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Arctic Party Video

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August 19, 2018

Here is a fun video John shot with the drone of our Arctic Party shenanigans. Such a fun time!

I also published a short piece for Cruising World about these shenanigans, if you want some words to go with this video magic.

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Here we wait. Smothered under a heavy damp blanket of sky the color of apathy. Surrounded by incongruously cheerful miniature sculptures of ice, gliding across the mirrored sea surface with grace, mocking the murky grey sky with a thousand shades of tenacity. Constrained by the wrong colors stained across…

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The Bering Sea

By halcyon

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August 15, 2018

(I recognize this post is a bit overdue. Now that we are navigating through ice, the Bering Sea feels like another lifetime. But internet is sporadic, and so I’m a bit behind in posting.)

If you would have asked me ten years ago – or five years ago, or even…

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Pounding through Preparations

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August 2, 2018

This article appeared in 48 North last month, so it’s a little bit out of order now – but I thought I’d share how those final weeks of preparation felt.

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Like so many of life’s greatest adventures, this journey started with a harebrained idea. From that little seed, the idea…

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Newsworthy

By halcyon

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July 30, 2018

DogBark! made the news this weekend. You can watch the story here:

Be sure to notice all of the “courtesy of John Guillote” tributes in the corner – he shot a lot of the included video!

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The Sitka Shuffle

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July 26, 2018

We had been talking about Sitka for months. It was our first major milestone, the end of the beginning of the journey. As we started north through the inside passage, our focus was on getting to Sitka in time for prescheduled flights and haul outs. And then, suddenly, 21…

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Should we stay or should we go?

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July 20, 2018

Every decision we make comes cloaked with balance and sacrifice. Traveling by sailboat is racked with decisions; tiny choices made each day that can have drastic impacts on our comfort, safety and experience. Will this anchorage offer protection from coming storm winds or accelerate them down its steep hills…

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Live Tracker

By halcyon

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July 15, 2018

We have the technology! There’s a map, and it updates DogBark!’s position in real time, along with our speed and recent track. Just click on the photo below to be taken to our very own special tracking page.
You’re welcome, Dad.

Also, have you checked out saildogbark.com recently? Talia and Savai have…

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Bushwhack

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July 13, 2018

The rain lashed at the windows with fury, but I didn’t mind. We were hunkered down in the very back of the aptly name Crescent Cove, well prepared for the 35-knot storm now seething overhead. The small steep inlet shielded us from the winds that tormented the tree tops…

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It got cold today

By halcyon

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July 9, 2018

It got cold today. It was after a fresh caught dinner of rockfish ceviche and ling cod tacos on DogBark!, tucked into the back of Ikeda Cove, on the southern end of Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii. As we dinghied across the bay in the mild twilight of 10:00pm,…

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