Here is Arctic Rose, back at the Folly again.Soon they will be thinking I want a permanent berth there.The original plan was that we would visit Newtown, but the weather had other ideas.So much so that poor Patch was quite seasick before we were even h…
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Port d’Escale, Montreal, QC – 6/25/12
Slight change of plans today. Early this morning Marc came to the boat and told us Michelle was not feeling well and probably had a virus so we all decided to rest today and start off again tomorrow. Marc & I walked to a marine store la…
Quick update…
Lots of different projects going right now . Heres a quick update… Did some surgery on the wheelhouse console to add room for bilge pump switches below the main distribution panel. Just couldn’t find another good place for these so, out came the jigs…
Savannah Arrival
We arrived at the inlet to the Savannah River at 3:30 am Sunday morning after a very good trip from West Palm Beach. We had the benefit of the gulf stream for the majority of the trip making in excess of 11 knots for a part of the trip. We s…
Monday, June 25th, 2012
We figured it was going to be very quiet here today since it is Monday. However, two other boats are occupied on A Dock. It’s nice to have people around. We feel like we belong because everyone is so nice. I think today is the fi…
Meaford, ON, What a Pleasure are you!
Beautiful Marina at Meaford, ON.The wind blew like stink (my sailing buddies know what that is!) when we cruised to Meaford and when we arrived in the harbor, the harbormaster placed us in a parallel parking spot, barely big enough for Crawdad. No…
Gwen’s Visit 2012
Sometimes the first time a visit takes place after an event like a death, the visit can be hard or it can be comforting. We were comforted to have Gwen come visit; Ron’s younger sister came to visit us and see the East Coast for the first time. (Ron and Gwen’s mother died Jan 2012) When […]
With the Pigs and Big Dogs
June 16 – 17, 2012After we left Black Point early in the morning, we only traveled a short distance (1.5 hrs in time, but even that much was because we had to go around a big rock bar) north to Big Majors Spot. It is a popular anchorage because o…
Back to the ole’ grindstone
After having been laid up with a badly sprained knee for the last two weeks it’s back to the ole’ grind at work. The knee is healing nicely and it won’t be long before I can get back out in the boat shed and get some real work done. Young Andrew was ov…
Oasis
Our balcony is a wonderful wee oasis. This morning we awoke to new hibiscus blooms, which made me smile. We enjoyed a wonderful steak supper last night at my sisters. We are down to the wire and Al is still waiting to hear about one more MRI. We’ve…
