It seems so straightforward. Prepare the boat, load the lockers with food, drop the mooring line and just go. But it never works that way no matter how much you plan ahead. The always changing, never ending to do list As Chris and I thought about what our upcoming winter should look like, we agreed. …
Author: sailorkelly
Baddeck
St Peters and Baddeck are the only full-service locations on the Bras D’Or Lakes. Sure you’ll find other communities and local markets here and there, but for the most part it’s fairly rural. Baddeck has a practically new public dock - but it’s not free, and we found, often busy. Fortunately we found very good …
Boat Cards and Memories
Life afloat poses some unusual challenges. Not the least of which is trying to remember the names of the many people with whom we cross paths. Usually we can remember the boat name and characteristics: oh, ya, the people on the catamaran called Fearless. What are their names again. Bob and Mary? Peter and Lori? …
Cool Culebrita
"Culebrita is my favorite island!" is a refrain we heard from several cruisers. So we thought Little snake, if my newly acquired Spanish serves, could be a nice stop. It's a small island, about one mile by one mile. It's uninhabited but in the care of Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The signs look …
Everybody Eats
When preparing for our travels I attended several seminars designed to prepare for a different way of living. Two nuggets of wisdom really resonated and stuck: One was, despite the obvious changes, don’t expect your lifestyle to change drastically. If you are an early riser, read a lot, like to cook or eat out, those …
SV Fayaway 