Boat Show and Back Again
Scream traveled to Vancouver for the annual boat show. As the days are short and the distance considerable we wisely chose to split the trip into two days each way, stopping at Montague harbour both times. Those departing from Victoria's inner harbour, as we did, should consider making this a three day trip. We had […]
Sailing to Vancouver
A brief video taken while underway in the Strait of Georgia. Click to play
Coast Guard Hovercraft
Scream passed a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft off the Portlock point light on Prevost Island. We captured the following video.
Porpoise Video
Scream passed through a pod of Dall's porpoises at the north end of Haro Straight. We were motoring in calm seas, making about 9 knots over the bottom thanks to several knots of current assist. We encountered about a half dozen groups of porpoises, each composed of two to six members. We sighted perhaps twenty […]
Marine Computing
I've been doing a lot of work on board lately to get the computer stuff all up and running. I'm still maybe only halfway there, but it occurred to me that it might be time to lay out the basics so far. We moved on board with an iBook G4 and a PPC Mac Mini […]
Winter on the Boat
We have been living full time aboard Scream since the beginning of October, and wintering on a boat is both fun and challenging. Winter in Victoria is, of course, not really winter compared to most places. Both Steven and I are from Edmonton, and there is real winter there. Of course, when we were in […]
Broadband Express is neither
We've been living on Scream for about 100 days now. There have been various ups and downs, but the biggest surprise is that our internet provider, Broadband Express, is terrible. I remember using the internet via dial-up fifteen years ago. And while my current service is faster than 1200 baud, it isn't nearly as reliable. […]
Green boating
In honour of BlogActionDay, we're writing about our plans for making Scream an environmentally friendly boat. Scream is currently equipped with a Diesel engine, which both supplies propulsion and provides electricity to charge the batteries. Like all Diesel powered boats, the engine is acceptably efficient at moving the boat, but it doesn't generate electricity efficiently. […]
Repositioning Cruise
Last Sunday, September 30th, my friends Bjarne Hansen and Peter Holland assisted me with repositioning Scream to her new home in Victoria's downtown inner harbour. As the date and course were fixed, the weather decided to punish me for my presumptuousness. The winds wailed all night, and the forecast was for Gales35-45 on the nose, […]
Moving!
On September 30, 2007, Scream will be moving from the Sidney North Saanich Marina to our new home in Victoria's Inner Harbour. In the coming weeks, we will be moving ourselves and our stuff on board, and we home to be living aboard full time by mid-October. Keep an eye open for details on the […]