Posts Tagged “Winter Boating”
British Columbia’s glacial-carved fjords rival any in the world for magnificent scenery. However, their steep shorelines funnel and accelerate winds, while offering little shelter to the traveling boater. Jervis Inlet, which stretches 46 miles, fits this mold, with one anomaly that makes all the difference. Near the head is an opening so unobtrusive that Capt….
We wound our way slowly through the entrance to Prideaux Haven just before sunset. It was one week before Christmas and the cove, normally so crowded during the summer months, stood silent and empty. We felt caught in M.Wylie Blanchet’s book We would not have been surprised by the arrival of her Caprice, piloted by…
After a week spent over Christmas in Desolation Sound, we traveled south on Boxing Day to Princess Louisa Inlet. We considered stopping for the night at the Harmony Islands, but were eager to see Chatterbox Falls that day, so we forged ahead. It was very cold, but the mountains were so magnificent that we bundled…
In the winter of 2002, rather than our usual trip to the Gulf Islands, we instead traveled to Desolation Sound. Upon learning of our trip, everyone’s first question is always about the weather. It was cold of course — we did not spend any time sitting around in shorts — but we saw very little…
We traditionally spend Thanksgiving in the San Juan Islands. On the way up this year, we encountered a Navy chopper quite near the water surface practicing rescue maneuvers using a buoy just off Port Townsend. We could see it in the binoculars a long way off and could not figure out what it could possibly…