Our game plan, as travelling nomads, has been to first figure out where the boat will be and then figure out where we (and necessary ‘stuff’) should be. While we were in Minneapolis, Gaviidae was in Duluth initially and then moved to Bayfield, WI where she currently sits patiently awaiting…
Our last sail of the season coincided with the Bayfield Applefest. In prior years we had encountered rain, snow, and generally unpleasant conditions. This year’s weather, was perfect – well, almost. Bob and Nancy and their daughter Erin joined us for the weekend. We sailed with Bob and Nancy many…
The trek to Old Dave’s Harbour on Otter Island covered almost 57 nautical miles during which time we actually got to sail for a couple of hours with no engine running. I should qualify that as BVI sailing, which means sailing with jib or genoa only depending upon what you…
It seems we’ve been lucky with the weather and have always been just ahead or off to the side of some major weather systems. While we skirted westward along the northern side of the North Channel, some major weather tracked to the south of us along Manitoulin Island. We saw…
