Author: rehlert

With Southeast gale force winds behind us we rounded Cape Caution in stormy seas but without issues. Now we are taking advantage of the remaining South wind enjoying smooth sailing up Fitz Hugh Sound. →

West of Seymour Narrows the country becomes much more remote. We do not have to share anchorages anymore or even the dock in port. After transiting Seymour we took advantage of the favorable current and →

Update: The satellite tracker is working now: Check our live position: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Sage Usually the prevailing winds in the Pacific NW in spring are from the North. →

After a short sail from Roche to Sidney we cleared customs into Canada without problems. Veit and Christoph came aboard, we got some more provisions and went off to anchor in Bedwell Harbor for the night. →

Before dawn on Saturday, May 26th it was time to leave Seattle and start heading north. Taking the most direct route through Admiralty Inlet and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Roche Harbor meant we had →

The problem with furled head sails is that when partially furled up to reduce sail area in high winds they lose all shape and do not allow to sail close to the wind anymore. The storm jib is a solution →

  After a winter of repairs this weekend was Sage's sea trial. It felt great to be out on the water again and the new electronic toys spotted the Clipper Around the World fleet leaving Seattle →

The life raft arrived at Wieden and Kennedy's loading dock →

One of the Alaska upgrade projects was to upgrade the old B&G Hecta 4 instruments to a modern version with NMEA interface. We settled on the B&G Triton with Speed/Depth and Wind and 2 cockpit →

In January Sage was hauled-out at Seaview West to get new bottom paint, a through hull for the new B&G speed/depth sounder and to replace the stuffing box. Unfortunately the prop shaft flange that →