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...
Chapter 1
After launching our Niagara 35 sloop Phantasia II, Phanty, at Royal Newfoundland Yacht, we take 10 days to complete some major refits, while sitting alongside the RNYC main wharf.
With all the tasks crossed off the list its time to get sailing ...
Chapter 3
We again set out in blustery conditions to round Bonavista Head, and then spend a couple of nights at the fine marina in Bonavista Harbour, waiting out some strong winds and enjoying the company of a group of visiting sailors from the US and Cana...
Introduction
Jayne & Mike provide valuable (and fun) information for anyone thinking of sailing to or just visiting Newfoundland. Departing from Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club they'll take you on their Niagara 35 sloop across the great Bays of Conceptio...
Chapter 4
Under clear skies and seas leftover from the previous days gale force winds, we motor sail up Hamilton Sound to the Change Islands, and stay over night at the fishing dock on the north side of the tickle.
On the following day, we enter Notre Dam...
Cobourg's Canada Day Water Front Festival
Music by:
Storm The Palace
Panasonic GH4
Panasonic DMW-MS2 Stereo microphone
Lumix 14-140
C4K 4096 x 2160 Cine-D footage output from Premier CC2014 at 1080p
Chapter 1 Gaspe Launch
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 co...
Inspired by our friends who sailed their Alberg 37 across the Atlanic, we decided to take our Niagara 35 sloop Phantasia from our home in Cobourg on Lake Ontario, down the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Coast of Canada. After 5 years of planning and th...
Some fun sailing down New York's East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge and then up the Hudson River to the 79th Street Boat Basin. From Down East Circle Part 6 - Chapter 5.
Jayne and Mike present Newfoundland Circle at the 2014 Vancouver International Boat Show -
For more boat show information please visit,
gonesailing.finnevans.ca
We had the impending winter to plan next years voyage, we think it will be from Gaspe back across Chaleur, and down the Northumberland Straight, with stops in Miramichi, PEI and on to Halifax... but we're never quite sure...
With the wind about 15 knots on the bow, the sky dark with clouds, we beat towards L'Anse A Beaufils, taking into account that we could stop at Grande Riviere if the wind didn't fair.
Grande Riviere is reported to be by the CHS sailing directions a good, a...
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 summer's trip along Nova Scotia's South Shore. This will be (may be) the ...
In this movie some tasty cheese meets Lily played by her self.
Also staring John and Brenda's red shoes and toenails.
Introducing the voice of Jayne.
Filmed using a Panasonic GH1 in wonderful Seabright, Nova Scotia - July 2011.
NEW 2019 Full Length Release of All 8 Chapters of Down East Circle Part 5, Sailing Nova Scotia's South Shore.
We are sailing aboard the Niagara 35 Sloop Phantasia II from St. Margarets Bay Nova Scotia down Nova Scotia's South Shore to:
Mahone Bay
Chester
L...
We embark from l'Anse a Beaufils, Quebec on a 350 nautical mile round trip to the Madeleine Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. From Chapter 4 of our DVD,
http://www.nauticalmind.com/Gone-Sailing-Gaspe-to-Perce-and-Iles-de-la-Madeleine-pr-79229.html
With Phantasia docked in l'Anse a Beufils we take a day trip to Bonaventure Island to see the Atlantic Gannet Colony. From our DVD,
http://www.nauticalmind.com/Gone-Sailing-Gaspe-to-Perce-and-Iles-de-la-Madeleine-pr-79229.html
Sailing from Fox River towards Perce Rock, Gaspe Quebec, we are overtaken by a pod of dolphins. From our DVD,
http://www.nauticalmind.com/Gone-Sailing-Gaspe-to-Perce-and-Iles-de-la-Madeleine-pr-79229.html
A blustery day sail on Phantasia II from the town of Gaspe, Quebec passing Cap Gaspe and Forillon National Park. Featured in our DVD,
http://www.nauticalmind.com/Gone-Sailing-Gaspe-to-Perce-and-Iles-de-la-Madeleine-pr-79229.html
Sailing out the Saguenay River at dawn we encounter a pod of whales feeding. From our DVD, http://www.nauticalmind.com/Gone-Sailing-Lake-Ontario-to-Gaspe-2006-pr-71651.html
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