Scolamanzi was offloaded in Victoria, BC early May 2015 and then delivered to Elliot Bay Marina in Seattle where the Nordhavn office is based. With the help of Don Kohlman, the commissioning process turned out to be a pleasant and painless affair lasting about 4 weeks. This was mainly […]
Read more →16th September 2016 Diver Bay on Prevost Island was only a short hop from Van Isle Marina and the perfect setting to say our final goodbye to Scolamanzi II We just had to do one more anchorage … drop that anchor one more time… have a […]
Read more →5th – 12th September 2016 A favourable forecast saw us departing Rivers Inlet at 0700. No wind and a run-out tide brought Cape Caution abeam 2 hours later. By now a light NW wind had come up and with the incoming tide was pushing us nicely into […]
Read more →Upon exiting Grenville Channel channel, we noticed 2 whales bubble feeding along the shore. With great care Johann slowly inched closer until we were less than 50 meters from them and then followed them for about one hour as they slowly made their way along the coast, […]
Read more →We have been eating, drinking and dreaming weather for the last 6 weeks! Weather on the Sirus weather, 2 different internet sites and 2 different apps and the trusty VHF weather reporter that wakes me up in the morning and put me to bed at night! This […]
Read more →27th-28th August 2016 We started early morning with clear skies at sunrise. Shortly after it became foggy with about 100 meters visibility most of the way across Dixon Entrance. As we got closer to Prince Rupert the fog lifted giving us clear blue skies and very light […]
Read more →24th – 26th August 2016 Next day we motored further down to Craig, which is the largest town on the island. It was more of a town than we expected from a way-out spot with its 1200 inhabitants. The fishing harbor was smelly with lots of fishermen busy […]
Read more →23rd August 2016 We woke to a thick foggy morning. Thankfully it lifted around 8am. It became a lovey clear day for quite a special experience. El Capitan passage was our next challenge. This very narrow and shallow passage required all the concentration and skills of the […]
Read more →20th – 21st Aug We could not quite relax due to our schedule as we still has about 400 Nm of remote and exposed coastlines to cover in 10 days to get to Prince Rupert to clear into Canada. The first long stretch was the very next […]
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