Short sailing windows, long waits. The pattern persists. Following a short stay in Bar Harbor, Maine, I find a day's worth of fair winds for a ninety-mile coastal hop down to Southport, Maine. There I ride out the next round of weather, re-provision, an...
Beggars can't be choosers. Not in late October, not when you are southbound from Nova Scotia and ill-equipped for arctic sailing conditions. I am searching for a weather window to sail direct to Buzzards Bay from Shelburne, but the weather maps remain ...
I arrive in Sheet Harbour two days after departing the Bras d'Or lakes. There I spend the next nine days waiting for another sailing window. Fortunately there is a dinghy landing and supplies are a short walk away. I depart for Shelburne around 0300 on...
The current tables for the Great Bras d'Or Channel are accurate. Phew! Sailed out past Noir Point in fair winds and about 2 knots of fair tide. A beautiful night for sailing ensues, but the following day brings rain as the winds pipe up from the northea...
Looks like I will finally have a fair wind to exit the Great Bras d'Or Channel which leads back out into the Atlantic Ocean. There is, however, the additional matter of the tidal current, which can run over 6 knots at the entrance. So just time it, right...
Inclement weather offshore obliges me to linger longer on the wonderful Bras d'Or lakes.
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I reach Baddeck, Nova Scotia, then cruise the wonderland of the Lower Washabuck. Angling for some top shelf drone footage of Ruth Avery with her topsail against the breathtaking background of the Bras d'Or's, I am yet continually thwarted by both Mother N...
From from one idyllic anchorage to the next, I move my way northward through the Bras d'Or lakes. While it may appear all perfectly carefree, the Bras d'Or lakes pose some rather tricky challenges for the engineless sailboat. One is passing through the r...
So whilst I'm pondering how to transit the St. Peter's lock without inboard power, my friend Joe on Resolution shows up. They're headed to Newfoundland but taking the scenic route through the Bras d'Or lakes. Joe agrees to lend me his RIB with a 15hp Yan...
An overnight passage from Ship Harbour has me approaching Arichat in suddenly blustery conditions. Thankfully the anchorage behind Jerseyman Island offers good shelter from wind and wave. When conditions settle I row over to a small beach by the main ro...
T-Mobile refuses to take the block off of my international cell data, so I retaliate with Starlink ... Then it's back on the seaways, headed downeast toward Cape Breton and the Bras d'Or lakes.
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Pleasant but light sailing conditions persist across the Gulf of Maine. I am finally left becalmed about 15 miles southeast of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. In attempting to update my weather files I discover that T-Mobile has blocked my international cell dat...
After a short cruise to Cuttyhunk and Hadley Harbor, I find suitable sailing weather to depart for Nova Scotia via Nantucket and the Great Round Shoal Channel.
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When I visited Europe in 2020, I quickly discovered that it's near impossible to get a propane tank refilled there. At least in Ireland and Spain, nearly everyone who cooks with gas uses the Campingaz exchange tanks which can be found in most grocery sto...
Numerous delays with my haulout, followed by a second haulout due to a lightning strike, have me nearly two months behind on my summer sailing plans. The seasons wait for no man, but I shall push on toward the Canadian maritimes, though it is now nearly ...
I spend ten days on the hard at Zimmerman Marine in Fishing Bay, Virginia, repairing the damage caused by the lightning strike.
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The work is finally done and the 2024 cruising season begins. Gentle conditions on the Bay prompt me to set the topsail, which, after some fumbling, has the old girl moving very nicely indeed. I put in to Deltaville for some rest. Then the sea gods stri...
The haulout projects continue apace. Space is quite limited on a 31 foot sailboat, but a bicycle sure does come in handy when cruising. So I decide to finally go ahead and purchase a Brompton C-line folding bicycle.
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Well the boat is on the hard at Long Cove Marina in Rock Hall, MD, and so the work begins. This is the same yard where I first fitted out Ruth Avery and launched her in 2001. I purchased the boat from Meade and Cheryl Breese, also here in Rock Hall, and ...
Long Cove Marina is not going to haul the boat for another week, but I'm not wasting any time. I start in on constructing the new topsail yard as the old one has gone missing. I also need to replace two of the polycarbonate windows on my hard dodger due ...
Good Do-It-Yourself boatyards are not easy to find, especially given the limitations of a liveaboard cruiser (e.g. you don't have a car). Youngs Yard didn't fit the bill thus sending me on a search around the upper Chesapeake Bay for a suitable place to h...
My arrival at Young's Boat Yard is off to a rather inauspicious start as the tow I was promised I would find out is not available after 5pm. Thanks to light airs it is now a little past 5pm as I approach the yard. Well no matter, I can sail up to slips ...
In this episode, our sailors face a sudden change of plans during their journey. Learn how they adapt their route, overcome obstacles, and embrace the new sailing adventure.
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