A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be spending a few weeks aboard our 1978 Islander Bahama 30 Natasha cruising the west coast of Vancouver Island. Sailing singlehanded, I was to get Natasha out to Barkley Sound, a sailor’s paradise on the rugged coast, to be joined by my wife Carey and granddaughter Natasha at the village of Tofino. With time to spare I had already sailed north beyond Tofino visiting popular Hot Springs Cove with its sulfuric falls and pools. Sailing south in the protected waters behind Flores Island, I anchored in Bottleneck Cove and Bacchante Bay under brilliant sunny skies and pristine nights, all without seeing another boat.
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