Since lock 16 and 17 were still closed we decided to book a week at Hop-O-Nose. We got a dock over on the far side of the creek beside our friends on Mr. Turtle. After the busy day getting the mast down we were all pretty tired so we spent …
We really liked the marina in Jersey City. It was so relaxing to be tucked away in such a calm spot. The marina didn't have a ton of amenities but it was in an amazing location and everyone we met there was super friendly and welcoming.
We spent 9 days …
After spending Monday resting up from our passage I was ready to check out our surroundings. Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club was nice but was clearly still setting up for the season. One of the members told me that they were about three weeks behind schedule. It was fine but meant …
We didn't spend any time in Norfolk on our way South so we were excited to spend some time exploring it this time around. We booked four nights at the Tidewater marina partly so we'd have lots of time to explore but also so that we could order some spare …
We had one last day in the Exumas before crossing back over to Rock Sound and we were putting it to good use by finally going to do the washing machine. We had missed doing it on our first visit to Shroud and kept hearing how fun it was so …
We woke up feeling a little bit better. Slack tide was around 10 am so we headed over to the aquarium with Atlas and Salty. It was beautiful as always (this is actually the third time we’ve gone) but it’s worth it every time. This time since we …
We start this post on Feb 28th after anchoring in Big Majors.
We had stayed up visiting with Atlas until well past cruiser’s midnight the night before so we had a bit of a slow morning. Atlas’s Aria came over for a play while her parents went into …
It had been a busy week so, when we moved back onto the boat we were happy to spend a few quiet days just doing some work / school and continuing to stash away more provisions. We originally planned to head to the Exumas on Saturday but really heavy winds were …
It was finally February 10th, the day we had been excitedly waiting for! Elisa, Rohan and Kamaal were scheduled to arrive in Rock Sound around 4:30 pm which meant that we were going to be leaving the boat and spending some time returning to land life. Since they weren …
We woke up Saturday morning to lots of wind as expected. It was a little rolly on the ball but wasn’t too bad considering how strong the wind was. We mostly stayed on the boat that day as rowing against that much wind is never fun. It was a …
We left Rudder Cut around 8 am long after most of the other boast we were with. They left at first light so they could do some fishing on the way to George Town. It worked out well for them and several big Mahi Mahi were their reward for the …
Since heavy winds were predicted for Friday evening and Black Point was 50 NM from Georgetown we wanted to get at least halfway on Thursday just in case the winds filled in earlier than predicted. We had originally planned to head to Leaf Cay to check out some rock iguanas …
We spent 3 days at O'Brians Cay. Our first day we got the dingy up on desk and did some epoxying to fix up the scratches and dents from the dingy going ashore on the rocks. That ended up being a full day on the boat since we couldn't dingy …
It was supposed to be a sunny day but ended up being mainly cloudy. You can really tell it's fall now. Even so, because the water here is so much warmer then on the other side of the Gulf of Maine, the boat stays warmer then it did in Nova …
I didn't want to sail but I also didn't want to stay on the rolly mooring ball so once again we got up with the sun to face the waves and take advantage fo the favourable winds. Our goal for the day was a 30ish Nautical Mile sail to Gloucester …
We had a slow morning which was glorious as we were still recovering from our overnight sail. When we finally got moving we gave the boat a good tidy, finding places for all the goodies that Natascha and Kirsten brought us. Then we rowed to the marina to do laundry …
We had a long list of things we wanted to get done while in Halifax. The yacht club was a fair way out of town so we planned on renting a car but once again found there to be no cars available. Our timing wasn't very good it being Labour …
It was another day full of highs and lows. We left our anchorage early expecting light winds and low seas and instead got largish swell and medium winds. Seeing as we are ocean sailing noobs this made us anxious and it wasn't until a couple of hours in when the …
We spent our first full day in Summerside taking it easy and recovering from our long hard sail. Aria and I decided to do some shopping as there was a boardwalk with restaurants and cute tourist shops just around the far side of the harbour. Aria managed to find some …
After some much needed sleep in the outer harbour we spent some time cleaning the boat and then pulled up anchor to head in to the marina. Riviere au Renard turned out to be a lovely little town. It was founded more than 200 years ago as a fishing outpost …