Alan’s hobbies were cruising around Vancouver Island and the adjacent waters. He loved writing, carving, fishing, managing our sons’ swim team, and camping. He had lived in three countries due to his job, starting in Canada, then on to the United States, then Great Britain, and back home to Canada. We resided in Sherwood Park, Alberta, where he succumbed to his cancer. He has two sons, Christopher and Barry, and his wife, Kay, of nearly sixty years. He wrote these stories one summer for his nephew and two nieces while cruising the waters around Vancouver Island.