Sailing the Karina C

Vessel Name: Karina C
Vessel Make/Model: Spencer 35
Hailing Port: Nanaimo, B.C.
Crew: Jay + Anita Bigland
About: We are a crew of 2 ready to take on adventure on the Pacific Coast. We have returned from sailing to Mexico from 2010-15.
Extra: email us at jayanitabigland@gmail.com
25 July 2023 | Home port
25 July 2023 | Home Port
12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove
21 May 2023 | Home port
14 August 2022 | Home port
20 July 2022 | Home port
15 April 2022 | Nanaimo Home
14 April 2022 | Nanaimo
13 April 2022 | Saltspring Yacht Club
12 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
11 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
09 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
08 April 2022 | Van Isle Marina
07 April 2022 | Sidney Spit Marine Park
06 April 2022 | Montague Harbour
05 April 2022 | Clam Bay
30 March 2022 | Home Port- Nanaimo
10 February 2022 | Mill Bay
06 September 2021 | Home port
31 July 2021 | Home port
Recent Blog Posts
25 July 2023 | Home port

Ode to Old Age

We made it back in time to do a little work on a project we have going in the back yard: a retaining wall. We have bought 4 palettes of bricks and we are about to lay them. We've hired a young man who is a very good worker and he has been ever so helpful. Today I (Jay) went to the ophthalmologist's office [...]

25 July 2023 | Home Port

Poet's Cove to Home

Heading N on Trincomali Channel

12 July 2023 | Poet’s Cove

To Poet’s Cove

Beautiful costumes at Mexican Festival

21 May 2023 | Home port

First Big cruise of 2023

Jay & Anita at Tod Inlet

14 August 2022 | Home port

August Cruise

Rion and Michelle Berg at Gowland Point

20 July 2022 | Home port

Out for a couple of weeks

In late June, Anita’s shoulder and my eye healed sufficiently to make a little journey on Karina C.

Music, music, music

13 September 2014 | Nanaimo
Jay, warm
09/13
I guess its time to update you on what we have been doing. It is mostly musical stuff. We have had a couple of trips off to Newcastle Island in the kayak, but other than that, we have been growing cobwebs on the kayak. I am considering putting it away for the season as the nights are getting considerably cooler.
I continue to enjoy the Tuesday jam sessions at Marv's place. The afternoon of Tuesday is occupied by a dixieland band that plays traditional jazz. They are nice folks who play seniors residences. This is a soft spot in my heart as I aspire to being part of the house band someday. We went down to Ladysmith to listen to Dixie Downbeat and learned that the piano player was quitting the band. I happened to mention Anita to the bandleader and he has pounced on her with a book of 150 tunes. Anita is busy pounding away on scales and arpeggios like never before and getting ready to play with them. I have reconnected with the Nanaimo Concert Band and that has been fun. There is a challenging program that has got me practicing every day.
Sooooooo...... daily life has taken a distinctly musical turn for us. We have enjoyed this as we are both playing the best music of our lives. Anita has been adopted as the piano sub by my dixieland band.
I have 1/2 of my quarterly checkup and it looks like I am good until Christmas anyway. The other half I get Monday and I am not looking forward to it. We hope to eventually get the all clear after early March and make a quick trip to Mexico and get Karina to La Paz and a Nbound freighter. We will then spend our summers on the boat and winters in warm places. The retired teachers assn. has a great medical plan for us to travel in the USA, so we might try a winter or two in Palm Springs again.
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