PEI

In and Out in a Day

In and Out in a Day

We had a busy day today doing all the stuff that they omit from the brochures and magazine ads for sailboats.  Altera has been in the water since last August and the only inspection of the underwater part of the…

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…

Headed for PEI

Headed for PEI

We finally decided that we couldn’t wait any longer for summer to arrive on the east coast so we set off in hopes that it will come looking for us.  Unfortunately our leisurely sail out of Arichat harbour progressively slowed…