We arrived here on Wednesday, 7/20 surrounded by heat and humidity that just would not let go, so we decided to take the weekly rate option of $7.60 per foot. As attractive as the island anchorages are to us, it is more important right now to have elec…
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Meldrum Bay, North Channel, Lake Huron, Canada 7-19-11
We left DeTour Village on Tuesday, 7/19 on a very easy 40 mile cruise to Canada and phone customs check-in at Meldrum Bay on Manitoulin Island. We subsequently learned that you can apply for a Can Pass for Remote Area Border Crossing at www.cbsa-asfc….
Summer 2011
7-23-11In April when we last posted to this blog, we were in Vero Beach, FL preparing to start our annual trip north to the Chesapeake Bay. Boy, have there been a lot of things going on since then. …
Trent-Severn Waterway
On Tuesday, July 5th, the long-awaited computer chip for our GPS chartplotter finally arrived, allowing us to move on and enter the Trent-Severn Waterway.This 240 mile long inland passage between Trenton and Port Severn, Ontario, provides a route for …
Historic Palmyra and Newark, NY, not NJ
Tony M in peaceful Palmyra Palmyra, the Queen of the Erie Canal (why queen I don’t have a clue), has a welcoming dock with complimentary power and water in a man-made basin. This town of about 8,000 had an abundance of tour buses that …
Sea Spirit Walk-Through
Sea Spirit Walk-Through
2009 Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 hull 60-102
806 hours on main engine, ~493 hours on each generator
One owner since new, full records available
Swim Step and entry gates
One benefit of the canoe stern is that it results in …
Pittsford and Fairport (again!)
In Pittsford sharing power with a houseboatSpencerport is a tough act to follow but Pittsford tried its best. Located seven miles southeast of Rochester, Pittsford is a small village (1500 people) and less than a square mile. The …
Epilogue
Since returning home, we’ve had the boat hauled at our local marina where it’s getting the bottom painted and hull waxed. We’re going to take most everything off, clean it up good, make sure everything is working properly and list it for sale (an…
Homeward Bound
June 26-27 – After a short run back to Solomon’s Island, we dropped the hook, settled in, and then dinghied ashore to meet Sterling and Judy. We ended up at Catamaran’s for drinks and a light dinner and then walked the riverfront before returning b…
End of part 1 – Sneak preview of part 2
End of Part One – We have had a phenomenal time on Sea Spirit
We have had an absolutely wonderful first year aboard Sea Spirit. For a family’s first introduction to cruising, I’m not sure we could have chosen a better boat. We are very grateful to th…
