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R E K

Our sailing trajectory thus far.

I update our route whenever we find internet (like today, yay!).

100r.co/site/western_canada.ht

A map showing our sailing progress towards Southeast Alaska, covering the north of Vancouver Island and the Northern British Columbia Coast, with points on the map denoting stops, and the red line showing where we passed.
A map showing our sailing progress towards Southeast Alaska, starting from Victoria, covering the Salish Sea up to Desolation Sound, with points on the map denoting stops, and the red line showing where we passed.
24 May at 22:47 | Open on merveilles.town
19 comments
Shane Engelman

@rek Nice style. It reminds me of my own intended route graphics!

24 May at 22:57 | Open on mastodon.runninginthenight.com
Devine Lu Linvega

@rek the Day Of The Thousand Tacks

24 May at 22:58 | Open on merveilles.town
rezmason

@neauoire and who receives the tacks? The Internal Rivernue Service!

25 May at 21:43 | Open on merveilles.town
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max22-

@rek what is your final destination in Alaska ?

25 May at 6:56 | Open on mastodon.xyz
R E K

@maxime_andre Not so much a destination than a latitude. We're aiming to get near and around 58°N.

30 May at 3:46 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

Leg 3 of our trip in progress :).

We are currently in Prince Rupert(54°18′46″N, 130°19′31″W), to do laundry, re-stock on a few things, before we head off into SE Alaska.

the travel route of a sailboat through the british columbia north coast, with white dots denoting stops and a red line showing the path.
30 May at 16:15 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

I broke off Leg 3 in two, finally, just because it didn't show the same amount of detail as the other maps.
I've also added the names of our stops, as well as the amount of nautical miles between each stop. So far, we've done 623 nautical miles, from Victoria to Prince Rupert.

A map of british columbia, showing the northern coast east of Haida Gwaii, marked up with the route of a sailboat in red, with stops marked as white points. The names of stops are listed, along with the nautical miles between each leg.
A map of northern british columbia, near Dixon Entrance and showing part of SouthEast Alaska, marked up with the route of a sailboat in red, with stops marked as white points. The names of stops are listed, along with the nautical miles between each leg.
30 May at 18:17 | Open on merveilles.town
C.B.Leslie
R E K

@cbleslie Glad you think so, I made it out of my own handwriting.

30 May at 19:02 | Open on merveilles.town
Avi Bryant

@rek so about 20nm per day on average?

30 May at 19:00 | Open on cosocial.ca
R E K

@avi that was true for the Vancouver Island area, but since then we're averaging 30-55 NM per day.

30 May at 19:06 | Open on merveilles.town
Oblomov

@rek is this where “break a leg” comes as an expression to wish good luck? 8-D

30 May at 20:06 | Open on sociale.network
gabrielbezerra

@rek Thank you for sharing your trip and keeping it up to date. What do you use to plot these charts? Is it also built with uxn?

30 May at 17:23 | Open on mastodon.social
R E K

@gabrielbezerra It's much more low-tech than that :P... I draw over a map by hand. The hand drawn route is very close to our actual sail, but not exact, evidently.
We used to use a live map for that, but adding way points on it to make a detailed route was just a pain in the ass (100r.co/live/ as you can see it's messy AF).

30 May at 18:27 | Open on merveilles.town
gabrielbezerra

@rek Oh, I see. Perhaps AIS trackers like MarineTraffic or VesselFinder could provide more accurate data for the live map?

In any case, the hand drawn maps look great. Thank you for sharing them.

I wish you much success in your journey.

Travel safely!

31 May at 0:55 | Open on mastodon.social
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