Wayne hand cranking the bridge at the lock, the parks manager let him try it out to see what it was like Merrickville, one of our favorite towns in Canada, great ice cream and restaurants here.Smiths Falls no longer has the Hershey’s chocola…
Hopewell Bay, Shawanaga Island 8-13-10
We continue to slowpoke along Georgian Bay and today took a 20 mile cruise to Shawanaga Island. We avoided the shoals and narrows of the Canoe Channel by taking the well-marked alternate channel past the Spruce Island shoals, the Pancakes and Squaw Isl…
Killbear Provincial Park 8-12-10
The park name caught our attention, too. Legend has it that maybe a bear killed a logger or a logger killed a bear in the 1800’s, but the First Nation stories say that the name commemorates the seasonal water journey bears take between the islands he…
Oh, is it hurricane season?
With my ownership of our new boat now pending, my first task was to make sure the boat was in good hands for the remainder of the hurricane season. Originally, we were looking for boats in Seattle, with an eye to buying something late this year, and sp…
Oh, is it hurricane season?
With my ownership of our new boat now pending, my first task was to make sure the boat was in good hands for the remainder of the hurricane season. Originally, we were looking for boats in Seattle, with an eye to buying something late this year, and sp…
M/V Island Hopper’s Log 2010-08-14 14:44:00
Naples to Longboat Key Moorings
The crew of IH shoved off from Naples Sailing and Yacht Club at 0915 and proceeded to a nearby fuel dock for several hundred gallons of diesel fuel to feed the thirsty engines. Destination for the night Tween Waters Re…
The No Booze Cruise to Lose!
The deprivation is paying off – Vicki is down 9 lbs and Norm has lost 9.6 lbs in 9 days. Our shorts are now too big and our belts are a notch tighter. No need to buy new wardrobes, though, as we have smaller size shorts …
Plan "B"
Went back to check on my wood order again this morning. It’s going to take another month just to get the 20′ logs in so I cancelled the order. Plan “B” now goes into affect. I have to splice a 4′ section of 1×3 onto a 16′ piece of 1×3 as per my previou…
It’s a "GO" for purchase!
The sea trial and survey went very well. They surveyor was on the boat for one and a half days. Of that, about 3 hours was spent dealing with the haul-out and sea trial. The remainder was spent examining, poking, prodding, wiggling, and exercising all …
