Heading to the Broken Group
A look at Scream sailing past Vancouver Island en route to a two week holiday in the Broken Group. Click To Play
GPS takes many minutes to acquire a fix
Like any addict, I really like to get my fix. I know that I can navigate coastal waters by bearings, soundings, dead reconing and my paper charts. I even know enough celestial navigation to make sense of all of the references and tools that I have onboard for when I go offshore. But I prefer […]
Fighting the tide
We got a bit of a late departure on our trip to the broken group this morning, leaving at 10am. We passed Moon Shadow off Sidney, then alternated motoring and sailing down Cordova Channel in light south westerlies. In Haro straight the winds increased to 15-20 knots, so we started to sail consistently. We made […]
Stripping down and oiling up
Scream's toe-rail was covered in cetol varnish, which is a perfectly reputable product that we used to great effect on Wai Whare, our previous boat. However, the cetol was starting to lift after years of wear and we wanted to try something else. Some of our friends had recommended Penofin, which is an oil. The […]
Up There and Back Again - Varnishing the Mast
The captain was kind enough to haul be up the mast three times today as I sanded, cleaned, and varnished the mast. We started by lightly sanding with a 220 grit sandpaper to scuff up the existing coats of varnish. The sanding was just enough to make the varnish a little rough and white/grey from […]
Swiftsure Video
Click To Play Here's a montage of some footage from this year's Swiftsure. Lots of the footage is of Stimulus, of course. Music is Spinnaker by Heavy Mellow
BCA May Rendezvous
Click To Play Steven shows off a few of the boats which visited the Bluewater Cruising Association's May Rendezvous at Bedwell Harbour this year.
Swiftsure
No, Scream is not participating in this year's Swiftsure International Yacht Race. However, Steven crews on local RVYC boat Stimulus for Wednesday night racing, and they are competing in Swiftsure.I managed to get some great footage & shots of Stimulus (sporting number 275) as I braved the winds on Dallas Road this morning. Since they […]
Above Decks Tour
Press Play We take you on a brief tour of the outside/above decks of Scream. What we call the "upstairs".