“It’s hard to keep everything jibing and in sync. But when the entire family is healthy and the bills are paid, these elusive moments of contentment settle in. It’s then that we have a moment to dream…”
So begins Vance Shaw’s narration of Boards & Fjords, an odyssey from Squamish, British Columbia to the Princess Louisa Inlet – a place where the elements rule, and weather can spell doom in an instant. Follow JF Plouffe, Chris Christie, Matt Elliott, Eric Gindlesperger and Vance Shaw as the 32-foot Maya sets sails out of Howe Sound in gale force winds – the crew hoping to take advantage of a 200-cm dump and ski the glaciated peaks around the remote Inlet.
Video courtesy of Helly Hansen.