A final days sail under spinnaker brings us back up the coast to Gaspé were we prepare to haul out and store Phanty for the season.
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With the wind about 15 knots on the bow, the sky dark with clouds, we beat towards L'Anse A Beaufils, taking into account we could stop at Grande Riviere if ...
Gascons is a unique and beautiful harbour, we raft to a local boat and set out to explore the near by town. Upon returning from our anchorage at Anse A La ...
In fine summer weather we sail across Baie Chaleur to Bonaventure and tie up in their marina
Just off the town lies an excellent anchorage sheltered by Isle Caraquet. We spent an idyllic afternoon walking on the island and swimming off the boat in what ...
We spend some time exploring the town of Caraquet New Brunswick on foot and by bicycle. Situated right on the shore of Chaleur Bay on New Brunswick's Acadian ...
Departing from Gaspé, Quebec we sail down the coast to Rock Perce to tie up at L'Anse-à-Beaufils. From there we sail to Chandler and then cross the Baie des ...
Spring in Gaspé Quebec, we prepare to launch Phantasia and plan to explore the Acadien Coast of New Brunswick.
Calling all boat project fanatics, this one’s for you! Boy, did we have a time trying to get our engine aligned. While Phillip and I knew we had some kind of ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maybe they should change that B.O.A.T. saying to “bonded or about to.” The hardest part of our rudder drop was getting the stinking quadrant off! Heat, ...