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Resources for Sailors
- About St. Lawrence Islands National Park
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- List of Ontario Marinas, with interactive map
- Official St. Lawrence Seaway Pleasure Craft Guide and links to other resources
- Sailing Directions for St. Lawrence, Atlantic Coast
- Sailing Directions for St. Lawrence, Montreal to Lake Ontario
- The Quebec Nautiguide (about)
- Tide Tables (vols. 1 and 2)
- Tides and Currents, General Information
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Tag Archives: cruising
Our Quietest Christmas
Our Christmas gift that year was a day of good sailing. After a big storm and days of going nowhere, it was just what we needed… Continue reading
Posted in At Sea, Looking Back, sailing
Tagged Alberg 30, Antigua, Atlantic, Christmas, cruising, Into The Blue, Las Palmas, Life aboard, Margaret Mair, sailboat, sailing
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Our First Cruise, Part 2 – Rudder Trouble
In which we set sail for Orillia and our rudder breaks… Continue reading
Posted in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, sailing
Tagged cruising, Lake Simcoe, Margaret Mair, Nash20, rudder trouble, sailboat, sailing
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Our First Cruise, Part 1
Perhaps Murphy found himself in a quiet moment and was looking for things that could go wrong. Perhaps the law of averages was not weighing in our favor. After this beginning, who would have blamed for losing interest? And yet… Continue reading
Posted in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, sailing
Tagged cruising, Lake Simcoe, Margaret Mair, Nash20, sailboat, sailing, Storms
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Flashback February?
Today it’s snowy and windy. For the past month we’ve seen far too little sun – days have been short and skies have been grey. So my thoughts turned to sun, and then to sea and memories thereof, and I decided to repost this from our other, older cruising blog. From December 2006 and January 2007… Continue reading
Posted in Looking Back, sailing
Tagged Alberg 30, Antigua, Atlantic, Caribbean, cruising, Las Palmas
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A Memory of Whales
…The great dark head, spotted with grey, broke the surface not far from the boat. A small beady eye seemed to peer at me, I could smell the wet breath… Continue reading
Still Cruisers?
Have we crossed the line, at least for now? Are we more live-aboards than cruisers? And – does it matter? Continue reading
Posted in General, Living Aboard, Ontario
Tagged cruising, Into The Blue, Liveaboard, winter
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A Stop in Cobourg – And Then We Arrive in Toronto!
To Cobourg, then one more jump and we arrive in Toronto… Continue reading
Posted in Ontario
Tagged Anchoring, Cobourg, cruising, electric sailboat motor, Into The Blue, Lake Ontario, sailing, Toronto
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Overnight Through Thousand Islands to Waupoos
Travelling fast through the Thousand Islands at night is not the most comfortable thing to do… Continue reading
Posted in Ontario
Tagged Anchoring, Brockville, cruising, electric sailboat motor, Into The Blue, Prescott, sailing, St. Lawrence River, Thousand Islands, Waupoos
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Squeaking Through the Last of the St. Lawrence River Locks
Strong currents before, wind on the nose between the American locks – would we get through? It was an unexpected challenge. Continue reading
Through the Beauharnois Locks and on to Cornwall
We made it to the Beauharnois locks. We made it through the locks. Then things got interesting. Continue reading
Posted in Ontario, Quebec
Tagged Anchoring, Beauharnois Locks, Cornwall, cruising, currents, sailing, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence River locks, St. Lawrence Seaway
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Sailing Into The Blue 