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Havre Aubert Photo Roll

Havre Aubert Photo Roll

We sailed overnight from PEI to the the Isles de la Madeleine, or as the english refer to them, the Magdalen Islands.  The forecast East wind had a bit of a north component to it and there was a notable…

Wrapping up in PEI

Wrapping up in PEI

After arriving in Charlottetown last week, summer arrived too and we have been appreciating the beautiful maritime summer weather since.  Now we remember why we came north!  As it turns out Charlottetown is probably one of our favourite places that…

Wood Islands to Charlottetown

Wood Islands to Charlottetown

We’ve been exploring the Northumberland Strait for a few days now with our first stop in Wood Islands PEI, a rather remote location, but home of the ferry between PEI and Nova Scotia.  We had a long 11 hour day-sail…

We Made it to Cape Breton

We Made it to Cape Breton

We left Martha’s Vineyard last Monday and had strong SW winds to carry us across the 220 mile stretch between New England and Nova Scotia and then along the southern coast to Halifax.  

A Cold and Damp Leg to Martha’s Vineyard

A Cold and Damp Leg to Martha’s Vineyard

We left Atlantic City mid-day in a gentle southwest wind.  The forecast called for the wind to shift NNW in the evening so we headed north of the rhumb line in the afternoon planning to close reach as the wind shifted as this…

Leg 2 – Beaufort to Atlantic City

Leg 2 – Beaufort to Atlantic City

We departed Beaufort, NC with light winds which saw as motor or motor sailing half of our 60 or so hour trip to Atlantic City.  This is one of the downfalls of being on a schedule, but on the bright…

Leg 1 – Bahamas to Beaufort NC

Leg 1 – Bahamas to Beaufort NC

We had a successful first leg north from the Bahamas covering some 480 miles in 82 hours to Beaufort, NC.   We generally had gentle 10-12 knot winds on the stern allowing us to carry full sail for the first…

Back to Canada

Back to Canada

It seems hard to believe, but we are just 6 days short of having spent 6 months in the islands and now we are about to point north.  We had been hoping to make Cape Breton by the end of…

An Abbreviated Tour of the Abacos

An Abbreviated Tour of the Abacos

Our tour of the Bahamas is now wrapping up and we’ve spent the past week in the Abacos, the northern most chain of islands.  We have only seen a small portion of the Abacos but we are glad we did…

Photo Roll from Eleuthera

Photo Roll from Eleuthera

Here is a photo roll from our recent tour up the island of Eleuthera before we jumped north the Abacos. First stop was Rock Sound Harbour, a nice little town. A tidy vacation house for those that don’t want visit…