Late Summer at Jericho
The first afternoon that didn't feel like summer anymore. Grey, cool, with a bit of wind off the water. Some of the trees are already starting to turn as well.…
Boats & Sailing
15 entries tagged “Boats & Sailing”
Docking
I took advantage of an early start this morning to head down to Canada Place, hoping to beat the arrival of today's ships coming back from Alaska. Two were…
Visitors
It's visitor season in Vancouver. Conference goers and cruise ship tourists seemed to make up the bulk of the activity around Canada Place today!
New Lens, Familiar Place
The first sunny morning this week was too tempting to not take a break from work and head down to Jericho beach to take some photos. I'm trying to spend more…
Spirit of British Columbia
Our ferry trip home from Victoria last Sunday was on The Sprit of British Columbia one of the two largest ships in the BC Ferries fleet. The ship is aptly…
Cruising Into September
While there are still a few cruise ships making port in Vancouver in October, September is the last month of the busy Alaska tour season. I try to get to the…
M10 Morning
It was a beautiful spring morning and circumstances allowed me to be downtown and to have time to get out for a walk. I brought my Leica M10 with the tiny…
9 to 5 Sailings
I was in Victoria for the day on Wednesday for both work and fun. The fun started with the 9AM sailing to Victoria. The weather was perfect and people were out…
Mikkelene Aground
Another beached sailboat, this time on Kits Beach. If running aground wasn't enough of an indignity, the boat has been covered in Graffiti suggesting it's been…
Full Circle
I’m not sure what happened that resulted in this boat's grounding on Jericho beach. It looks like it was placed there somewhat carefully and seems intact. The…
Cruising
When I was downtown on Sunday I wandered down to the crusie ship terminal. It felt a lot like pre pandemic summer as there were three enormous cruise ships in…
Rainy Marine Morning
Saturday morning around the Burrard Civic Marina
Maria on the Sea
This ship is the Glovis Maria. One of about 9 ships a day or more than 3,000 a year that call into the Port of Vancouver. She looks well worn despite being…
Outer Deck
I was in Victoria for the past 2 days and came back to Vancouver on the 1:00 PM sailing. The weather was pretty nice so I left the comfort of my car and…
