...a Montgomery 17 sailboat.
...a Tartan 26 project boat I picked up. After almost a year up at the marina and a trial sail she now sits in my driveway (as of Sept 10, 2004) to be cleaned, repaired, and modifications made.
...pics of other boats (some of the photos are by others).
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1992
...a vacation trip aboard Steadfast, a 17' Thistle, from Owen Sound, Ontario to Lion's Head and back.
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1999
...a quick weekend trip to the Chesapeake for my first ride aboard both a Montgomery 15 and 17.
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2001
...my first real cruise there mostly on the Choptank River
(BuscaBrisas).
...Lion's Head, Ontario to the eastern end of the North Channel (BuscaBrisas)
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2002
...Solomon's Island - Little Choptank - Choptank - Little Choptank - Patuxent River as far as Battle Creek - Little Choptank - Solomon's Island.
...Rockland to Southwest Harbor and return.
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2003
...Solomon's Island - Potomac - Reedville, VA - Tangier
Island - Crisfield, MD - up Tangier Sound - through Hooper's Strait -Solomon's.
...the story of crewing on a Cape Dory 33 from Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland up the St. Lawrence.
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2004
...The North Channel of Lake Huron. Launched at Spider Bay Marina, Little Current and leisurely sailed to the Whalesback Channel and return. This was much slower-paced than usual.
...coming one of these years, a tale that started with a Lyle C. Hess
tribute get-together and concluded with the Annapolis Sailboat Show with some great sailing
in between.
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2005
...A return trip to the Penobscot/MDI area of Maine.
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2006
...story written, will be added next spring.
...Launched at Fairhaven, MA and sailed
over to Hadley Harbor - Vineyard Haven - Cuttyhunk - Fairhaven.
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2007
...planned trip.
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...a bit about my experiences with getting a sailboat to steer herself.
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...to pages I find useful or interesting.
