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. …
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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 …
Exquisite Surroundings
After cruising Cape Breton Island for three weeks, it’s time to start moving again. The plan now is to just keep going west, visiting even more gorgeous undeveloped seaside anchorages. We’re catching whatever light breeze we can get along the way. Given the predicted benign conditions overnight: diminishing mild southern breeze, almost no swell and …
SV Fayaway 