11/09 Vancouver – Prevost Island After a night of boat prep and buffalo cauliflower tacos, we set off early to fuel up at Coal Harbour. The air was thick with smoke from a local forest fire, distorting the city – casting a grey and ominous feel. Our crew prepped the […]
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Blog 4 – Ketchikan – Alaska
25th/26th – Salmon Bay to Alert bay, Coromrant island 25th Quote of the day: “Betty, you’re like auto helm” – Jake 26th Quote of the day: “I didn’t think I could possibly get any worse at this, I’m 50degrees off, somebody take this from me!” – Alan Anchor up at […]
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Palmyra Explorer 2 | Hawaii – Kiritimati
June 20 – July 4 | In 2021 we were the first yacht to visit Palmyra since COVID closed the refuge in 2019, and it was extraordinary! We have never been on such a beautiful and healthy reef. Almost anywhere else you go will be spoiled for you after this visit. This is […]
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Equator Express | Kiritimati – Tahiti
March 7 – March 21 | TRIP IS NOW COMPLETE If you’ve always dreamed of sailing to the South Pacific or crossing the Equator, this is the trip for you. You’ll join Sea Dragon at the remote island of Kiritimati (pronounced and sometimes spelled Christmas), which has the most land […]
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Pacific Explorer | Hawaii – Kiritimati
Feb 20 – March 7 | TRIP IS NOW COMPLETE We’ll leave from Oahu for a few days of power reaching in the trades before negotiating the ITCZ, also known as the Doldrums! Squalls and unsettled weather abound, but the rewards for careful boat handling are beautiful sunsets, rainbows, and […]
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Trans-Pacific Crossing | Ensenada – Hawaii
Jan 22 – Feb 9 | Join us aboard Sea Dragon for the classic Pacific crossing! We’ll follow the sunset all the way to Hawaii. We’ll have plenty of time to practice downwind sail handling, helming, and even some celestial navigation if you’re keen. It may be a bit chilly […]
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22nd – Khutze Bay to Khynoch bay Quote of the day: “Look bear! Over there! Another bear! AAH so many bears!” – Alessandra Today was like being on the set of Jurassic park. We cruised through the deep fiord lands passing soaring snow-topped mountains, rushing streams and waterfalls and many […]
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Blog 2 Ketchikan-Vancouver
19th – Kumealon Inlet to Lowe Inlet, Grenville Channel Quote of the day: “This is paradise” – Dory Yankee unfurled, speeding along at 8 knots with motor sailing. On deck, we dug out the old cast off of ropes and introduced some new knots and freshened up on others. Anchored […]
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Southbound from Alaska
16th – Day 1 afloat – Ketchikan to Foggy Bay An early classic soggy morning in Ketchikan. Our crew finished up the rest of our safety briefs, stored everything away and slipped lines. Excused from having a pilot onboard, we made our way out of the land of sog. Dressed […]
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Between laundry runs, deep cleaning, dry provisioning, boat maintenance, and final checks, we’ve managed to squeeze in some time to explore Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Ketchikan, a small coastal fishing town, known as the Salmon Capital of the world. We were warned that Ketchikan is rarely dry, so to […]
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Blog 4 – written by Jan-Willem
Hooking up — The language of sailing “9.00 — Hook Up” says the whiteboard. Rather than taking this as an instruction from the captain to start an early morning party, “hook” is just another word for our anchor, and the whiteboard just informs us that we’ll lift anchor and get […]
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Day 7 (28/07/2022) – Forward Harbour to Pearse Island
Quote of the day: “you don’t have to know how to get there” – Jan-Willem A morning dinghy ride to shore, to follow a slender bush trail marked by old tattered buoys across a snake-hipped peninsula. A game of follow the leader up and over a matchstick obstacle course of […]
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