Haida Legend Adventures

After 10 years, we’re back on the water!

01 February 2025 | Staniel Cay
01 February 2025 | Cambridge Cay
30 January 2025 | Waderwick Wells Anchorage
27 January 2025 | Cambridge Cay
25 January 2025 | Waderwick Wells
22 January 2025 | Warderick Wells
20 January 2025 | Bonds Cay
16 January 2025 | Great Stirrup Cay
14 January 2025 | Lucaya last day.
12 January 2025 | Lucaya
07 January 2025 | Lucaya
30 December 2024 | same
24 December 2024 | Slip C25 Lucaya
20 December 2024
13 December 2024 | windy
08 December 2024 | Lukaya
05 December 2024 | n/c
03 December 2024 | No change
30 November 2024 | Lucaya
27 November 2024 | Slip C25

Ep. 36 (Lake) Worth it.

17 November 2024 | Lake Worth
Bill Bernaerts | Cooler and overcast.
Pulled into the Lake Worth anchorage this morning after negotiating a few bridge lifts. We stopped at the marina on the way in and fuelled up taking on 116 litres of diesel, which we burned in 47.6 hours of engine time or 2.4 ltrs/ hour @ average speed of 6 knots so 285 miles. Also filled our water tanks and dumped some garbage. The dock guy was super helpful and we had a conversation with a boater who couldn't believe we came all the way from Canada in the boat. Yup, we're actually rounding third base and heading for home plate now!

Monday is last chance provisioning day so we'll dingy ashore and hit the grocery store and wherever else we need to go.

Our crossing on Tuesday will mark the trip to the Bahamas just under a 60 day journey and approx 1700 nm. Was it Worth It....ABSOLUTELY!

https://youtu.be/Qzuehp-umF4?si=JFhlvhUwnIB0-Vsm

People have asked why we are doing this and there are several ways to answer that question. Bucket List item, adventure, new skills development, calculated risk taking and the challenge of not only completing the journey but in doing it well all come into play here. Sailing is a challenge that takes years to do well and master and this is an excellent way to enhance those skills in 1 of the best sailing destinations in the world. A lot of time, effort, research and planning went into pulling this off. As you have read there have been lots of challenges along the way, but we have managed our way through them all and here we are, 1 day away from our goal, in 1 piece! (hope I didn’t just jinx us). The following clip from Doug Jackson aboard SV Seeker kind of sums it up for me.

Stay tuned!

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ij2BNdCrCfo?si=PAHGUU1eUtB00XfD


Today's shot is of 1 of the sites you see along the ICW, this 1 in Jupiter Florida. I can't figure out which is more expensive, the house or the yacht. But 1 thing is for sure, there is a lot of money in this part of the world!
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Vessel Name: Amaruq
Vessel Make/Model: Tartan 3500
Hailing Port: Brighton On
Crew: Bill, Sam and Finn (Dinghy Dog) sadly Finn is no longer with us.(sniff!)
About:
Bill and Sam retired in 2014 and took off for an 8 week, 1400 mile cruise of the Trent Canal, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and home again to home port. In 2018 they traded their boat for a 5th wheel and cruised the US southwest for 2 winters. [...]
Extra: Follow their adventures as they knock 1 more thing off their bucket list.