Author Archives: Peter Rossin
Eagle
We have been anchored in Claydon Bay for the last few days along with our new friends aboard M/V Dearleap. I will be doing a post on their beautiful wooden 1929 Hoffer Beeching 85 footer shortly but here is a … Continue reading
Kwatsi Bay
Kwatsi Bay is beautiful. A granite amphitheater surrounded by towering peaks and numerous cascades. This first picture is along the Tribune Channel – Kwatsi lies off the north side. This is the entrance channel. Which opens to these breathtaking views. … Continue reading
Shawl Bay
After our sleepless night at Kwatsi, we decided to do a bit of touring and put in at Shawl Bay Marina and get a good nights sleep. Enroute to Shawl were several places we wanted to see that had been … Continue reading
Nimmo Bay
Jumping ahead a bit here but we just left a wonderful resort and now we are anchored up in Turnbull Cove near Watson Island not far from Nimmo. I will cover both in this post. There are few really high … Continue reading
First Bear
The standard joke aboard has been that there are more elephants in Canada than bears. We are currently in Nimmo Bay (yes I am way behind on posts as usual). At any rate, Nimmo Bay Resort is something very special … Continue reading
Chart Table Update
I have been working with the Chart Table page (and the Mapmarker API plugin) for a bit now and I am beginning to get the hang of it. What I try and do is keep the map scale as displayed … Continue reading
The Potluck
When we stopped at Lagoon Cove, we were introduced to the Potluck. A common occurrence up this way as most of the marinas do not have restaurants. The Potluck involves meeting at a specified location with all of the other … Continue reading
Prawns
Like most things in life, learning to prawn has been a learning experience. Our first endeavour was a dismal failure – no prawns. The same with the second – no prawns. Hauling prawn traps up from 300 feet of water … Continue reading