Watch, learn and wonder while sailing B.C.’s Inside Passage
Built in 1984 as a private yacht, the ship has six guest cabins, two crew cabins and three shared heads, or bathrooms. We were travelling with nine passengers and four crew.There’s no spa or tennis court, but there are two Zodiacs for shore trips, four kayaks for paddling and an onboard library stuffed with books on plants, marine life and Indigenous art. I was on board in late May for the third and final leg, sailing from Port McNeill to Bella Bella.Because we were on the clock to get to Bella Bella, we didn’t have much time to sail.
- ▪Built in 1984 as a private yacht, the ship has six guest cabins, two crew cabins and three shared heads, or bathrooms.
- ▪We were travelling with nine passengers and four crew.There’s no spa or tennis court, but there are two Zodiacs for shore trips, four kayaks for paddling and an onboard library stuffed with books on plants, marine life and Indigenous art.
- ▪I was on board in late May for the third and final leg, sailing from Port McNeill to Bella Bella.Because we were on the clock to get to Bella Bella, we didn’t have much time to sail.
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Open this photo in gallery:The Ocean Wayfinder takes guests on expeditions to some of British Columbia's ecotourism destinations, including the Great Bear Rainforest.Outer Shores Expeditions/SuppliedShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountDo not, we were warned, go below deck if you’re feeling queasy.Much better to be up top, in the wheelhouse, where ocean air and the sight of the horizon trick your mind and body into getting used to being at sea.And so it was that I found myself banging through rolling swells on a sailboat in Queen Charlotte Strait, blessedly not seasick, singing along to a sea shanty playlist and feeling, ever so fleetingly, that I could get used to being a sailor.A diving trip to the Cayman Islands became a ‘side quest’ to keep…
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