Gear that has Disappointed
The marine industry is full of gear, equipment and gadgets and I’ll be the first to admit I’m like a kid in a candy store in a marine chandlery. The challenge as a long range cruiser is you are often…
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
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…
What’s Next?
After spending 6 weeks on land, what the heck are we doing next? Truth is we’ve been trying to figure this out ourselves, but think we’ve come up with a rough idea of a plan that will keep us travelling…
Anchor Upgrade for Altera?
There are a few great debates among sailors and anchor selection is definitely near the top of that list. So seeing as Chrissy and I have spent conservatively a couple hundred nights on anchor without dragging and have both read…
Altera’s 13000 Mile Service
With the 5800 nautical miles we logged over the past 8 and a half months, Altera now has now covered approximately 13000 nautical miles. While this isn’t a lot for a cruising boat, we want to keep her in top…
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
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…
Signs You Aren’t Cruising in the Islands Anymore
Our boating life has changed notably the past few weeks, so here are some of our observations about how life has changed since the islands and the signs that we may have gone north too quickly.
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…