Scream
Other Boats and Waterfalls
If there are two things that the Broughtons have a lot of, it's other boats and waterfalls. For no good reason, we imagined the Broughtons to be a lot like the west coast of Vancouver Island - remote, rugged, beautiful and more or less empty. We anticipated going days without seeing another person and maybe […]
Fixing our Profurl Roller Furling
Scream is a cutter rigged sloop, which means that we have two foresails. Both foresails are on ancient, tough-as-nails profurl roller furlers. These devices store the sails for us when we aren't using them and allow us to "raise" and "lower" the foresails from the cockpit. We've been having some trouble with the furlers for […]
Mamalilacula
Scream visited the remains of Mamalilacula, an abandoned first nations village infamous as the site of the Christmas Potlach Raid. There isn't much to see in Mamalilacula. The whole place is overgrown with wild roses and blackberry bushes. I strongly recommend visitors wear long sleeves and pants and gardening gloves to protect against the thorns. […]
Shoal Bay
On Waggoner's advice, Scream stopped at Shoal Bay after clearing Dent Rapids without incident (Yay!). Shoal bay was once a town, and therefore has a government dock. It now has one resident, Mark, who is both wharfinger and publican. The Shoal Bay Lodge is a cabin that serves cold beer on the deck and in […]
Gorge Harbour Marina
Scream enjoyed a wonderful day at the Gorge Harbour Marina on Cortez Island. We arrived early enough on a sunny Sunday afternoon to catch brunch at the restaurant. We provisioned at their store, did laundry, took long showers on land, and even recycled our cans. In the evening we even had a fire at […]
Quartz Bay
Scream spent one night at anchor in Quartz Bay on the north west side of Cortez Island. We anchored in the western cove along the shore behind the small island. The view of the cliffs on the nearby shore and the snow-capped mountains in the distance was quite nice. We anchored in 55' on a […]
Solar Power
We are pleased to report that we recently added a pair of solar panels to Scream. Scream has a pair of Sanyo HIP-195BA3 solar panels. Each panel is warrantied to create 195 watts of electricity under ideal conditions ten years from now. Conditions are of course always less than ideal, but the panels weaken with […]
Tenedos Bay
On the advice of Mac and Catherine on Indigo, who we met when they rafted to us in Comox, we spent a couple of glorious days at Tenedos Bay. We anchored in the northwestern cove, which was empty when we got there. It's almost entirely landlocked, and while getting in and out was a little […]
Strait of Georgia
A quick update from one of our recent crossings of the Strait of Georgia.
Practicing for the Tropics (or, Galley Bay)
After sailing off the anchor at Savary Island, we slowly made our way up toward Desolation Sound. The wind was light and we changed sail several times and even motored for a few minutes before the wind picked up from astern and we sailed to Malaspina Inlet. We passed the inlet and made our way […]