Barclay Sound Sailing Trip

In September, 2023 I sailed my Farr 727 (24 foot) sailing boat from Maple Bay, down around Victoria and up to Barclay Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. I spent a couple of weeks on the boat and cut the trip short after cracking a crown on one of my molars. I have made a YouTube slide show of pictures from this trip that can be found here.

I spent the first night near Sidney and the second at Pedder Bay between Victoria and Sooke

Sailing off Sooke

One of the joys of cruising is meeting neat people. Arnt built a cabin onto a flush decked hull to make this lovely little cutter. He is a master furniture maker from Vancouver

Many bays on the outer islands of Barclay Sound are heaped with drift wood and shells

A huge cedar drift log makes a handy frame for this scenery

I did not let these clams soak and clean themselves long enough - one broken molar crown was the result

The outside of Wouwer island is almost always a wild place

Ferns line a beautiful sea cave on Effingham Island

The sea life is rich - not surprising given the amount of tidal flow and proximity to open ocean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The trip home was done in one go to Sidney Island after sailing slowly all day, drifting overnight off Sooke, and then motoring to Sidney Island.