with a little spicing up as...

We took a few extra days in Blaine then Semihamoo marina, thanks to a kind offer from friends who gracefully lent us their dock for a few...

We stayed at Deception Pass State Park for a few days, waiting for our packages to arrive in Anacortes. The park did not disappoint and...

First, back to Anacortes where we secured a nice spot for the next couple of weeks. At the end of a dock, with an open view of the...

With a slight feeling of "end of summer holidays" we made our way to Reid Harbor on Stuart Island. The entrance is rather narrow and you...

After picking up our package in Anacortes and getting our heating circulation back up online we decided to once again head out to the San...

We arrived in Anacortes 10 minutes before check-in. Perfect timing as far as I am concerned. Cape Sante marina is one of our favorites in...

On our way from Stuart Island to Anacortes to pick up some spares, the brushes for our heat circulating pump, we decided to stop at James...