Kilburn Station
September 2019 It’s around 10pm, we’re almost home, waiting for the light to cross the road near our flat. A tiny old gent in a …
A Gentleman’s Cruise
September 8, 2019 Two set sail by day and anchored in Frying Pan Bay on the north side of Beausoleil Island. Five set sail from …
Back on the boat
Spring 2019 was very slow in coming, as such we didn’t get in any boat trips in June. Now that July has come and it’s …
Late spring
May 2019 This year spring took a long time in coming. Mid April a Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker turned back at Hope island as …
Diesel Dowty seals
January 2019 Our boat has always been fairly diesel-y smelling (previous post), I wrote the smell off, to being just the nature of the beast, …
primer pump and o-rings
September 2018 My trusty dingy motor, a 1987 Evinrude E4RCUD, started to give me trouble in the spring. I traced the issue to worn o-rings …
Come visit us!
June 13, 2018 This summer we are up in the crystal clear waters of Georgian Bay. Our home base is in Penetanguishine at Dutchman’s Cove …
LED bulbs
I’ve slowly replaced most of my bulbs with LED. All the cabin lights were switched over two years ago and I finally properly installed the …
CVMG People’s Choice
June 2017 At the 2017 Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group’s Paris National Rally, my 1970 Norton Fastback won the People’s Choice award for British bikes! I …
Dinghy transom fix
Feb 2018 I killed an afternoon fixing a crack in the hard-bottom dinghy transom. It looks like someone removed the backing plate and motor mounts …