Preparing for your boat trip can be one of the most enjoyable parts of your trip. As you are planning it you begin to live it in your mind, and that’s fun! Then you actually live your plan as you … Continue reading
Bruno Vassel
Now that the trip is over, I’m working on my trip journal… To see more of the iboats’ cartoons go to: iboats’ cartoons … Continue reading
From Portland, Maine 185 miles back to Falmouth on Cape Cod, MA…Circle Route Down East completed! Here we are going to get gas early this morning. And largest yacht of them all at fuel dock in Portland, ME. A high … Continue reading
Sunday in Portland, Maine. We got a taxi and went to the LDS Church in Cape Elizabeth, a suburb of Portland across the bay from downtown and in the South Portland area. We met a number of very friendly people, … Continue reading
We got up early in Camden, Maine and went for a walk before heading for Portland, Maine. Leaving Camden, Maine on a clear and lovely morning at the end of July. No fog! Heading toward the islands of North Haven … Continue reading
Heavy fog, waves and thousands of lobster buoys made today’s 100 mile boat ride from Bar Harbor to Camden, Maine anything but relaxing. Here we briefly see a large 2 or 3 masted schooner as it passed to our stern. … Continue reading
We woke up to nice weather in Yarmouth, NS. Our plan was to cross the Bay of Fundy to Bar Harbor, a 120 mile straight across crossing or go 160+ miles by going around Grand Manan Island. We did the … Continue reading
This is a fun train caboose that is now a take out diner at the waterfront in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. We spent the day in Yarmouth in the thick fog with rain on and off all day too. The plan … Continue reading
Shelburne to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in very thick fog. We awoke to heavy fog and an east wind, meaning the seas would be at least somewhat heavy. Since John and Sue Dietrich had spent the night with us on the … Continue reading
We woke up in Lunenburg, NS and went on a nice walk. Cari and Sue Dietrich then did some fun shopping and then drove the rented car to Shelburne, NS. John and I took the boat to Shelburne and had … Continue reading