THE CAPTAIN'S BLOG

Their route followed old trails that were once highways between important places for nomadic Indigenous people; grounds where hunting was good, waters where fish were plentiful, and places where people met to trade. 

Annie Nagel is an accomplished competitive kayak fisher who discovered the sport after a terrifying car accident changed her life. As soon as she reeled in her first acrobatic rainbow trout, she was hooked. This is her story of living beyond land.

Many people, including Jimmy Martinello, escape to a warmer climate before the cold weather truly hits. This past fall was a different story for him. He was invited to Iceland. A dream trip and he jumped at the chance. 

So often, we find ourselves in the grasp of an old cliche, the one about how the journey is the adventure, and yet forever and a day, it rings true. For David Jackson and his partner, Leah, great adventure doesn't end in a far-flung destination, our wildest dreams begin and end in the same place, safely at home. 

Female sailors are some of the best, and Meg Reilly from the Ocean Racers bases that on her many years of personal experience rocking ocean racing courses with women around the world.

When the holiday season rolls in, David Jackson welcomes the freezing temperatures and warmth of wood stoves that the month of December represents. On one weekend, they creep onto arriving ice and wander the snowy forest; creating a nourishing holiday meal.

Three years ago, nearly to the date, Brooke left a familiar life that she loved to explore something completely new and unknown. Since untying the lines in Ensenada, Mexico, in November of 2018, her and Conlee have made over eight thousand miles at sea.  

Katy was a dinghy race coach for ten years before making the leap into training on yachts in the UK and later launching Sea to Sky Sailing in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

After nearly two years of ‘staying put’ in the pacific waters around British Columbia–most of which were spent exploring the province’s miles of intricately worn and wild coastline–this year, Brooke Landon and her partner, Conlee Wilson, were once again finally able to journey beyond Canada’s Pacific Northwest.