Scream
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Chris, Trina, and Ganges
Scream traveled to Ganges this weekend with our friends Chris and Trina. Sailing is new to both of them so we were pleased to share a relaxing weekend. We departed in 20+ knots from the south, and briefly made 7 knots close reach, but mostly the winds were quite light and we struggled to keep […]
Making Lazy Jacks
We make and install lazy jacks, a system for helping take down the mainsail. Click To Play
Broken Group
June 16-29, 2007, we took our first long trip on Scream. We traveled from our dock in Sidney down around the southern tip of Vancouver Island, then up the West Coast to Barkley Sound and the islands in the Pacific Rim National Park known as the Broken Group. We spent a couple of days in […]
Hanging out on the water
Sometimes sailing is pretty laid back. A couple of weekends ago we had Marc back with the promise of actual sailing this time. And we did get away from the dock, and headed out to Port Browning. We had good sailing out, with lighter winds toward the end of the day where we got to […]
Gennaker
I invited my racing buddies from Stimulus for an afternoon sail. We picked this Saturday about a month back, mostly because Darusha would be in Ottawa. Maurice, Stimulus' foredecker, came with his wife Cori, their three children, and one of their children's friends. Paul came with his daughter. The weather was great for sitting around, […]