Well we would be VERY HUNGRY is we actually had to live off the land… Kolby said we would probably be eating a lot more oysters. I said I would probably try to cook seaweed – he made quite the face. Here are some of the things we were successful with: Oysters from the, Read More
We have officially christened the dinghy ‘Otto’, as a derivative of the Finnish word for vehicle *auto*. Thought we would stay on the Finnish theme, as Asunto is Finnish for home. And Otto just seemed right. We love Otto. He took us so many places we never would have explored without him. All of these, Read More
Kyber is great at looking out. He is particularly interested in seals, dolphins and small mammals on shore.
With a last minute decision to bring the crab and prawn traps, we took the dinghy over to Granville Island on Saturday morning to purchase a fishing license. $24 later and we were determined to live off the land. our fist seafood venture in the Copelands was very successful: during a dinghy adventure we, Read More
We are off! We left the dock at 5:30 this afternoon, ready to start our two week vacation with an overnight passage. This is the second time when have done an overnight trip (not counting sailing on Paikea Mist in Fiji). The first overnighter was in Georgia Dawn, and was quite the night. We, Read More
It wasn’t until we went sailing on Georgia Dawn that we realized sailing could be relaxing. Trickster was always fun, but SOMETHING was always going wrong. Sailing on Asunto is something else entirely. Every little trip is a mini vacation. We’ve had some great trips in June and early July. In June we took, Read More
Misadventure before we even leave the marina: Due to the star-shaped docks in the marina, our slip is very tricky to get in and out of, and requires about 3 helpers and the boat to make a 90 degree pivot around the end I our dock. We don’t have bow thrusters. So we run, Read More
Well it’s May long weekend again. We have been madly finishing up some of our boat chores and are ready for a vacation. The forecast is windy, the Straight of Georgia has a wind warning for the entire weekend, with winds from predominately the southeast. The tides are strong, with the full moon falling, Read More
We were lucky to have six weeks sailing the islands of Fiji on Kristine’s parent’s 50′ Benneteau Paikea Mist. Most of our non-sailing time was spent in the water; we did one or two scuba dives almost everyday. Interestingly, we were one of the last boats to sail Fiji’s outer, Read More
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