The crew of Ohana Northward is again on home soil. The ship rests in her slip on Bainbridge Island. She has served us well again. We tested skills and developed new ones. We managed intense currents, winds and waves. We negotiated Seymour Narrows, plowed into the teeth of Johnstone Strait and learned when to duck and run. We shared the waves with Dall Porpoise, sailed beneath the cascades of Lacy Falls. We enjoyed the peaceful nature of remote anchorages and even golfed off of a float plane dock. Our challenges were not off the West Coast of Vancouver Island this trip, but the initial spirit of circumnavigation infused us with a certain sense of exploration that took us places we may not have otherwise seen. The trip around Vancouver Island awaits, as well the Inside Passage to Alaska and places not yet imagined.

Oh yes, and there was the matter of a monster Ling cod...(the leaded minnow lure is about 6 inches long!)