Who We Are
In April 2006, Bill and Susan Grun purchased a J/160, a 52-foot high performance sailing vessel built for speed and designed to cruise the oceans in comfort and style. W [...]
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2008 Overview- Around Vancouver Island then South to San Diego
2008 Plans – After a great winter in Telluride with good snow and some adventuresome skiing, we arrive back in Victoria, Canada toward the end of May at the Canoe Cove M [...]
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Back in Southern California Waters
We are now back in the familiar waters of Southern California and nearing the end of our sailing for 2008. After the fantastic adventure we had sailing around Vancouver Island [...]
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On To Santa Barbara
The Captain wants to sail straight from San Francisco to Monterey a distance of almost 100nm. The First Mate, taking exception to that plan, consults the charts and finds [...]
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Avante Races to San Francisco
Positioning Avante at almost 50 degrees North, a latitude where one sails in the summer, has made our summers in Telluride necessarily short, but this year we made the most of [...]
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Circumnavigation Completed
Thursday, July 10th – Our plan is to spend the day exploring the islands in Barkley Sound, but our first objective is to find a good, sheltered anchorage. Effingham Bay [...]
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Wind Velocity Squared
Wednesday, July 9 – Slowly, we motor our way out of Tofino harbor to continue our sail down the west coast of Vancouver Island. Once safely out of shallow Templer Channe [...]
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Crab Trap Mishap
Monday, June 30th – Having safely rounded the second great cape on Vancouver Island, we are anchored in Columbia Cove by late afternoon. There is supposed to be a trail [...]
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West Coast Vancouver Island – Second Hurdle
We are about to begin the next major challenge on our trip around Vancouver Island: Rounding Brooks Peninsula with notorious Cape Cook at its end. This is the second great cap [...]
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Where’d He Go?
Sunday, June 29th – Today is a short day. Hooray! We are only going a few hours south to position ourselves for the next challenge ahead: rounding Brooks Peninsula [...]