Author: rehlert

After 2 years on the river it was time to move back to the beautiful waters of the Southern Puget Sound near Olympia, WA. Even though it is only a 2 hr drive from Portland it is a 7 day sail :-). Set →

After the swivel on top of the furling lost it's bearings we went to Schooner Creek to see if they had a new old one laying around. Got lucky and install proved to be straightforward. Slacked the backstay, →

The Portland Yacht Club is more than 110 years old and located on the Oregon shore across the eastern tip of Hayden Island. It has extensive recently upgraded moorage facilities. With Sage in Portland →

Finishing this last post took a while. Being back ashore somehow immediately consumed all attention. Our plan was to leave Astoria West Basin early in the morning to ride the incoming flood tide to Rainier, →

After leaving the Strait of Georgia through Dodd Narrows we spent a few days in the Canadian Gulf Islands and cleared US Customs in Roche Harbor at the northern end of the San Juan Islands. August is prime →

A little bit tired of travelling we left Port McNeil and sailed down Johnstone Strait for 2 days and crossed Seymour Narrows back to Campbell River. After so much downwind sailing we had forgotten how →

Shearwater turned out to be way busier now than it was in early June when we came through. People were tied up to anything that floats. It was like a scene from Waterworld. The showers were just as good →

After 4 days on the outside we ran out of Nutella and had to find a passage to the inside again so we could stop by the little town of Shearwater. There is only a few options to cut back inside, the most →

For the return trip we are taking the 'Outside Passage' instead of going through Grenville channel, Fraser and Graham Reach again. It is more remote and exposed to the sea so we are expecting some good →

When we went north Dixon Entrance, one of the two crossing exposed to the ocean, was calm like a lake. But this time we got to sail. With winds from the southwest we had to beat into it most of the time. →