Dawn: 2224 books

There are few women who live on the docks. When I happened to meet these women there an instant kindred connection. Our conversations are about boating, but with a feminine twist. One of my many rants to my kids is; the more you know, the less you will learn. It is great to listen to the experiences...

As the stories of the Adventures of The Audrey Eleanor appear in the Whitehorse Star, a century old newspaper that serves the Yukon and parts of Alaska, more and more people want to know more about “her” and the future of the series. What is she (make and model), where did she come from...

In the last episode the Robert S, an ex navy coastguard cutter/gunboat is on a high-speed collision course with the Audrey Eleanor. The great grey bow of the Robert S is bearing down on the Audrey Eleanor. People are screaming,” stop, stop!” A young man in his late twenties has been flung...

Well hello there, how are you doing, my it’s been a long, long time…how are we doing, well I guess we’re doing fine. Our adventures are sounding like an old country and western song. Do you remember my mentioning that a person should pay attention to signs, gut feelings or places with names...

In the previous storey we left you while we were floating under the stars in the hot tub. There is a small community in Squirrel Cove. The general store is well stocked and has a decent marine hardware section. This is our introduction to “the oyster man”, he is located on Cortes Island...

Word has gotten out that Tracey Arm rivals Glacier Bay for magnificent glaciers and stunning scenery.The ice walls calve and collapse into the ocean with a force that creates huge resounding waves.Waves which tinkle the neon blue icebergs like giant ice cubes mingling in a crystal glass.This solid...

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, ANOTHER ONES GONE AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST! The Captain has trapped one more of the plague carrying varmints that we picked up while being on a dock below a hotel in Pender Harbour. Rats! This word alone conjures up images of black menacing figures that slither...

I remember bits and pieces of a song that go something like,” she got the goldmine and all I got was the shaft.” Don’t remember who sang it, or the name of the song. I recall stains of this lament drifted on the spring air after a long hard and dark winter in the Yukon. A similar version...

I love tying up. Anchoring out is wonderful, but being able to meet new and unusual people is always welcome after weeks of challenge and solitude. One of my favourite marinas is Thomas Basin in Ketchikan, Alaska. It has an entry that is easy to miss, as it is tucked in behind a great sea wall and...

Saturday morning arrives muffled in grey. Not exactly fog, just silent and still water and pearly-silver sky. It is surreal, seeing sail boats float in the glimmering clouds…no I have not been smoking anything. Our next-door neighbour is a sailboat with a man attached to its mast. The man...

The Audrey Eleanor leaves Meyers Chuck, Alaska early in the afternoon. We have made plans to meet up with the “Jenny” and her crew, the floating dentist and his wife for cocktails, but the Inn was full. Anchoring looked to be a bit precarious so we felt it was best to head for the next horizon....

We spend an uneasy night tucked slightly behind Aurther Island in Mathieson Channel. The hook is dropped, our only barricade from a Sou’ easter is a small log boom. There has been no defining wind direction for the past few weeks; just a continual blow with ratings from storm to small vessel warnings...

YOU MISSED IT! Any event that is held in Pender Harbour shouldn’t be missed and that is especially true of the wooden boat festival! Still intimate, but with a broad spectrum of participants that provide incredible variety, this show allows you personal access to most boats and their owners....

In the previous adventure; the Audrey Eleanor and crew take a beating while trying to creep undetected past the furies and Mother Nature into Milbanke Sound and through Reid Channel.They manage to escape after 20-foot seas threaten to roll them side over side and dredge them into the ocean floor:...