Rules of the Road in Victoria’s Inner Harbour

Harbour Ferry & Dragon Boat

Coming into a new harbour is never easy even with the assistance of electronic charts. Victoria’s Inner Harbour is a hub of activity: float planes; Coho ferry service to Port Angeles; Clipper fast-ferry service to Seattle; harbour ferries;  fishing boats; whale boat tours; harbour tour boats; standing wake boards; row boats; visiting pleasure craft; residents of [...]

La Esmeralda: A Beautiful Lady with a Horrible Past

Esmeralda in Victoria, BC

My husband came back from his dinghy ride in the Inner Harbour yesterday with a tale of a very large sailboat at the cruise ship terminal at Ogden Point. Later last night, we went together to see this beautiful ship. The top of her masts came into view quite a distance away from the terminal. [...]

Silver Lining in Victoria’s Inner Harbour

Silver Shalis in Victoria, BC

Big excitement yesterday for us as we replaced our rowing dinghy with an inflatable dinghy with motor. We now can explore areas around anchorages without fear of getting caught in tidal currents that take us in the opposite direction that we want to go in. Once we had the inflatable asembled and the engine primed it was [...]