It’s Monday morning (9am) and we are rolling south back toward the Whitsunday Islands. We’ll stop there for a few days and then push on. By late this afternoon, we’ll have covered 300 of the 850 nm between Cairns and Bris…
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Making tracks
It’s Monday morning (9am) and we are rolling south back toward the Whitsunday Islands. We’ll stop there for a few days and then push on. By late this afternoon, we’ll have covered 300 of the 850 nm between Cairns and Bris…
Anchorage – Bustard Islands, ON – 7/28/12
Second day and we have decided not to move on toward Killarney and just enjoy our surroundings. We did odd jobs around the boat, washing it and cleaning the lock smudge off the fenders today. Since our dinghy is out of…
Anchorage, Bustard Islands, ON 7/27/12
We left Wright’s Marina along with Marc’s Ark after getting a pump out at 9 a.m. for the Bustards. Blue Heron would join us later.This trip was gorgeous, the water was calm but the air was a little chilly. We had some open water and som…
Milford
OK – Milford Sound is the one Fiord accessible by road. It is also the most spectacular (vertically speaking). Over 500,000 people visit here per year. More amazing since the sounds south of here are unhabited and visited by just … Continue…
Petoskey Therapy
(Thursday July 26 – Dist: 58.0 mi; Avg Speed: 16.8mph;
Seas: 1 foot; TTT: 3:25 hrs)
Linda is back to normal. And why would she not be; the weather is beautiful and the town has a 2 day side…
Pictures – 7/26/12The Pancakes
The PancakesPoint Au Baril LightOriginal Marker Nice WaterByng Inlet Range Markers
Tobermory and Georgian Bay
Six hours of cruising over total glass waters and we entered the pristine Tobermory Harbor along with several other Grand Banks who had just come from a rendezvous in Parry Sound. So, it is another rendezvous for us here with fellow Grand Banks owners and lots of other boats. Tobermory is the entrance to […]
Meeting with Kent and we’re buying the land
Pam and I met with Kent Boatguy, the head of the Black Duck R&D Center, at the Colony Grill in Stamford on Friday for lunch. He apologized for his security guy not letting us in the Duck the night before, but he was only following orders.&nbs…
July 28 – Rideau Canal
Locks Take TimeChaffey’s Upper Lock WallWe went through 6 locks today, raised 79’ and only traveled eight miles. We had planned to travel further today, but the flight locks (4 locks) at Jones Falls took longer than we expected. We got to the…
