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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

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Night Racing on Lake Simcoe

Falling in love with night sailing… Continue reading

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More Space! The Tanzer 7.5

The perceived roominess of any boat is directly related to the size of the boat owned before… Continue reading

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Our First Cruise, Part 2 – Rudder Trouble

In which we set sail for Orillia and our rudder breaks… Continue reading

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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

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Where Did Summer Go?

Summer has flown past. Where did those mostly hot and humid months go? They seem to have vanished in a flurry of things that we wanted to do and things that needed to be done. We started with things we … Continue reading

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Wishing for just a little more wind…

Racing our Alberg 30 in light wind, long distance races – and not getting frustrated… Continue reading

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A Summer Tale

Summer – cool days, rainy days, hot days teasing us; boat work and getting ready to sail – and the pleasures of falling water… Continue reading

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A Weekend Full of Sailing

Of sailing and racing, lots of and too little wind, and ripped sails… Continue reading

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It was a Long Race

We consulted the rules, read the sailing instructions, prepared ourselves as best we could and on the August 20th weekend we went racing on our own boat for the first time in eleven years… Continue reading

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