by Heather Jacks | Dec 30, 2024 | Canada, Destinations, Sailing Gypsea
My First Sailing Experience 700 miles around Vancouver Island The circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. Credit: Writer Jacks My first sailing experience happened when I was 57 years old. I was a non-swimmer, and afraid of the dark when we decided to become...
by Heather Jacks | Oct 19, 2024 | Canada, Destinations, Sailing Gypsea
First-Time Sailors Cross Their International Border! Ahoy, Canada! It’s Official! We’ve crossed into Canada! My Humans are now International Sailors, and My Female Human was overjoyed. We started early, and—as is typical in the San Juan Islands—there was...
by Heather Jacks | Jul 18, 2024 | Canada, Destinations, Sailing Gypsea
Our Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island Begins Sailors have a lot of superstitions, and it’s hard to remember them all. Jack Spratt told my Humans that he only had two superstitions: 1) He never walks under ladders–(for safety reasons), and 2) he Never...
