Alright you Salty Petes and Petunias out there — hoist the jib and lend an ear.

August 24-31 ( Monday-monday….)

We’re sailing a full circle this time, casting off from Salmon Point Marina (by the mouth of the Oyster River) and swaggering back to the very same dock a week later. We depart August 24 and return August 31, hopefully wiser… but probably not.

Here’s how the treasure map currently reads

Don’t believe everything you read

Day 1 –

Slip the dock, find your sea legs, and point the bows north.
Lunch on Mitlenatch with seabirds judging your sandwich choices, then on to Savary for sandy toes, sunset swims, and the first proper night of pirate lies.

Day 2 –

A relaxed morning sail into Lund for lunch, ice cream, and pretending we’re civilized.
Evening finds us tucked into the Copelands, where the water is calm, the stars are bright, and the rum mysteriously vanishes.

Day 3 –

Island hopping at its finest.
Lunch on Hernando, then drop anchor at Manson’s — classic cruising grounds, excellent swimming, and prime conditions for stories that grow longer by the hour.

Day 4 –

A civilized stop at Gorge Harbour for lunch, showers, and resupply…
Then it’s back to the wilds for a night at Shark Spit — fast tides, glowing sand, long evenings, and the calm before the full-moon chaos.

Day 5 –

Shark Spit Shenanigans.
A full day of questionable decisions, beach antics, and the legendary Full Moon Regatta 🌕
Expect speed, strategy, and absolutely no official rules anyone can remember.

Day 6 –

Ease the heads and point west.
Lunch at Open Bay, then an easy slide into Rebecca Spit — wide beaches, warm water, golden light, and that bittersweet feeling that the adventure is nearly done.Bay, night at Rebecca Spit.

Day 7 –

A final 15-mile victory lap back to Salmon Point Marina.
High fives, tired arms, salty smiles, and already planning how to do it better next year.

The cost of piracy:

Prices will be the same as last year, but each returning team that signs up a new team will receive 50% off the cost of their boat entry.

Registration opens soon.

Spread the word, tune the rigging, and start practising your best sea stories. 🏴‍☠️

The Barefoot Raid course & schedule

Click on legs (AM & PM most days) for more details, including date, destinations, and distances. Click upper right corner icon to view full-size chart.

Raid schedule

On most days of the Raid, the fleet will race (or cruise) through two legs: one in the morning; one in the afternoon. Boats will typically raft together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will either raft up at anchor for the night with the motherships or go ashore to camp.

23rd August 2026 (the day before):

Transit to launch via the boat ramp, and prepare to race. All participants are self-supported today (i.e. feed/transport/shelter yourself).

While there is parking available there, some may want to consider dropping boats off a little earlier. We are literally pounding out the details over some rum, sodomy, and lash right now…or maybe it’s a Pogues album but we’ll have more details for you shortly. Just get yer scurvy selves to the ramp here for opening.

Feel the glee:

The daily cycle of Salish Sea glee

• 07:00 boats and crews raft together for breakfast
• 08:00 skippers meeting
• 09:00 start the morning leg
• Boats race under oar, or sail, or pedal or paddle, until the designated spot
• Lunch served on the motherships
• Afternoon leg starts shortly after the slowest boats arrive
• Crews then race to the pre-determined spot for the evening
• Spend the night either:
  • at anchor, alone with their thoughts and blisters
  • rafted with the motherships, sharing stories of the days triumphs and losses
  • camped on the beach, communing with the terrestrial wilderness and/or the intertidal zone

The days will dawn bright and full of promise, and the cycle will be repeated. A score will be awarded for each leg according to the order of finish (1 for first, 2 for second…) The boat with the lowest score at the end of the Raid receives eternal glory, and a nifty prize…