An early-season week in British Columbia desolation sound proves that you can still get away from it all.It wasnt until our third day of cruising Desolation Sound that we began to feel, well, desolate. Wed overnighted in two anchorages that were almost empty by East Coast standards, but full by British Columbia measuresi.e., we still had other boats within earshot. The
Charles Darwin wasnt impressed when in 1835 the Beagle arrived at her first landfall in the Galapagos Islands at San Cristbal (then Chatham Island), which was my starting point too. Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance, he wrote. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and crossed by great fissures, is everywhere covered
A California sailor becomes the worlds first solo golden shellbackBy William YatesThe reefing line just parted, making a shot gun blast—BLAM!—as it went. This gets my attention. I don T-shirt, shorts, shoes, and harness, slip on the spreader lights, and climb the ladder to the cockpit. The big sail is flapping wildly. I ease the preventer and take in the main, then
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
Charter a boat, sail your own boat; stay near home or cross the country to sample the waters. Summer is a good time to do itTo every thing there is a season, said the writer of Ecclesiastes. If youre reading this, youre probably a sailor, and you dont need me to tell you that this statement should be needlepointed on a pillow in the saloon of every sailboat. Generally,
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