1. Chester was founded in the late 1750's and is a favorite resort and vacation destination on the South Shore. It's well known for yachting and as host of the annual Chester Race Week.
2. There are two main harbours, the front harbour, where we moored o...
1. We've journeyed 30 hours by train across Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and finally here to St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, where our Niagara 35 Phantasia II has been stored since last fall.
2. It's exciting to see our boat again, and to get going on ...
1. Leaving Sloop Cove’s gray sand beach and sculptured Thrum Cap behind we pointed the boat seaward toward West Ironbound Island, where we had entered the La Have two weeks ago. Today we have one last stop to make in Mahone Bay at the town of Mahone Bay,...
1. We were not ready to depart Lunenburg until late in the morning for the sail down to the La Have Islands, the weather was a bit forbidding with rain and gusty conditions forecast for the next day. The wind, 10-15 knots, was well forward of the beam, act...
1. With Jayne off in search of the laundry mat my Dad and I set out to tour the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, it's built into several of the historic warehouses directly on the water front, at the foot of "old town" Lunenburg, just a few minutes away ...
This years Down East Circle - Part 5, will take us on an approximately 175 nautical mile round trip, down Nova Scotia's South Shore. Not too far or too difficult but we'll make a lot of interesting stops, and we expect to have a fun & relaxing cruise.
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1. Having thoroughly enjoyed discovering Bridgewater we left against the flooding tide, the river is tidal right up to town, and its buoyed channel easily accommodated our five and a half foot draft. We went down river only a few miles, where we stopped an...
n Chapter 7 we depart from Waterford New York, and enter the Erie Barge Canal, traveling 40 miles upstream through locks E2 to E10, stopping for the night at the town of Amsterdam's River Link Park.
Departing Amsterdam we lock through E11 just upstream fr...
In chapter 2 we depart from Port Mouton on Nova Scotia's South Shore and motor sail 40 miles to Shelburne, we arrive in time to enjoy their founders days celebrations.
The next leg of our journey sees of depart from Shelburne Nova Scotia and sail out to ...
In Chapter 6 we depart Manhattan on the first leg of our 135 mile journey up the Hudson River and motor 60 miles up stream to Cornwall-on-Hudson New York.
The next leg sees us motoring another 60 miles up the beautiful Hudson River Valley to Catskill Cree...
In chapter 5 we depart Newport Rhode Island and sail West on Block Island Sound to West Harbor on Fishers Island New York, to anchor overnight.
On the following day we start out up Long Island Sound in blustery conditions, and sail 60 miles to Port Jeffer...
After completing repairs to the boats electrical system, we depart Marina Bay at midday for Scitutate Harbor, a short sail of about 30 miles, entering the harbour in the midst of a thunderstorm.
Departing from Scituate we sail south on Cape Cod Bay and en...
After our 55 hour crossing of the Gulf of Maine we entered Boston Harbour near Little Brewster Island, and took the Narrows passage to the main shipping channel,
President Roads. We then made our way to Charlestown near the Navy Yards to tie up at Pier 8 a...
In chapter 1 of down east circle part 6, Jayne and I launch our Niagara 35 sloop Phantasia II in St. Margarets Bay Nova Scotia, we then sail south west to the La Have Islands which we visited previously in down east circle part 5.
With Phanty's jib and st...
We're just releasing some new HD content of this series, January 2019.
In Down East Circle Part 6 we depart July 15th by train from Cobourg to Montreal then Halifax, and on to St. Margarets Bay, where Phantasia, our Niagara 35 has been stored since last su...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In August of 2007 we returned to Gaspe by train, with plans to sail either to Newfoundland, or Les Îles de la Madeleine .From the yard overlooking Gaspé Bay we cleaned, painted and waxed …then launched Phantasia and spent a couple of nights at the mari...
In this year’s presentation Jayne and I prepare Phantasia to launch at bustling Lewisporte Yacht Club, on Newfoundland’s rugged and beautiful east coast. After Pot Luck celebrations & fun kitchen parties at LYC, we set out in the company of local b...
In this year’s presentation Jayne and I prepare Phantasia to launch at bustling Lewisporte Yacht Club, on Newfoundland’s rugged and beautiful east coast. After Pot Luck celebrations & fun kitchen parties at LYC, we set out in the company of local b...
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