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Kestrel
Seattle
Cruising full time on s/v Kestrel with my partner. Expert generalist, bookworm, software engineer, gamer. I'm very into DIY, especially electrical and software, and even have made knives as a hobby. I love working on my boat, even the bits involving boat yoga. I'm more than happy to help fellow cruisers with technical tasks, especially if you'll feed me or give me beer!
Spent three nights off-grid in the beautiful Spider Anchorage before heading to Bella Bella for a few days to resupply and do laundry before we continue heading north into even more remote areas. We've now been cruisers for 2 months!
Two beautiful days of cruising with some sailing and some motoring. Got around the notorious Cape Caution without issue and decided to skip our intended Thursday evening anchorage and go all the way to the Hakai Institute in Pruth Bay. Saw sea otters and even a humpback!
12-16kn at our backs made for a nice quiet hour
Super calm day on Johnstone Strait, so we took advantage of it and motored to Alert Bay
Two pretty chill days of motoring with little wind except when it was 15-20kn in our face. Anchored in Charles Bay the first night, now we're securely anchored in Port Neville.
We saw a lot of boats fishing just outside the entrance to Discovery Passage, decided to slow down and drop our salmon trolling rigs in the water, and *immediately* caught two salmon!
Didn't catch anything but I hooked one and got it near the boat before I accidentally let the line slack and it got away.
While the riggers work on our furling mechanism at their shop, we're going to relax.
Motored (and motorsailed) back to Comox on an day that got increasingly sunny. Getting some help from Blanchard Rigging tomorrow to replace bearings in our mast furling mechanism.
A very rainy morning in Desolation Sound got very windy (20-25kn) as we left and headed towards Lund. Taking Thulin Passage was a good idea as it protected us from the majority of the fetch in the Strait, but we were motoring directly into the wind!