We cruised up the Trent Severn to Peterborough, ON on 7/13 and stayed over one day in Peterborough to see the city and buy groceries, get a haircut, etc. The Trent Severn was frequently narrow but winding through pine forests and sometimes opening up i…
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Doug & Kathy’s Boatlog 2007-07-12 18:05:00
We’re in Hastings, Ontario.We cruised the Trent Severn Waterway another 30 miles and 6 locks today and we fit under all the low bridges with our radar arch up (hooray!). At one 22 ft. bridge, we only had about 10 inches to spare, however, there are not…
Doug & Kathy’s Boatlog 2007-07-11 19:28:00
We’re in Campbellford, Ontario on the Trent Severn Waterway, the “TSW”. My Verizon Wireless card is still working. Campbellford is right after lock 12. That’s right, we went through 12 locks today, a personal record for us. They’re easier locks than t…
Doug & Kathy’s Boatlog 2007-07-10 17:18:00
We’re in Trenton, Ontario where the Trent-Severn Waterway to Lake Huron begins. I can’t believe that my Verizon wireless card from USA is still working to give me internet. Our Verizon cell phones have been on roam only since we entered Canada. We cru…
The Tide Turns
There is a stage in a renovation project where it looks like things are so bad they might never get better. This is when the most money spent for the least apparent results; instead of a sea-going boat with an engine, roof, windows we had an empty wood…
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Our Family, Christmas 2010
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Join Bob and Kathy Hunt on our Great Loop Adventure.
We began the trip in earnest in April of 2008 and have now made it through Canada and into Lake Michigan, after traveling around…
On the Slip
Life in London has gone on as usual, but there is the constant siren call of a beautiful big boat in the perfect harbour in Eyemouth, and once we had Christmas out of the way we were ready to answer it. The excitement of seeing Heroine again got us up …
Land Legs
It takes a while after getting ashore for the world to stop moving, and until then we both have a rolling and slightly drunk-looking gait. It is a lovely reminder of our adventure, but Heroine is now 350 miles and several weekends away.We have washed a…
Surfing Home
Peterhead towards Eyemouth, Wednesday 16th August 2006We got up this morning at 5am to catch the tide with the intention of doing a short day down the coast to Montrose or Arbroath; I rather wanted to visit the home of the smokies However, the weather …
Spice of Life
Peterhead – Tuesday 15th AugustWe spent a happy 3 hours talking to another ex-trawlerman called Alex of Scotia Charters who is convering a 24m boat into a conference ship to go on the Caledonian Canal. He has done a huge amount of work to it and we thi…
