Sidney, prep for crossing to Pt Roberts. Having spent the week on Vancouver Island while the good folk at Philbrook Boatworks worked on...

I am in Sidney, British Columbia, having delivered the yacht Nai'a from SF. I am here waiting for some work to be done on her. When...

Cape Flattery to Sidney. So. I won the lotto: the 5 - 8 AM watch, sunrise rounding Cape Flattery to the final run through the Strait of...

Settle into Sidney. We're at Van Isle Marina. It's nice: lots of big boats, showers, laundry, bikes. We staggered out of our berths in...

Astoria to Cape Flattery with stop in Westport for fuel & fish&chips.. Northward again. There’s always an opportunity to keep busy -...

Reedsport to Astoria. 9 knots of breeze from the south, spinnaker again.. …and, the big attraction of the day, dancing mother and calf...

Ft Bragg to Reedsport, with stop in Brookings for fuel. Slowed during the night so that we wouldn’t get to Brookings in the dark. First...

Ft Bragg to Crescent City We are on 4 hour watches during the day, 3 at night. My day started with the 5-8AM watch: 39.40.52lat,...

Bodega Bay to Ft Bragg Met @ A&E’s in Woodside @ 7AM for the drive to Bodega Bay. Full crew is Alan, Jeff (Ellen’s sister Jen’s hub),...

Nai’a is my dear friends Alan & Ellen’s 1986 Wauquiez Centurion 47; a true ocean-going yacht. This is Nai’a’s journey from her home of...