Cruising from Cortes Island to Octopus Islands via "Hole in the Wall" - Discovery Island. BC

[@LoveYourRV]

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[@toddramsay977]

All these years I have been watching, it took an ol’ Sea Trawler to get Anne on camera. She takes to it naturally. Your a lucky man, she is very beautiful.

[@ytubechannel997]

Awesome scenery.

[@SpykersB]

Well I made it to vic island, will be staying at the thunderbird rv park this Thursday n friday night, but it looks like it’s not in the cards to meet, as I see your having a great time cruising the ocean! 👍🏻🍻

[@maxwest720]

Ray is a guy who knows what guys want to know. So he shows us the route at the beginning because guys want to know where they are.

[@ChasB2010]

Loved the video as it brought back so many wonderful memories from our past cruising the same area.

[@timf6916]

VERY Relaxing. Good job Captain.

[@Pack.Leader]

Gorgeous places. Great video.

[@mikeh4245]

Love seeing your boating journeys, I've read a number of books about the coast (Billy Proctor's books, M. Wylie Blancet's 'Curve of Time', etc) but have never had the chance to explore in person. We usually spend a few weeks in Brown's Bay at the end of summer and I watch the marine traffic go by, and I explore the coast virtually via Google Earth. Was really curious about 'Hole in the Wall' and your video has been helpful!

[@scottbuss3449]

a most awesome video, quite jealous

[@LoveYourRV]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@randyshay7280]

Hey Ray and Ann, are you guys boating to Mexico for the winter? That would be awesome to watch y’all’s travels. Ann is a good pilot! You 2 are awesome together!

[@LoveYourRV]

The boat could likely handle but I don't think we would. The boat gets pretty rocky on side ways waves so would need to add stabilizers, etc. It can get very nasty in the open ocean plus you'd have to keep going at night. Nowhere to stop when you are 50 miles off shore and we only have a single engine. We'll stick to the sheltered inland of the BC coast waters and enjoy ourselves in the summers and continue in RVing come fall. :)

[@jamesblanchard3772]

You guys ok not in the fire zone are you be safe out there

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, no problems we are on the ocean, no fires close by just a bit smokey right now is all but hopefully the winds will change back to a westerly flow as usual and blow the smoke east. Cheers, Ray

[@kevinrummelhart]

Can one live or cruise there in that area full time?… Or is the weather too cold and unpredictable to be on the water in winter?… Can you do a short video on how the Starlink works when you move from place to place?…

[@LoveYourRV]

Some people do full time on a boat here even in the winter but I'd say it's not that comfortable. Not my cup of tea for sure, the winter storms can be pretty bad and it's mostly rainy and gloomy from Nov to March with occasional snow and cold snaps if it's clear out. Here are the Starlink videos I've done over the years www.loveyourrv.com/starlink-satellite-dish-internet-first-look-setup-test-on-the-rv/ Not much more to say really. At this point, we just turn it on and within a minute or two we have internet connectivity. we are currently on the Starlink Roam plan www.starlink.com/roam Cost $190 CAD a month. So far in the boat, I haven't found a place it hasn't worked at. Works even with the boat spinning around at anchor and the mast and rigging in the way. Rather remarkable really. :)

[@brandonpeniuk]

Hey Ray, this was another great video. I was thinking that the price of gas leaves a hole in the pocket. Does it cost a lot to fill it up?

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, the boat has 250 gallons of fuel storage, runs on diesel. We get about 1 hour of run time per 1.6 gallons. Its costly but for the most part we can now anchor overnights for free and we stay a while at each spot so boat isn't running all the time. So far since we got the boat in mid June we have used about 100 gallons of diesel. Our monthly rate at the Thunderbird RV park was 1600 bucks so that can buy a lot of diesel.. :)

[@herb7877]

What is the burn rate (GPH) on this boat ? With a max speed of 7-8 knots I may have some problems crossing the Columbia bar down here if i didn't go in & out with the tide. Depot Bay (OR.) could be a real challenge. Twin 454 cu in / 350 hp ea burn a bit more fuel! Trawlers are nice though..

[@LoveYourRV]

Anne just did the calculation after we topped up the fuel. Looks like we are averaging 1.6 gallons per hour

[@herb7877]

@@LoveYourRV WOW! thats really phenomenal....

[@LoveYourRV]

Yeah, most stuff I read say the 120 Ford Lehman's usually use between 1.5-2.0 gallons per hour, so we are on the low side but with the whale watching we did there was quite a bit of idling or low speed hours. It's great, one of the big reasons we went with the single engine trawler. It's a perfect boat for cruising these inland waters for relatively low costs, still see a ton of these old boats around. We have twin 125 gallon tanks so don't need to fuel up much.

[@herb7877]

@@LoveYourRV years ago I knew someone with twin 120’s in a trawler . It was a heavier glass boat, slow but low gph rate and pretty dependable. My 454’s were gas and really went thru it. Went thru ~100 gal In a days outing. Good to see Anne in good spirits behind the helm.

[@brandonpeniuk]

Does Anne have to be careful of where she is putting the anchor down? I am referring to when the tide goes out. You really don't want to be stuck on some rocks when the tide goes out.

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, we look at charts to find the best anchoring spots and plan what depth we want to anchor at. Usually around 10 meters or 30 feet. Many good anchorages are known and actually marked in the chart plotter software.

[@toddramsay977]

Why do they call it Octopus Islands Marine Islands? Are the special Octopi there?

[@LoveYourRV]

Not sure, I think because there are so many narrow little channels between islands