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Private Thai Dinner – Bamfield

Evening sunset over the Pacific Ocean at John Evans’s house …

November 14, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Bamfield, Private Thai Cooking, Thai Dinner

Kale chopped salad

Kale chopped salad, This recipe is from Napa Valley Grille. I completely enjoy this recipe with nice taste and the ingredients that combine so well. I have replace almond with toasted pecan. If you don’t know what to do with Kale may be this recipe you will enjoy. P.S. I made this salad in Grande Prairie so I did not cook from our boat galley …

November 6, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Cooking along the recipe

Unexpected visitor

Greetings from Our Cozy Cabin Since the day we left Prince Rupert we think that we will probably never meet all those people we know again. Garry is the one we never think we will have a chance to meet him again. But then again you never know.:-) A nice sunny Saturday late in the morning there was a man with a camera in hand making …

September 24, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Bamfield, Bamfield Marine Science Center, BMSC, Boat and Sailing, North Coast Sailing Association, Pacific Rim, Vancouver Island

Brady’s beach in Bamfield

Hello from Bamfield, Hope everyone is doing well. We are currently still anchored in middle of Bamfield Inlet. To keep our blog updated today we have some photos of the beach in West Bamfield. A gravel road will get there by foot for after a 20 min walk or if you are lucky you may be able to get a ride in a local’s car. The …

August 21, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Bamfield, Boat and Sailing, Brady’s Beach, Vancouver Island

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong

Bamfield So we have been waiting in and around Bamfield. Trying our hand at fishing, and perfecting how to eat a whole Tuna before it goes bad! I have had and am still having medical tests. Have not bothered to go for the results yet! Still waiting is better than knowing. I am pretty certain what the new tests will say, much the same …

July 25, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Adventure, Bamfield, BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Murphy’s Law, Port Alberni, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Ucluelet, West Bamfield

Plan B

We have been in Bamfield for a while. We set the day to head out offshore on the 1st of July which is on Canada day. Unfortunately we had to return back to Bamfield the next day in the morning. This was because I, Steve, who had dreamed of this adventure for 45 years, planned it for 10 and worked to get the boat ready …

July 7, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Bamfield West, Barkley Sound, BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cap Horn, Cruising BC, Canada, Dufour 35, off shore, Pacific Northwest Coast sailing, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Vancouver Island

Looking for Fuel station & Retest Cape Horn self steering

We are here now in Bamfield, West Coast Vancouver Island We had a problem with the Cape Horn not working out side Cape Flattery. West wind was great to do sail. Stephen tried to figure it out for hour. It is hard with winds and waves together. We motor the boat and sail back to Port Renfrew. Which is just an indentation, no breakwater and no …

June 23, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Bamfield, Bamfield Harbour Authority, BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cape Flattery, Cape Horn self steering system, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising The Pacific, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Juan De Fuca Strait, off shore, Open Ocean, Port Renfrew, S/V Beautiful Swimmer, Sailing, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing The Pacific Ocean, Sailing west coast Canada, Sooke Harbour Authority, Sooke Resort and Marina, Strait of Juan De Fuca, West Bamfield

Beat up by tide for the first try

One hour early? Unsuccessful for the first trying to exit Strait of Juan De Fuca yesterday. We had set the leaving date on Saturday 14 of June. The strong gale in The channel so we canceled and listen to the forecast that is still strong wind on Sunday. Finally we decide to leave on Monday. Boat is ready and we are ready. Monday 16 June …

June 17, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Adventure, BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Pacific cruising, S/V Beautiful Swimmer, Sailing, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing The Pacific Ocean, Sailing west coast Canada, Sooke Harbour, Strait of Juan De Fuca, Vancouver Island

Weather caution!

We arrived in Sooke Harbour on Wednesday. We decided to leave Victoria in the morning to avoid the strong wind in the afternoon. A week of strong wind and gale caution along the Juan De Fuca Strait. Our current position is not far from Port Renfrew and the exit into the Pacific. Regarding to our passage story may not update until we reach our first destination …

June 13, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Juan De Fuca Strait, off shore, S/V Beautiful Swimmer, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Sooke Harbour, Vancouver Island

Victoria – Sidney – Victoria

We just back to Victoria today. Last week we left Victoria to Sidney and stayed there to completed installation a new navigation light on top of the mast. This second time round trip both Sidney and Victoria has delayed our date to leave Canada. We decided to bring the boat back to Sidney because we couldn’t complete this work in Victoria and in Sidney the location is close to marine …

June 9, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / Boat and Sailing, Navigation light, off shore, Pacific Crossing 2014, Pacific cruising, Sidney, The Inner Harbour, Victoria

Victoria | Before heading to Juan De Fuca Strait

Greetings from Victoria, British Columbia! Our passage currently finds us in the capital city of BC. Our boat is docked right downtown in the Inner Harbour Government dock. We started the Passage from Prince Rupert since 12 April 2014 through BC Inside Passage, Vancouver Island, and we just arrived to Victoria yesterday …

May 31, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cowichan Bay, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Dufour 35, Inner Harbour Marina, off shore, Pacific Crossing 2014, Pacific cruising, S/V Beautiful Swimmer, Sailing, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Sidney, Vancouver Island, Victoria

In touch again

Greetings from Cowichan Bay! We have moved from Maple Bay. First to Genoa Bay for 2 nights and then to Cowichan Bay today. Yesterday the place we anchored was very windy and the wind generator worked well. The climate is warm but there is still wind so I must keep my jacket on. Oliver supported us with transportation while docked on Southern Vancouver Island …

May 25, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cowichan Bay, Cruising, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Dufour 35, Genoa Bay, Maple Bay, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Thetis Island, Vancouver Island

Enjoying our extended stay in Ladysmith

Greetings from Thetis Island {Pub} Marina ! As we left Ladysmith today. Very disappointing as we have not solved the engine overheating problem and after many hours we are still not able to use our SSB radio to send and receive Emails. The engine overheated badly, and Stephen says it is all Oliver’s fault!! LOL. But we must enjoy the rough with the smooth. So …

May 20, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Ladysmith Maritime Society, Old town bakery, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Thetis Island Marina

Engine problem

Hey there! Recently we had a major problem with the engine and just has been solve. We couldn’t leave Nanaimo until last thursday as we had a reoccurring overheating problem. Now as readers might recall the heat exchanger had broken last Thursday when we arrived at Ladysmith. After remanufacturing a piece for $3 and buying a Volvo washer for $5 we thought we had fixed …

May 17, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / BC boating, Boat and Sailing, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dodd Narrows, Dufour 35, Engine problem, Ladysmith Maritime Society, Newcastle Island, Ocean passage, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, Salt water, The boat

Ladysmith Maritime Society for boat communication & back to Stones Boatyard, Nanaimo

Greetings from Stones boatyard, Nanaimo We are back to work on the hard today and the boat will be in water again after this weekend. Regarding to the previous post about Ladysmith Maritime Society. We have some photos to present the place. One of a good place to stop by with reasonable price and the manager is great! Also this dock open for volunteers who …

May 11, 2014 / Luksana Panyavanich / BC boating, Boat and Sailing, boat communication, Cruising BC, Canada, Cruising world, Dufour 35, Ladysmith Maritime Society, off shore, On the hard, Sailing & cruising the BC coast, Sailing blog cruising, Sailing west coast Canada, sailmail, Stones boatyard

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