Tag Archives: Kalagan

Fishing Lessons II (In which we kill a lingcod and learn to fillet it)

4 July 2012 Viner Sound, BC We were moored to a Forestry Service buoy in Viner Sound and our provisions were running low.  A fresh fish would be lovely, we thought. Our friend Rick, who had persuaded us to come … Continue reading

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How to Stop an Eagle from Drowning

1 July 2012 It was Canada Day, and we were convoy sailing with Kalagan, across Knight Inlet, when Rick called us on the radio: “Do you see what I see off to port?  I don’t know what we can do … Continue reading

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Running the Yaculta Rapids North (Our turn)

26 June 2012 Dwelling on a challenge without actually meeting it can make it all the more fearsome. Once we waited for weeks before crossing the Tehuantepec in Mexico, a gulf of justifiably redoubtable reputation for winds, until the prospect … Continue reading

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