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One of your best videos ever! We really appreciate your courage in sharing the parts that don’t work. Thank you.

For an American the Gulf Islands for sure, 30% on your money 💰 Insight from your Canadian friends sailing around the world, currently in Thailand 🇹🇭. We’ll be back soon We’re from Sidney, like the spit

Oh Ingrid......I could listen to your commentary all day long!

When you went to High Tea at the Emperess, were you seated in the main dining room? We were on vacation, and it was hot, so we were dressed like overheated tourists in shorts and tee shirts. We were very politely asked to follow the signs to the back dining room where they would serve "Gests, such as us who did not meet their dress code." 😲

What was the deal with the rental car at Rosario? I have tried to find transportation on Orcas previously and not had any luck.

I have found that on those days when you must head directly into a strong headwind, a little bit of sail, sheeted very tight will pay huge dividends. I do not have a furling main like you so I use the genoa but you would probably get the same results with the main. I have been in those exact same conditions only worse in my 30-ft sloop so I can feel your pain. I was coming out of Pender Harbor heading south to Secret Cove with 65-miles of fetch to windward and the depth had gone from 700ft to 100ft so the waves where short and steep. +2m / 3-4 second. The anemometer read steady 35 with gusts to 40. The apparent wind angle was about 15º to 20º. At wide open throttle I could only make 1.7-kts. Every time we slammed off the peak of a wave crest, it felt like the rig was going to come down. I told my wife that we needed some sail up to provide enough power to punch through the waves, but she threw a fit at the idea of my leaving the cockpit (and frankly I was not too excited about the idea myself. I talked her into my rolling out just a bit of jib to help punch through the waves and she relented. I let out 6' at most and sheeted it in tight and then put some tension on the lazy sheet which pulled the clew closer to centerline. I then fell off just until the tiny bit of jib filled which was about 15º apparent wind angle. The results were nothing short of miraculous. The speed shot up to a steady +7-kts and the boat completely quit slamming. We felt like Moses parting the Red Sea. The bow would punch through the crest with the top of the wave at about waist high when standing on deck. Even though the waves were well above deck height, they did not come aboard because the speed through it pushed them outward and we slid past before they could come back to us. The ride was so good that my teenage daughter climbed up in the v-berth and took a nap. Now that is my go-to technique when I need to go somewhere dead into the wind. Motor sail with just a bit of jib hauled in tight. At first it baffled me as to why the affect was so dramatic, but I think I have figured it out. When motoring, the thrust of the prop is below the center of buoyancy, so it tends to add to the bow lifting that the wave does. With that little bit of sail, the resultant center of effort is 10' to 15' above deck with a significant forward pull on the masthead from the forestay. This lets the mast act as a huge (45' in my case) lever-arm that prevents the bow from rising up and forces it to punch through the wave rather than rising up over it.

In your crossing of the Strait of Juan d Fuca, it appears that you have a bit if breeze on the beam. Having your sails out in those conditions will stabilize the boat greatly even if you still need to motor to maintain the speed you want to time your entry into one of the passes.

I am based out of Oak Harbor and have never seen Langley so empty. I also have gone to LFP. In May of 2022, I installed a DIY 560Ah LFP battery that fit into the space previously occupied by a Lifeline 4D. It is a game changer. The total cost of the 560Ah battery was $1,500 although that has come down significantly this year. I can now go 3-5 days without charging and no solar. I do not have a bimini and cannot find an aesthetically pleasing way to install panels. I charge it from shore power with a couple of Victron IP22 30A chargers which allow it to charge a fully depleted battery in 10 hours. This year, I upgraded my alternator to a 250A large frame externally regulated alternator which is controlled by a Zeus regulator on my 23-HP diesel. I limit the output to a max of 190A to prevent it from getting too hot and to stay withing the 200-amp limit of some of the other components. This lets me fully charge a completely drained battery in under 3-hours motoring.

Pulling shrimp pots from a sailboat is easy as pie and I do it regularly. What I do is use a snatch block that is attached to the end of the boom. I then use the traveler to hold the boom off the side of the boat. My wife drives up to the float which has a 3' tall mast with a flag on it which makes grabbing it from the cockpit very easy. She grabs the flag and clips the line into the snatch block and hands it to me and I haul it up. Did I mention that I am sitting in the dingy? I drive the needed 300' out to the side of the boat and the pot pops right to the surface. My wife turns the wheel to the side opposite to what I am pulling which causes the boat to stay beam to my direction of pull. It takes about 30-seconds to lift it 300' plus.

Greetings from SV Mignon Shilshole L62 currently at Olga @ Orcas

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It shouldn’t take 4 hours of your engine running to charge 2 batteries.Enjoyed you channel new subscriber here 👍👍

I have cruised in both sets of islands the biggest difference I have noted is the size of the boats. There are many more big motor yachts in the San Juans than there are in Canadian waters. Most of the really big boats up north are Americans.

Great video - missed you guys. My hubby and I are hoping to retire to Victoria and sail. Your video has convinced me to do it!

Great episode guys!! Can’t wait to see the rest of the series!!

wow...

We approached Nanaimo from the north (arriving from Tribune Bay) one night and I noticed that there was a low slack at Dodd's at 10 pm. The kids were consulted :-) should we go for it? With everyone up the the adventure, we bypassed Nanaimo. There's a light at the north entrance, but you don't see it until the last minute, so we were motoring into complete darkness - no other boats in the area. Went through and anchored opposite Pirates Coves. Unforgettable.

I'm in the process of upgrading my c34-2. I was going to replace the 2 flooded 4D's with AGM to avoid upgrading the VR, charger, and solar controller, but you've got me rethinking things... again lol. 400 a/h lithium would be comfortable for the shoulder seasons. Good vid, cheers from Comox

Advice: Don't launch or retrieve the pot from the bow. Do it from the stern. When launching, point the boat down wind. Put the engine in neutral and let the wind blow the boat down wind as you pay out the line from the stern. When retrieving the pot, approach the floats from upwind slowly. Put the engine in neutral and let the wind bring you alongside the float and pick up with a boathook from the side. Keep letting the wind push the boat downwind as you pull in the line from the stern. You guys seem like you are made of money, so, by all means, get an electric winch. You will need one sized appropriately for the pot line. Don't put so many turns around the winch. Too many turns, and you are asking for overrides. Alternatively, you can purchase a right angle battery drill and equip it with a Harken winch bit and use your regular winches to pull the line. Be sure and tether the drill so it doesn't go overboard. If the line is too small to engage the self trailers, have an assistant tail the line, old school. The line needs to lead to the winch correctly. Hang a snatch block from the stern rail at the appropriate location to achieve the correct lead. This will also help you avoid abrading your boat with the line as you pull it in. Another alternative would be to just double team pulling the line in by hand using gloves, of course, leading the line through the snatch block. I don't shrimp, but I use this technique on my 35 ft. sailboat to crab. It's just like shrimping but with a lot less line. Hope this helps.

Those are our stomping grounds. Great video.

I hope you have Cascadian Doug on your spinnaker 😊

Can’t fish in Marine parks in BC ,,,

I have 1,400ah of lithium, 2-225amp alternators ( catamaran) , 2,000watts of solar. Propane is now off the boat,

Great video, I’ve sailed these same waters for almost 40 years and it never gets old. I liked your depiction of stern tying at Wallace Island, I have anchored with a stern tie in that exact spot before. Last time I was there I was single handing which makes stern tying even more challenging. Fortunately I picked a moment that was calm with almost zero cross breeze, otherwise I’m not sure I would have attempted it solo.

It's delightful to see you navigating our local waters in much the same spirit we do. (That little quip about letting the powerboat transit first, because they seem impatient, captures this exactly. Take a cue from the humpback whales and orcas. They've got nothing but time.) Your video editing was excellent here. I had deeply resonant memories of making exactly this passage back in 2018. Coming into Waiatt Bay a hour or so after high slack, I wanted someone spotting from the spreaders as we worked in through the various rocks and shoals. Looking down through crystal clear water to the rather evident seabed not far below, it felt very ... tropical, almost ... like I imagined Treasure Island as a child. Our ketch is 70 years old. We carry a plumb line, not a depth sounder. Conning in like that, casting the lead, we could have been a survey boat sent out by old George Vancouver. It is the most exquisite thing, very hard to explain. But I feel that you've captured it. Oh, and the "hardest part of cruising?" We had a highly analogous issue on our cruise through there in 2018. The engine alternator stopped charging on our way up! We got as far as Comox, ended up taking a very expensive taxi ride to and from Canadian Tire in Courtenay, and threw a couple of cheap 25 watt solar panels and a PWM controller onto the boat. We had to run the panels in order to get enough battery charge, not only for the engine to start, but to keep on energizing the coil so that we could motor! Boy, did that put us in the zone with the humpies and orcas! Never mind refrigeration. We got into sailing on and off the hook. We got into waiting an extra day now and then, setting a kedge to orient the panels, reading and cooking and even doing some varnish work to pass the time. Was it a hardship? No, IT WAS THE BEST.

Is it sheltered from the wind? Where the children play in the shore each day?

Nice video, good Li Battery and solar upgrade, you did very well with the upgrade. Always keep in mind were your energy comes from it is a) Sunshine b) Diesel engine c) shore power. Sunshine in your area is limited, we have sailed in Desolation Sound in January and for 30 days we had no sunshine every day overcast, every day some rain. Question, what starter Battery are you using ? The Li Batt. manufactureres do not like to use the starter motor on their batteries. Cheers from Sechelt, BC

While shooting drones out of the sky is not allowed in Canada. What is allowed is fines for American Drone operators who do not follow Canadian Regulations and post the evidence online. In addition to the $1000 fine if not following Transport Canada regulations for the operator to be licensed. A registered operator would know it’s highly regulated to fly in both BC parks and Canadian Federal parks. Both Rebecca Spit, and Octopus islands (and Von Donop from your last video) are BC provincial parks with foreshore extending over the anchorage-drone flying is prohibited without provincial permit. Parks Canada fines go up to $25,000 for flying in parks. Or other fines such as the $5000 fine for operating your drone in the Controlled C airspace in Brentwood Bay a few episodes ago (which is also prohibited for drone operations, as a BC park) or operating your drone at April Point the other episode, which is a water aerodrome due to the float planes. Just some tips from a Canadian Sailor who likes his peace and quiet while at anchor in his parks.

Thanks for flying the courtesy flag when in Canada. These little points of etiquette don't make the boat sail any closer to the wind, but they have a subtle beneficial effect on your social status that can't be overstated. You get invited over more often for sundowners, which never hurts. Right?

Drone flying is not allowed in BC Parks (without special permit)

Von Donop trails are on google maps, open street maps, etc

Von Donop rock IS there... less than 3' at zero tide

Nice tribute but how that video has not been delisted I am puzzled. Yikes. Amazing . A pirate looks at copyright infringement

Running a diesel without a load on it (like at anchor) will wear the engine quickly... Nice video. Cheers, a

i lived on a small boat for a year up on the north coast of BC and travelled the inside passage many times. There are some days u just should not be out on the water which is why i believe anything smaller than 42 feet can be sketchy even at the best of times. stay safe

Drama queen

With all the cloud seeding they do in BC and around the world, makes if. Difficult for solar-powered. Something to watch in the rain. THE DIMMING, documentary

"and Canada"!!

What about frying your lithium batteries if struck by lightning?

Love the bubba gump edit!! Also the scenery is spectacular! You guys always make great vids! 🍻

We shrimp by Hoodsport in about 250' of water. Pull the traps every 30 min so you can relocate if they are empty.

Great video. Where did you get the transom seat?

🦐 Fun that you tried.

(Cue to google agate pass/ bridge)…yes! It’s actually called Agate Pass Bridge. 😅Good job, Ingrid 👍🏻 🦐 ⛵️ love the scenery too, you two

Love watching your videos

I really have been enjoying your trips. I visited several of the same places that you are visiting. Your postings are a welcome trip through nostalgia for me. Matia used to have two cans to tie off on. I had a similar power issue as you're experiencing. I added a high output alternator and a smart regulator and my problems disappeared. It was really beneficial on trips to Alaska where I motored and got more rain than would have liked. Have fun!

Nice series of videos guys! I think I came across this channel quite a while ago, but probably went sailing and forgot it. Subscribed now and I'll look back through the earlier ones. Any indication of what happened to that Smart Plug? I've installed a number of them and have never seen that kind of a burn! I have one aboard "Natasha" as well, and now I'm somewhat concerned. This is not supposed to happen! Quite the transformation on the electrical. Nice work! Hopefully the system lives up to your expectations. I'm a simple sailor, no refrigeration, but an icebox that will hold two blocks of ice (and a bunch of cubes) for two weeks if the weather doesn't get too hot. I'm headed to the west coast of Vancouver Island June 2nd and don't expect hot sunshine and warm water (unlike Desolation Sound!). Keep on sailing, and perhaps we'll cross paths some time.

Great boat for your uses coastal cursing.

Hay, be sure to check out and follow Government of Canada rules and regulations for flying a drone in Canada. Not cool to endanger or bother others here. You are a visitor.

Gotta ask, did your battery guy give you any suggestions on why your smart plug fried? I spent alot of money to have one put on my boat along with some other electrical upgrades and have not had any problems. Never heard of any problems until your video. Could it have been a marina problem ?