To Sail Or Not To Sail – Now What
As I noted in the earlier post, To Sail Or Not To Sail – What we Did On Our Summer Vacation, we have made the decision to explore the feasibility of retiring on a sailboat. Having made that choice, we...
View ArticleTo Sail Or Not To Sail – Lake Newell
When we last left off, we were about to take our first lessons at the Glenmore Reservoir here in Calgary. Lori asked to write this and now, months and months later, I have given up and am moving on...
View ArticleTo Sail Or Not To Sail – Ghost Lake, Alberta
We last left off awaiting Lori’s post on the Glenmore reservoir Sailing School adventure. As we awaited, I posted about our small road trip to Lake Newell. Well, I guess we are still awaiting, so I...
View ArticleTo Sail Or Not To Sail – Antigua
As one can see by the day ticker on the right side of the page, we are 3 days away (less than) from departing on another adventure. That’s right, we are giving the sailing dream it’s due and spending...
View ArticleAntigua – To Sail Wins, So Far
We have asked ourselves several times the question, to sail or not to sail. At this point, we have advanced to the point that it is not a definite no, yet still not a definitive yes. We are satisfied...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Escape
This week the challenge presented us is “Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape”. In the description, one sentence hit me as so true in my thinking in the past while, “the desire to disappear and run away,...
View ArticleYou Never Know What You’ll See
In summer of 2012, we were doing our “To Sail Or Not To Sail” explorations and stopped in Blind Bay, BC for lunch. Nice resort town on a bay on Shuswap Lake. A beautiful, hot summer day, enjoying a...
View ArticleThe Atlantic Meets The Caribbean
Some very raw and rough footage I took of a reef off the coast of Barbuda in the Caribbean sea. What we are seeing is a reef where the Atlantic Ocean (dark blue) hits the reef, waterfalls over it and...
View ArticleThe Unexpected Things You See
I took these pictures while the cruise ship we were on was departing Funchal in the Madeiras. No idea what ship it was, but it was clearly a replica of some significance. An amazing sight on the open...
View Article▶To Sail Or Not To Sail? The Right Boat?
Maybe a catamaran is the way to go? They seem to have way more room than a mono-hull. How they sail would be my question. Filed under: Sailing Tagged: Catamaran, Monohull, Retirement Planning,...
View ArticleSailing Kootenay Lake
Not much wind, not much to do. Had a full cockpit so didn’t raise the jib, likely should have. Love the views. Our SV is a 25 foot O’day from 1979. Loving it. Sorry it is on an iPhone so a pretty...
View ArticleThe Unexpected Things You See
I took these pictures while the cruise ship we were on was departing Funchal in the Madeiras. No idea what ship it was, but it was clearly a replica of some significance. An amazing sight on the open...
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