Sailing Vessel Dakota

08/10/2024

Spent a pleasant afternoon checking out the boats at oak bay Marina…..we do plan to get another boat! Stay tuned. ❤️

06/09/2024

I want to thank everyone for their well wishes and prayers. I had a seizure 1/2 way to Victoria and Dave had to sail the rest of the way basically on his own. I just sent a week in the hospital and even with blood clots and a brain bleed…..I’m healing nicely. I don’t remember most of the trip back and unfortunately, we crashed on to a beach outside of Neah Bay. Our boat is a total loss and being systematically stripped of everything. Even with all this…..we a grateful to be home and have the use of Nichole Annis condo for the winter.

13/08/2024

If you want to get this close to just say ‘Hi’….please answer your radio! The whole Pacific Ocean and they decided to aim with in 600 meters of us. 😳

09/08/2024

Another epic sunrise…..you can never get tired of these!

05/08/2024

We share a beer on a watch change. Beautiful sunny day today- we can dry out now. Trying to head more north to stay in the fickle westerlies. Tomorrow we turn more eastward. Vancouver island here we come!

25/07/2024

Bye bye Hilo!

21/07/2024

Pretty incredible sunrise….last few days in Hawaii then planning our trip home! Can’t wait!

06/07/2024

Changing out the mizzen lower shroud….luckily we kept all our old shrouds when we got new rigging 3 years ago! Thanks Brent for climbing the mast!

01/07/2024

We have been out of touch for 2 weeks- the starlink cable doesn’t want to work. Anyways- just approaching Hilo Hawaii. How exciting.

15/06/2024

Another boring sunset at sea! Ha! Totally epic! Still heading north and will get to the equator tomorrow.

31/05/2024

Sunset on our overnight passage to Nuka Hiva.

16/05/2024

Yesterday our intrepid crew found more luxurious accommodations and jumped ship. Today they are doing a tour of the island and tomorrow they head back to reality!

16/05/2024

The ‘Q’ flag is coming down…..we have checked in and ready to explore.

14/05/2024

Land Ho.

13/05/2024

Only one day away from Hiva Oa….cant wait to get to land. (Picture from Michelle a crew member ).

02/05/2024

Feeling a bit like those ghosties in PacMan….just another rain squall hunting us down. Silver lining…..the salt has finally been washed off.

25/04/2024

Paul got sideswiped by a flying fish.

25/04/2024

A tanker passing 2 miles in front of us- chatted with them on the radio. That’s the only boat we’ve seen in 3 days.

21/04/2024

Taking a last break before heading south. Day 6 of lumpy seas and wind that is up and down- Isla Clarian. (A naval base island). Friendly soldiers out to get info and welcome us to the island. Happy to let us regroup but not able to go to shore.

19/04/2024

Stopped at San Benedicto Island to fix a lithium battery problem. Sun set behind the volcano.

12/04/2024

Dakota in La Cruz Marina Last time I left you, it was the end of March and we arrived at Banderas Bay to join the other cruisers getting ready to cross over to the South Pacific. We arrived early in the morning on Feb 27th and we found a spot to anchor in the very crowded anchorage by La Cruz. We had whales swim around our boat daily and the occational dolphin go by, but the afternoon winds were pretty bad and we spent 3 days in the anchorage before we got a spot in the Marina and tied up to a slip.....ah.....no more rocking and rolling....

Dakota in La Cruz Marina Last time I left you, it was the end of March and we arrived at Banderas Bay to join the other cruisers getting ready to cross over to the South Pacific. We arrived early i…

11/04/2024

We picked up our happy crew today. Tired after a long flight from Toronto but so happy and excited to be here. Welcome guys!

31/03/2024

Bye Bye La Paz We left La Paz on a sunny Saturday morning after our friend Kendra made a special trip out to the boat by dinghy to say good-bye and wave us off. We motorsailed to the cut between Espiritu Santo Island and the point off the headland of La Paz. Now....it shows that its a shallow passage but if you stayed in the channel it only got as shallow as 20 feet....

Bye Bye La Paz We left La Paz on a sunny Saturday morning after our friend Kendra made a special trip out to the boat by dinghy to say good-bye and wave us off. We motorsailed to the cut between Es…

28/03/2024

Another good-bye! Happy sailing Linda and Aaron….we will meet up again! Thanks for all the fun here in La Cruz!

19/03/2024

Continuing on from my last post....it's January 28th and we arrive into La Paz....the wind was more that we expected and we had a fairly 'sporty' 25 mile sail from Isla Partida. We discovered after we anchored that we thought it was the next day....when we really wanted to go with lighter winds, but NO....we went a day early and in fairly strong winds....

Continuing on from my last post….it’s January 28th and we arrive into La Paz….the wind was more that we expected and we had a fairly ‘sporty’ 25 mile sail from Isla Pa…