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May 31, 2022 Day 4: Port McNeill to Wigham Cove 180 miles. 533 total miles. We got an early start (6:30am) for the big Queen Charlotte Strait crossing, with a nearly perfect weather forecast. The weather has been perfect, and today was no exception. We found the SlowBoat.com blog to be very...

Ellen Before Bed

Hakai Institute Dock

I'll double check this weekend, but I'm pretty sure I have the BlueChart® g3+LakeVü g3 Built-in maps, which should cover western Canada. It's weird that it's only that one section of Canada that doesn't work. Thanks for the invitation! We'll give you a holler next time we're down that...

Watching Dolphins

May 30, 2022 Day 3: Henry Bay to Port McNeill 144 miles. 353 total miles. We haven't been getting as good of gas milage as we have in the past, I presume due to the boat being loaded down so heavy, so we stopped at Comox to get a bit more fuel before our next stop of Campbell River. The fuel...

Chris and Ellen Driving

Lil Teal at Port McNiel

May 29, 2022 Day 2: Prevost Harbor to Henry Bay: 126 miles. 208 miles total. Woke up around 6am, had a quick breakfast of oatmeal, and cleared customs in Port of Sidney BC. To clear customs, we tied up to the customs dock and called their phone number to talk with a customs agent. The initial...

Seagull starfish

Henry Bay

Orcas

5-28-22. Day 1: Edmonds to Prevost Harbor (82 miles today, 82 miles total) I woke up early and drove the truck and trailer down to the port of Edmonds and had them launch the boat with their sling. We chose to start at the port of Edmonds since it was the closest to home so we could say we...

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Day 1 Cockpit

Day 1 Galley

Day 1 group picture

Edmonds Family picture

Before the big day: There's nothing worse than "maintenance induced failures", so we were sure to do several check-out trips before the big day. While the engine is still practically new (1 year old, 128 hours), I went ahead and serviced the water pump and changed the spark plugs. The impeller...