0800 01/12 Steel Sail Boat DarMi got rammed so hard knocked me out of mid ship birth. Assuming the worse being a ship of some large mass collision could see nothing except a massive old growth log skidding aft. Folded steel hull is designed for surviving all most anything. There was barely a paint smudge. Thinking back to my first sailboat Alberg 30 fibreglass was unthinkable.

All boat hulls with any metal are vulnerable to attack via electrolysis. Sacrificial anodes well known for ocean going vessels as protection. 100% protection not possible. Not wire brushing scrubbing of chalky oxidation reduces effectiveness of anodes. Nothing new here. Except reminders.

Every boat has the same problem: smoke, smells, and moisture from cooking. Most people put up with it. I don't. Every smoky meal leaves a little ghost behind. The fix isn't fancy. Just a simple seamanship thing to protect your boat.

Full time liveaboard coastal wilderness explorations. Comfort time. #shorts

Christmas Day

Steel sailboat voyage to fresh water rain coast lake to photo rare Dragon Fly eating plant. @gotherefindout is full version

1579 Sir Francis Drake heads out to pillage Spanish West Coast (Mexico). The problem was getting back across the fierce Pacific Ocean. His ship the Golden Hinde was burdened with gold bullion tonnage plundered from the Spanish. Drake must stash some of this treasure some on the British Columbia island studded coast to make room for tonnage of water and wood. Where is Drake's stash?

Pacific NorthWest Ocean Graveyard of Ships for past 5 centuries. No Beeps Here follows the trail of adventurer's and their stashed treasures in wilderness rugged North West. Adventures by sail amid the coast of whales and grizzly bears, gold prospectors and forests.

Metal Detect Ship's GraveYard the Pacific North West Ocean wilderness on the trail of 5 centuries of ship wreck, pirate and gold rushes. What has been left behind? Whales, grizzly bears largest un-interrupted coastal wilderness on the planet.

Secret Voyage (rumored) of Drake as early as 1579 have proven to be true in recent times. His ship entered North Pacific waters burdened with plundered Spanish gold and silver. To transit the North West Passage some of this cargo was left behind as well as a quantity of gold/silver coins traded for supplies to 1st Nations. Drake never returned. Re-tracing the believed stop overs ... seek the evidence.

Metal detect North Pacific Ocean remote, wild locations for relics, gold & silver stashes.

Rainforest stream walk up. The return of wild elk. Restoration of a salmon stream devoid of fish for 15 years. Clean up efforts brought them back again.

Go There Find Out happens upon a wilderness area whose few residents share a common trait. They live long. A well hidden mountain spring is the source of their water. Go there and find out.

Dig It, Eat It. North Pacific survivalist staple. Timing is important.

Coastal fierce storms not to be fooled with. Open ocean less to bump into. Coastal lee shores, reefs, whirlpools and floating logs can sink a boat. Head for shore. Relax.

North Pacific history changed 2 years ago. Year 1597 treasure laden Golden Hind sought the North West Passage. The Hind not Cook's ship Discovery in 1792 was the first in these north waters. The crew members of the Hind kept diaries revealing the re-supply stopovers. Payment to natives was gold/silver coin, excessively to earn acceptance for future British settlement plans. As well the ship was treasure overburdened needing to "stash" before attempting Arctic waters. Places of anchorage have been researched and mapped. This vid, a silver/gold metal detecting practice. The real adventure starts May/2023. Vids will be posted.

Coastal Wilderness, 3 Creeks explored and prospected with gold pan and metal detector in the late fall.

Go there Find Out. Adventuring, sail and by trail. Wilderness, urban and everything in between. Nature, self sufficiency, wildlife, sealife, gold prospecting, mysteries investigated, unearthed. Ethical metal detecting.

Wilderness north Salish Sea hiking through old growth rainforest arrive at jewel of a lake abundant with trout and seconding a lethal, rare insectivorous plant. Return to ship by kayak and stop to retrieve prawn trap for garlic prawns dinner as shown. SailBC - For shared day outings or extended adventures aboard SV DarMi on the British Columbia coast. Get in touch (aguysailing@yahoo.ca)

300 Years ago a Spanish explorer named Marina Island "La Minche" an Inca woman who betrayed her people to Cortes. 150 years ago settlers arrived and clear cut the 1000 yr old island to stumps. This video re-visits Marina island to view the new "forest". The rumour of gold being found there brings out my gold pan and metal detector as well.