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Congrats! I read your thread. You made it look easy! I remember that bash!

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'm writing a book about this trip! I'm hoping to have the first draft completed by the end of the month. I don't think it'll be possible to have it published in time for Christmas, but hopefully early in the new year. There will be an e-book and a...

Let me know if you have any questions. I'm sure a few things have changed since eight(!) years ago but probably not the important things...

You made it to La Paz! Congrats! Now I'm the jealous one. Did you document your journey anywhere?

Hard to believe this was seven years ago! Thanks again to everyone who followed along and gave us advice as we made our way down the coast. It was always reassuring knowing that there were other people looking out for us and keeping an eye on our progress. As I read through this thread, I...

I can't even imagine what the conditions are like off the coast right now. This is at Ogden Pt at the entrance of Victoria Harbour. We're getting 2-footers in the marina.

Wouldn't shock me! That would explain a lot.

Captain's Log, August 25th, 2018: At the last update, we were departing Tahsis for Friendly Cove. It was an uneventful three-hour transit down the Tahsis inlet, and we anchored in Friendly Cove as planned. "Second Sun" was with us there, and we bumped into them just as they were finishing their...

Captain's Log, August 12th, 2018: After one night in Columbia Cove, we were off to destinations further south. It was too late to go over and say hello, but we noticed just before we left that a boat anchored next to us in Columbia Cove, "Tahsis", was the same boat that had been anchored next...

Captain's Log, August 8th, 2018: It's been almost three days without a cell phone signal or internet, can you believe it! I (Mark) have read more books in the last month than I have in the last five years, no exaggeration. I think my brain is finally re-wiring itself and I might actually have...

Captain's Log, August 2nd, 2018: As of the last update, we were anchored off of Mound Island, just south of Telegraph Cove (just south of Port McNeill). We ended up spending two nights at the Mound Island anchorage, as the forecast in the Johnstone Strait was 30 kts+ out of the NW, which was...

Captain's Log, July 20th, 2018: Apologies for the delay since the last update. I've tried to send one out a few times over the last little while but the HF radio wasn't working too well with the steep cliffs all around us in both the anchorages and marinas. So we got an early start out of Port...

Captain's Log, July 12th, 2018: At the last update we were in Handfield Bay and had made some friends with "Theory," our neighbours in the anchorage. The next morning, we went our separate ways. Eden and I went a couple miles north into Frederick Arm to attempt to dinghy up a river into a...

Captain's Log, July 8th 2018: We departed Boho Bay on July 5th and made some good progress toward the north. Before doing so, however, we made a small detour back to French Creek to pick up a crab trap for Eden's brother-in-law, Tony, who had to leave it behind a few days prior due to a...

Captain's Log, July 5th, 2018: We left our anchorage in Nanaimo on June 30th and headed to French Creek Marina (near Parksville) to visit with friends and Eden's family (that's where she grew up). Eden's brother-in-law's uncle has a nice chunk of land and threw a huge party for Canada Day...

And now the good stuff! Captain's Log, June 30th, 2018: Halcyon I departed West Bay Marina on June 15th and has been slowly meandering up the inside passage. We took some time to visit the southern Gulf Islands which we had never visited before (Saturna, Galiano, and North Pender). We anchored...

...and a present day photo of the seating we installed on the fly bridge. These are just standard pontoon seats. I never even bolted them to the deck. The vinyl wraps around underneath the armrests, and grips nicely onto the kiwi-grip! This "installation" was to be tested later on in the trip...

This is a pic I took after the helm chairs were installed. I built the platforms out of 3 layers of 1/2" marine ply and cut the sides at a 30 degree angle to make them look a little more aesthetically pleasing. I then fibreglassed them to the deck and covered them in gelcoat. I was pleased with...

I want to apologize for abandoning this thread last year. Life got in the way a little bit, but the trip was completed and I documented the entire thing via updates to friends and family over SSB/Sailmail. I'm now going to post those updates along with pictures that we took along the way, so...

Looks like a great trip! ASD at home in Alaska!

We took our 36' 1984 Universal Europa from Victoria to Mexico in the fall and shipped it back to Victoria the following spring. Getting south was a tricky and slow/deliberate trip to ensure we had extremely optimal weather windows for passages and bar crossings. I couldn't imagine trying to do...

He's just saying that when a new boat design is conjured up, the yard should take access to components, for maintenance, into consideration.

I'm just envisioning myself sitting in my brand new chair on the water and going "ka-chunk" to one side and then "ka-chunk" to the other side as the boat rolls in the waves, and it's getting me all worked up!!! :banghead:

Yup, already sent an email with the video link. Going through the local store where I bought them. You'd think the quality control would be a little better. I'm worried it's not a defect but a design flaw.

Just installed one of my brand new $1600 helm seats. https://youtu.be/nCPsv5IIgew I swear to god I'm going to just sell this boat...