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Northwest Passage Underway

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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Northwest Passage

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?

By halcyon

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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

By halcyon

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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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Life onboard

Honey and Heart

By halcyon

on

June 30, 2018

Have you ever heard of Heart Interface? They were the first ones to build a reliable inverter for off-grid and marine applications back in the 70’s. Did you know that that alternative energy brand was built by a long-haired barefoot man on a secluded beach in Costa Rica? I…

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Life onboard Northwest Passage

Islands of the People

By halcyon

on

June 25, 2018

When people ask what we are doing this summer, I answer, “going through the Northwest Passage”. But that statement, said in passing to satisfy the momentary curiosity of the asker, does not do justice to what amounts to nearly half the mileage of the journey: out of the Puget…

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Northwest Passage Underway

4 boats, 14 people, 3 generations, 2 dogs, a cat and a parakeet

By halcyon

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June 17, 2018

The leaving part is never easy. By the time you’re untying the lines, you’ve concisely described the anticipated journey so many times and answered so many questions, that it no longer feels real, but just a story you tell. There are still a thousand details running through your head;…

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We should all follow Billy

By halcyon

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May 15, 2018

I remember sitting with my dad at the kitchen table while he read -front to back- the entire local newspaper (remember those things? Big sheets of paper with small print that someone delivered to your front step every morning back in the ole’days), mindlessly scooping out sections of grapefruit…

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Newsworthy

The Sitka Shuffle

Should we stay or should we go?

Live Tracker

Bushwhack

It got cold today

Honey and Heart

Islands of the People

4 boats, 14 people, 3 generations, 2 dogs, a cat and a parakeet

We should all follow Billy

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