Fin

Alas, it's aaalll over. Today we return to Bellingham, and re-start our lives. Cruising season is definitely over for us, for a variety of reasons. 

It was fun, though hard or uncomfortable at times, and we have seen some amazing scenery, met some wonderful people and had some great sailing (especially in the last two days).

Anyway, thanks for checking out our pics - I hope you enjoyed them.  

Dave

Winding down

Mount Baker points the way back home.

Ganges Harbor, BC, on our last day there. The water looks inviting, no?

Hmm . . . I think I'd rather drive a school boat than a school bus!

Rebecca at Rosario Resort, on Orcas Island, back in the States. Eight days from now the resort closes, having been sold and due to be totally reconfigured. In the meantime, we are enjoying the amenities, including the hot tub and indoor pool!

Dinghy dawn patrol, off of Wallace Island, BC. 

Wildlife

Turns out otters aren't so elusive, after all! Four of them snacked noisily amongst the docks of our latest anchorage, here at Rosario Resort, on Orcas Island (USA!).

Group grope . . . .

A big jellyfish, out of its element. We saw many of these on the beach, but I have observed that most of them are dead before they get left high and dry by the falling tide.

Otter butts! I took this pic by lowering my camera under the dock and clicking randomly. They didn't seem too perturbed to be eating - loudly - directly underneath us. We could see their vicious little teeth chomping away through the cracks in the dock, mere inches from our toes.

They aren't ALL yachts . . . .

So, I'm bored, and there clearly aren't enough boat pics on this blog, so here are some photos I've snapped of various interesting boats we've encountered on our travels lately. Feel free to skip over them if you aren't into this stuff! 

Enjoy!

This is one enormous monstrosity, that nonetheless looked pretty comfortable.

You gotta love those 4x4 outriggers on this liveaboard. 

Someone was living in this one, too.

Baby Ruth I, with Becks at the helm.

Baby Ruth II comes apart and nests.

err . . . .

A pair of funky homebuilt hardshell fiberglass kayaks in Genoa Bay, BC.

This is a wooden Sea Bird yawl (about 26' long),  the original of which sailed across the Atlantic a hundred years ago or so - just to prove it could be done.  This one is a bit worse for wear, located in Tsehum Harbor, Vancouver Island, BC.

A classic, located in Fisherman Bay, Lopez Island, WA.

This you'll likely never see again - a pacific Proa! Like half a trimaran. The outrigger stays upwind all the time, as it "shunts" rather than tacks. Pt. Townsend, WA, at the Wooden Boat Festival.

A strange but cool little sailboat I saw. I do believe it's steered with a whipstaff rather than a tiller! Vancouver Island.

There are an unbelievable number of derelict and semi-derelict cruising trimarans from the 1970's around here - often 3-4 in every harbor. They come in all shapes and sizes. This one is moored at the end of Long Harbor,  Salt Spring Island, BC.

Fancier . . . .

Note the shrink-wrapped helicopter . . . .

We thought having a Cal 20 keelboat as a dinghy (check out the back deck) was pretty impressive - until we saw the boat with the helicopter.

This is the most fab boat I've ever seen, though - a copy of Phillip C Bolger's Moccasin!!!

This one is nice too, as is the one below. Both are very nice traditional cutter rigged boats, of wood.