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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]