Island Hopping – Eastbound
We cast off our lines from Sackets Harbor, NY midafternoon on June 1st after finishing our final boat tasks. Our target destination was Kingston, Ontario, 28 nautical miles across the …
The Admiral Bayfield Award
In January, 2014, Dan and I attended the annual dinner and meeting of the Lake Superior division of the Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC), an organization of boaters dedicated to …
Housesitting in France
When we started housesitting in 2015, we always intended to use housesitting as a way of visiting other countries. Covid and other responsibilities delayed this goal until this past year …
Docking in the Wind – A Full Contact Sport
I don’t recall which friend referred to docking as a “full contact sport.” But there is serious truth in that reference. But before I get to docking, a little more …