SV Marjorie's Adventures
| Vessel Name: | Marjorie |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Robert Stephens Ketch, custom 59 fter |
| Hailing Port: | Bristol, R.I. |
| Crew: | This vessel is cold molded, with all bronze hardware, hank on head sails, but with modern convinences! She was built in Maine and cruised the East coast of the USA before we brought her thru the Panama Canal and up to San Fran spring 2011. |
| About: | Captain Colin Brayton grew up in Brooklin, Maine same place this boat was built. Been flopping around the seas for the last 8 years on various types of boats from traditional schooners to a sailing research vessel to sailing and motoring yachts. |
| Extra: | Headed to BC and southeast Alaska for the summer of 2012. |
03 December 2012 | Broughton Islands, British Columbia
Summer 2012
The summer was spent based out of Port McNeill, near the north end of Vancouver Island. Spent most of our time at Steve Jackman's Marina and fuel dock. Very nice people, great energy, good docks, electricity, water, no bathrooms or showers, but a 5 minute walk to all services including, laundry, stores, cafes, bars, resturants, and shopping. Its a neat little town. During three different trips over the course of the summer, the boat and I with a variety of invited guests cruised and explored the Broughton Islands. Secluded anchorages, tried to catch crabs, but failed, really good at catching sea stars. Caught some prawns, they were mightily tasty. Got in to stand up paddle boarding with and inflatable board, that allowed me to go explore the nooks and crannies of our various anchorages. It was a mellow summer, but a good one. In the end of September, I left there with a buddy and we took the boat down to Nanaimo. No wind except the last day. My friend left and I sailed down through the gulf islands on my own for about 4 days, exploring places to take the boss in the future. Found some neat little holes to tuck into. Got back stateside the second week of October. Got to see some new country this summer, it was a grand time.
18 June 2012
Powell River to Port McNeill
We stopped briefly into West Veiw, just south of Powell River, to pick up food, and a friend of the owners, Kevin. Not much wind up here, usually out of the Northwest, the same general direction we are traveling. Our first stop put us in the Octopus Islands, there are numerous narrows/rapids that need [...]
29 May 2012 | Victoria, BC
Swiftsure Race
Well, we attempted the Swiftsure Light Classic race, it was more of a "Driftsure"! The start was less then 5 knots. It took about 3 hours to go 8 miles, then the wind picked up and we went from full sail with the 150% genoa up to the 100% jib to a reefed main sail. The wind got up to 25 to 30 knots for [...]
18 May 2012
SF to Port Angeles, WA
Finally, the summer traveling season has begun. I left Berkeley Marina with 3 friends early on a Sunday morning enroute to Humboldt Bay. It took 60 hours, 230 miles, and it was rough. It was calm leaving the SF Bay and we motored out with just the Main sail up all the way out until past Bonita light. [...]
13 March 2012 | Berkeley, CA
Sitting at the Dock
We have been sitting in Berkeley since last June, doing a lot of day sails in the bay or most recently out to the Farallon Islands. We have done a lot of work to the boat in the last 6 months, nothing super major but its been steady as it always is when trying to keep a boat up to show room quality all [...]
Victoria to Powell river
As you can tell I don't update this everyday but when I get to a wifi hotspots. We are currently, in Powell river. We left Victoria about 10 days ago. Spent the night in Ganges harbour. Beautiful spot. Then went to Vancouver for two nights. Saw some friends and bounced out of town. Headed to plumper cove marine park with a slow sail all day thru Howe sound. Anchoring up here is tough, waters are very deep but we are figuring it out. Then we went to pender harbor for two nights. Tucked into secret cove very tight kind of funto see what kind of holes we can take a 60 ft sailboatinto.
Then we went up to princess lousia inlet and anchored right in front just off to the side so as not to get to much spray on board. It was great. Towering walls of granite up to 4000 ft straight up.waterfalls galore. Epic!!!
Then we motored head into the wind to leave there all the way to thunder bay. Then we had a great spinnaker run from there to here. Its an easy sail when no other sails are up.
Headed off to the octopus islands and beyond who knows when I get back on here. But don't worry I will return again and again but not daily.
Cheers,
Colin
