After we visited Grace Harbour and Prideaux Haven, our next place to anchor for a few days in Desolation Sound was Walsh Cove. Situated at the north end of the Waddington Channel between East Redonda and West Redonda Islands, it makes a sheltered starting point to explore Toba Inlet. Walsh Cove is fronted by some … Read more
Footage and photos from our September 2023 visit to the famous Prideaux Haven in BC’s Desolation Sound Provincial Marine Park. The place is on many boater’s bucketlist and we are lucky enough to have it in our boating backyard. Early September after Labour Day was an excellent time to visit as the summer crowds had … Read more
Some video clips and still photos of our September 2023 visit to the Grace Harbour anchorage in spectacular Desolation Sound Marine Park, British Columbia. The anchorage is known for calm, protected waters, pretty forest reflections, and scads of moon jellies. There is also a nearby freshwater lake for swimming. During our three day September visit, … Read more
In this video, I review multiple leaks we have discovered in our CHB trawler boat since we bought it in June 2023. These cropped up during sustained heavy rains. Most related to leaking teak hatches and solved for the time being by attaching their Sunbrella covers before heavy rains. The most concerning is a leak … Read more
I picked up a demo of an inexpensive clamp-on amp meter with Bluetooth capabilities for monitoring our new boat’s electrical systems. It’s a model BT7200APP BTMeter that I bought off Amazon. In this video, I give you a demo of it in action, monitoring our boat’s alternator amperage output. It should also help troubleshoot problems … Read more
When we bought our CHB trawler “Vestri” in June 2023, its off-grid power system was relatively limited. It consisted of two 100W solar panels, a 15 amp solar charger, and 4 Trojan 6V batteries. Good enough for some boaters, but we are heavy power users, having been spoiled by our extensive off-grid system in our … Read more
Our 1976 vintage CHB trawler has a teak sliding entrance door to the main cabin, but unlike our RV, there isn’t a screen door. Since there isn’t any obvious way to install a screen door, the next best thing was one of those, as seen on TV magnetic auto-closing mesh screens. The mesh gets attached … Read more
The other day, I heard a thunk on the cabin roof as we were cruising along in our CHB trawler. Anne had dropped her wireless autopilot remote control for our Raymarine ST6002 system. She then informed me that it had stopped working and displayed NO PILOT on the screen. I took it apart and didn’t … Read more
More footage from our summer 20223 Discovery Islands boating adventures. This time, we travel between Cameleon Harbour near Thurston Bay Provincial Marine Park and Gowlland Harbour on the south end of Quadra Island. The trip takes us down the Discovery Passage through the famous Seymour Narrows. Seymour Narrows is famed for the massive 1958 explosion … Read more
We left Charles Bay in Blind Channel early on a foggy morning after a rainy night spent at anchor. The plan is to head back to Lund for a few days to restock our groceries/supplies and check on the truck and trailer in the storage yard. It’s a fair distance in a slow 7-knot boat, … Read more
In this video, I repurpose a Haloview RD7R Wireless Rear View Camera System for my RV for use on our old CHB trawler boat. I hooked up three cameras to monitor different views of our boat’s Ford Lehman diesel engine. The fourth camera I mounted up high on the mast for a clear view of … Read more
Some footage from our 6-day stay in this pretty little anchorage across the channel from the Blind Channel Resort and Marina. We thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful location and often had the whole bay to ourselves. The bay was chock full of wildlife, including seals, otters, gulls, ducks, eagles, hawks, loons, deer, colossal jellyfish, and more. … Read more
After anchoring in Waiatt Bay at the Octopus Islands Marine Park, we wanted to head a little bit northward but needed some groceries and water. So, we decided to stay overnight at the Blind Channel Resort Marina. The marina is tucked away in a pretty location along Blind Channel between East and West Thurlow Islands. … Read more
Continuing this summer’s series of boating adventures, we anchored in beautiful Waiatt Bay in the Octopus Islands Marine Park near Quadra Island, BC. The video shows views from the dinghy as we toured the little islands and coves. Then, some footage of a windy evening at anchor and the calmness of the following days. To … Read more
In the video, I go through the process of installing EZ Snap window shade screens onto our 1976 CHB trawler windows. The boat came with custom stitched shades covering the large front windows, but there were many more I wanted to be able to shade if needed. The older trawler has no air conditioning, so … Read more