BRANDO YELAVICH EXPLORER

Our last day. We tried to avoid talking about it and acted like everything was normal. We should have woken up early to catch the ebb tide but instead we ignored the alarm and slept in. We chatted at the campsite and had tea and coffee until it was almost lunch time. W...

I thought we deserved a sleep in so today we caught the ebb tide in the afternoon. We set off around 1pm in the weak autumn sunshine. Our aim was to paddle until we found a nice camp spot, our last one for the trip. We paddled in silence, both reflecting on the trip an...

It was a very new sensation looking out of the tent and being in a car park of a small town. We both felt weirdly vulnerable here, we missed the wilderness and our coastal campsites. The town of Telegraph Cove was empty and had an eerie feel to it. Instead of waiting...

It was so nice to wake up to a quiet morning. No wind ripping at the tent, no rain thundering on the fly, no waves crashing on the shore. It was still early in the morning but we both got up to see what the ocean was looking like, hoping it was going to be a calm day.

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We packed up camp early this morning, it was supposed to be a big high tide and I had a feeling our camp spot would be underwater if we waited around. It was another wet and windy day, our forecast for today was a 7-8 knot tailwind which would help us cover some miles....

We packed up camp early this morning, it was supposed to be a big high tide and I had a feeling our camp spot would be underwater if we waited around. It was another wet and windy day, our forecast for today was a 7-8 knot tailwind which would help us cover some miles....

The wind picked up in the early hours of the morning, whipping at the tent and the tarp. By the time we woke both were dry, it was such a nice surprise. We stayed in the tent, keeping warm while we waited for the current to turn in our favour. It would be no use if we...

The seals woke us up making their funny snorting noise. I looked out at the ocean, it was still and calm, no wind just a light drizzle coming down. We waited for the current to turn before beginning our day on the water. We had a short day planned, 25kms to Helmcken is...

Ngaio was up at first light even though we could sleep in today. She woke me up to go over the plan for paddling the Seymour narrows, we went over it so many times I started going cross eyed. We had timed it so we would be paddling through at ‘slack current’ we would b...

It was another chilly morning with a brisk wind and heavy clouds. This has become our usual, gone are the days of clear skies and beaming sunshine. We had a chill morning waiting for the tide to go from flood to ebb and the current to do the same. Once this happened we...