Day 4 – False Bay, Lasqueti Island to Gorge Harbour, Cortes Island Quote of the day: “We’re all here, because we’re not all there” – Gorge Harbour roadsign 0635 Anchor UP. Sails up. Engine off. North westerly winds kept us on best course to windward. With panoramic views of blue […]
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Day 1Victoria to Bedwell harbour – Southpender Island 0600 rise & shine! Eggs, toast & berries to fill up our bellies, last few boat checks with our crew all fresh and up on deck. We slip lines, with otters waving us off from Victoria. After a quick fuel pit stop, […]
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Day 11 Some dolphins showed up for a moment.They always bring lightness and joy with them, the good mood is all around.Crew guest Ken had good fun in participating in the cooking session for dinner, new flavors are on the table.The variable winds finally seem to turn in our favor […]
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Day 6 Strong winds have been constant and make our time more challenging as we are still heading upwinds.We saw the lights of another boat on the horizon for a few minutes at night, first one since our journey started.The newmoon rise looked like an incredible thin flame being pulled […]
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Day 1 Everyone has been looking forward to the departure.After the last preparations and formalities, off we go.Weather conditons and sea state have been quite fair to start with.But we are sailing upwind and it’s not the most comfortable motion, even though Sea Dragon was built for it and remains […]
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We were lucky enough to have two overnight stops on route, allowing the crew to get familiar with the boat and each other. With the crew feeling fresh and ready for the passage north we are already off to a good start. Nearly 600NM down and 2000 to go. We […]
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On every ocean passage I have ever been part of, the last few days will always test the crew onboard. I can say the crew of Sea Dragon were tested by the consistent squalls carrying high winds and a lot of rain fall right until the very end of the […]
Read MoreAs we venture further south the squalls build with strength and the crew build with confidence on how to manage these random pockets of pressure coming forward to test us. Having earned that right to step across that line, we cross the equator after thanking Poseidon himself for the safe […]
Read MoreThe elegant simplicity of simply setting a course for 180* south and sticking with it for a week was wondrous in and of itself. But executing that plan has been a true adventure, topped by a night I will never forget. The watch before us braved a fairly raucous squall, […]
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Thursday 21st April, By Harriet Consistent wind, lots of laughs and it is definitely getting warmer as we get further South. It took a couple of days for the crew to find their sea legs, (as expected!) but everyone is in good spirits and fully in the rhythm of life […]
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After four days of snorkeling our hearts out, backflipping into dinghys, and taking all the selfies with bird that we could, our time in Palmyra (or as some people like to say, Palmooora) has come to an end. This gem in the middle of Pacific that is hardly a dot […]
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Squalls squalls squalls! As we got further south and entered the ITCZ (inter-tropical conversion zone), also known as the doldrums, it became a wet and wild ride. It rained all day on Monday with wind speeds reaching up to 39kts. Some of us embraced the rain up on deck and […]
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