As I have frequently mentioned, weather is a big issue in this part of the world. While the weather was nice, several days before our departure from Stuart, reports surfaced that a long swell from deep in the Southern ocean … Continue reading …
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Year 2 Day 114 – Big Chute to Midland, Ontario
Well, we did it – We went up and over the Big Chute:Kathy on the bow as we go up and over!About to reenter the wateron the other sideWe saw more spectacular sights on our last leg of the Trent-Severn including a male and female swan with 5 babies. I …
Rigid Industries LED Spotlight Update
It turns out that Rigid had some quality issues with their first batch of marine LED spotlights, so ours have been replaced. This gave us the opportunity to change from the Rigid spots to floodlight design, as our initial testing indicated we wanted more light in close to the bow, and there was sufficient throw […]
Sylvan Beach to Brewerton, NY
We left Sylvan Beach free wall and headed to Brewerton, almost the end of the Erie Canal (for us) to Winter Harbor Marina. This is a working marina where Island Hopper will spend the winter. The journey today was short, 23 miles 20 of wh…
Crazy Pie
Yesterday was one big piece of crazy pie. From the moment I got on the bus the craziness started. A man named Carl boarded with his baseball cap on and feathers out the top giving him an Indian flair. He never stopped talking, to everyone who got on…
Bakery and a Hike
It was a short cruise over to Ladysmith. Finally we were going to Ladysmith. I had been wanting to go there since we first started coming to Canada five years ago. From the water Ladysmith looked like a charming little town but sometimes what you se…
Cruising South to Nosy Be
We stayed in the first western bay after rounding the northern tip of Madagascar. There were no villagers here but the calm waters allowed us some much-needed rest. The winds were still a brisk 20 knots, but the protection of the bay kept …
Shearwater to Port McNeill
July 17, 2012Departing Shearwater under overcast skies at 0915 we headed down Lama Passage and across Fisher Channel to Codville Lagoon where we anchored behind Codville Island in 90 feet of water. By the time we anchored at 1145 the skies had cl…
He’s Back!
Wohoo! Back out in the boat shed tonight for the first time since my skate boarding accident! 😉 Felt good to smell the sawdust. All I did was clean up a bit and organize my work bench but at least it was something. More tomorrow for sure. Knee fee…
