Cruise of the Ladybug

We are in Ucluelet, having spent a week in Barkley Sound. The overnight sail from Victoria began well with moderate Souherly winds and light...

We are in Victoria doing some last minute errands (such as buying an EPIRB and fixing the SLR camera) before heading around the corner to Ba...

We are now less than a week away from our departure date, which has shifted to Sunday, August 17 for various reasons. It has been a hectic w...

Last week on the way to the Cal sailboat rendezvous at Thetis Island, I finally started to get into the cruising mode. Despite there being m...

Compared to getting the boat prepared, gaining the necessary experience for a longer cruise has been an extended and incremental process. A ...

We will be taking Ladybug, a stock US-made Cal-29 on this trip. Upgrades that have been done or are in progress include: New lifelines and r...

I have dreamed of cruising South for nearly 20 years and have had concrete plans to do so since 2000. Only now have cirmcumstances converged...

This blog is to keep friends, family, and anyone else who is interested up to date on how things are progressing on the planned sailing crui...