It’s been a week full of mining history, a few repairs, and plenty of prawns for dinner.

We started with five full days exploring Anyox, wandering through what’s left of the old copper mine and powerhouse. It’s hard to describe the scale of the place—massive concrete buildings, rusted machinery everywhere, and reminders of how big this town once was.

After that, we crossed to Alice Arm to check out the silver mine, then made our way to Kitsault. Kitsault was built in 1979 by Phelps Dodge for a molybdenum mine that only ran for about a year and a half before it shut down. The entire town was left behind, but it’s still in great shape—houses furnished, lawns cut, lights still on.

We were lucky to get permission to look around, but we promised not to post any video. If you’re part of our online crew, you might get a quick peek tomorrow, but that’s it.

Back on Tangaroa, Blaine swapped out a tired generator alternator that had started to smell a bit funny, and he finally cut apart Punga’s transom and lowered the motor. She doesn’t cavitate anymore, which is a win, but she’s throwing a fair bit of spray now—typical trade-off.

We also caught some nice humpback prawns in Observatory Inlet and have been working our way up Portland Canal toward Stewart. The border runs right down the middle, so we’ve probably drifted back and forth a few times without knowing it.

If you’ve been following along and want to see more behind-the-scenes moments (like what happens when the autopilot quits or we start cutting into boats), join our online crew at onboardtangaroa.com. Members get an extra Real Time Update every week called Wheelhouse Weekly, early looks at new videos, and a few other perks.

And since it’s Hat Month onboard Tangaroa, we’ve got 15% off all hats—baseball caps, truckers, and toques—through October. Because we’re Canadian, and of course we have to include toques.