Author Archives: Peter Rossin

My last post detailed Deb’s and Diane’s encounter with a adolescent grizzly bear during an evening walk. Next morning, we spotted the same fellow down on the beach. Guess he must be part of the Official Lagoon Cove Welcoming Committee. … Continue reading →

After dropping off our daughter Kim and her friend Daria in Campbell River, we had a few days to put Iron Lady back together before our friends Ron and Diane arrived. Iron Lady got a well deserved exterior water blast, … Continue reading →

Neglected to cover it in Part 1, but Nikki showed us some early First nation pictographs on a rock wall on the way up Bond Sound. One appeared to me to be a turtle and the other a sun. The … Continue reading →

“Becoming Wild” is the name of a book written by Primitive Living Expert Nikki Van Schyndel. For over a year, she and a friend gave up essentially all modern conveniences and lived a completely primitive life in the Broughtons. After … Continue reading →

Its always nice to have family and friends aboard. Our daughter Kim and her friend Daria joined us in the Societies in French Polynesia and flew up to join us in the Broughtons this year. We were fortunate on the … Continue reading →

For about a month now, we have been missing connections with Avatar – FPB 64 hull 1 – with Mike and Carol Parker aboard. We finally caught them on the AIS as we were heading back down to Campbell River … Continue reading →

We left Port McNeill for Booker Lagoon which involved crossing Queen Charlotte Straight. The guide books all suggest it is no place to be with high winds opposing big tides and that is precisely what we had so it was … Continue reading →

Tides run big up here – especially around the spring tides (full and new moon). Especially as the moon nears its closet point of approach to the earth and that is happening now. Canadian charts and tide tables are a … Continue reading →