Murmurings during a short passage. Mental effort must be exerted to sail our mobile home off into the sunset, (or dawn, if you're in a glass is half-full metaphorical mindset). Despite all those questions, of hurricanes a thousand miles away, or of our sanity to aim in their general direction, we set off again. Friends …
Author: CapnChris
Night and Day: Marine Services
If you own a boat, you’re probably familiar with euphemisms such as: “You know meaning of the word B-O-A-T right? Break Out Another Thousand”. Or “A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money.” Suffice to say that a boat can be a financial burden. But you do have some ability …
Back To Reality : Follow The Sun
One day you'll look to see I've goneFor tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sunSome day you'll know I was the oneBut tomorrow may rain, soI'll follow the sun Beatles The sun settles later over an anchorage called Goose Island along the remote northeast Nova Scotia coast. Now mid-August, we begin our "windward" trek …
Highlights of the Highlands
Kelly and I wanted to explore other areas on Cape Breton Island - ones perhaps more difficult to reach from within the lakes aboard Fayaway or our little chariot Korykory. Amongst his many offerings, our de facto 'Port Captain' of Baddeck, Paul, kindly reserved for us a rental car in Sydney, about a 45 minute …
Aquamap & Garmin Sharing
A practical how-to, for sharing data between plotting devices. Another interim technical post. Warning ⚠️ If you’re not actively cruising and have no interest in Garmin chart plotters nor plotting routes then you might want to skip this blog post. It’ll be a bore. I find this method extremely useful, and wish we learned it …
SV Fayaway 