Covid and life events delayed our long-planned sailing adventure downeast. Determined to explore our own waters and make up for our shameful lack of knowledge of Canada’s waterways, the planets aligned for a summer 2023 departure. [...]Enfin! Our years of sailing and racing at Hudson Yacht Club, since 1981 on a variety of keel boats have inspired us to go further, beginning with our annual family cruises to The Thousand Islands. For those who noticed, yes we did update our photo - our kids suggested it might be appropriate. What, we aged in 7 years?

Our Itinerary – the broad strokes! We are heading to the Canadian Maritimes via the St. Lawrence. With stops in Quebec City, Tadoussac and points along the Gaspé Coast, then offshore to the Magdalen Islands, and then to PEI before heading to NS through the Canso Causeway. After exploring [...]

the Bras d’Or lakes we will head to Halifax where we will haul the boat for the winter. Returning in 2024 we want to take Arapesh down to Maine and eventually back into Long Island Sound through the Cape Cod Canal before returning for a visit to New York City and back up the Hudson River to our home port on Lake Champlain.