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Our ice-boom docks were moved into position today and our “winter harbour” on Nogies Creek Bay is now officially closed for navigation.

I had a job in Toronto yesterday; this is the liveaboard boats at Marina Quay West right smack dab in the thick of things downtown Toronto – (then it took me 20 minutes to travel less than 1/2 Km to the expressway due to the construction this fair city is so well known for). How … Continue reading »

for us to be here and live the good life My grandparents with my mother, circa 1934  

Tiger got his last dinghy ride of the season as we played “tug assist” for the 100 foot EncorE while she put into her winter slip. There is also a video up on our Youtube channel,  http://www.youtube.com/cruisingdog    

Tiger got his last dinghy ride of the season as we played “tug assist” for the 100 foot EncorE while she put into her winter slip. There is also a video up on our Youtube channel,  http://www.youtube.com/cruisingdog    

A little after mid day now here on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon Ontario and it is starting to get windy. Not too often that a tropical depression or ex hurricane makes it up this far, but this happens to be the convergence of two nasty systems; Sandy and a local disturbance. NY City is under … Continue reading »

All signs point to an extraordinary combination of meteorological ingredients coming together to produce a historic storm in the northeastern United States, Ontario and the Canadian Maritimes, with the peak being Monday night and Tuesday.  An important aspect of Sandy will be its size. The massive breadth of its circulation will produce a wide scope of impact that will … Continue reading »

Yesterday was warm, sunny and clear, and a very cool sunset too:  

Finally, I got him. This blue heron fishes our docks all the time. Very hard to get pictures of him, but I got him good this time through the wheelhouse window.  

Took these while docked downtown Bobcaygeon: