#14 Penn Bay, Klemtu, Rescue Bay, Wigham Bay, Beales Bay and Shearwater

Sunday, August 14, 2011: Penn Bay, Meyers Narrows, Klemtu, Jackson Passage, Jackson Narrows to Rescue Bay.We left pretty Penn Bay at 9AM to insure we arrived at Meyers Narrows at high slack tide.  The narrows is only 4 foot deep at low water. &nbs…

Trip to Los Suenos

The trip from Papagayo to Los Suenos was an interesting trip. Our plans were to do the first 80 miles of the trip on Monday and then do the other 60 miles or so on Tuesday. We left Papagayo before 6 am with the help of the marina manager, Da…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-17 15:20:00

Day 351Blind River, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 11, 2011  Whalesback rock in Whalesback Channel Blind River Marina with Dream Catcher on the far rightLibrary in English, Bibliotheque in FrenchThe winds were calm for most of the run …

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-17 15:20:00

Day 351Blind River, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 11, 2011  Whalesback rock in Whalesback Channel Blind River Marina with Dream Catcher on the far rightLibrary in English, Bibliotheque in FrenchThe winds were calm for most of the run …

Harrisville – familiar territory.

Harrisville Marina of Refuge is surrounded by a man made breakwater. As with most Michigan Marinas, the docks are well constructed and maintained. The young people (mostly college students) who work at our state marinas are friendly and we we…

Oops

Puffin had been docked at a marina in Chestertown on Maryland’s Eastern shore while Sara and Wayne visited us for several days. Yesterday they departed for points north and we also prepared to depart for an anchorage down the Chester River. (Cont…

Georgian Bay and the North Channel

On Tuesday, July 19th, we entered Georgian Bay, located in the northeast corner of Lake Huron and such a large body of water that it’s sometimes referred to as the sixth Great Lake. We had heard such wonderful things about this leg of the Great Loop…

Georgian Bay and the North Channel

On Tuesday, July 19th, we entered Georgian Bay, located in the northeast corner of Lake Huron and such a large body of water that it’s sometimes referred to as the sixth Great Lake. We had heard such wonderful things about this leg of the Great Loop…

Trawler Trash?

I subscribe to many cruising blogs and live vicariously through others.  I just read an interesting blog by one of my favorites, Dick and Libby’s Tarwathie Cruising Log.  Dick wrote about “Cruisers as Travelers” and a Wikipedia search turned …

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-17 12:11:00

Days 349 – 350Spanish Municipal Marina, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, August 9 – Wednesday, August 10, 2011Entrance to the observation tower Seamoore, Jeremiah, and Dream Catcher on the far dock View east from the observation towerFuel d…