2-Day Yacht Escape to Vancouver Island

The day began at Coal Harbour Marina in downtown Vancouver, where everyone met in the morning and settled onboard before setting out across the water toward Vancouver Island.

The crossing itself became the first pleasure of the day. Rather than rushing to arrive, the hours on the Salish Sea were spent taking in the shifting light and the open views, with the coastline of southern Vancouver Island drawing closer through the afternoon.

By evening, the yacht reached its destination for the night: a secluded waterfront cottage on southern Vancouver Island, tucked into the trees near the Malahat area. The cottage, with its curved shingled roof and red chairs set out to face the water, offered a quiet place to rest after a full day at sea. The yacht stayed moored at the property through the night, giving everyone a true sense of having arrived somewhere remote and peaceful.

The next day began gently, with the group leaving the cottage around noon and cruising through the calm waters of the Saanich Inlet toward Butchart Gardens. Once there, the group went ashore to wander through the gardens, taking in a very different kind of scenery after two days on the water.

In the afternoon, everyone returned to the yacht for the final leg of the journey, cruising back toward Vancouver to close out the trip. The host helped see the day through smoothly from start to finish, and the escape ended the way it began, on the water, with the coastline of home coming back into view.