Seems you've found us. I'm one half of the charming and somewhat frustrating duo that is John & Michelle. (I'm Michelle) We once had this one-day idea that we wanted to sail around the world. We made a five year plan. After ten years of talking and two years of prepping and postponing, we are finally underway. Feel free to follow us and live vicariously though our pratfalls and adventures as we take our almost-as-old-as-John Bayfield 40 Cutter Ketch out of the safety of Lake Ontario and out into the world. On a shoestring budget. With two fiercely independent people. In basically 300-ish square feet of living space and with not a heck of a lot of sailing experience (yet) ...This is going to be fun...
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October 14th, 2018 :: Day 112
We had arrived in Shelburne a bit weary after beating into the wind for over double the amount of time it should have taken to make the trip, and after being moored and limited to the boat for 6 days since we left Halifax,…
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October 3rd, 2018 :: Day 101
It was time. We’d been in Halifax getting work done on the boat and waiting for hurricane season to ease up for almost a month, and it was time to began saying our goodbyes. We had definitely grown comfortable here, but the weather was…
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Day 100 – October 2nd.
We are still alive. No one has fallen overboard. We haven’t hit another boat. We haven’t killed each other.
In fact, life is good. Really good.
We left Hamilton on June 25 and have since travelled approx 1560 nautical miles (2890 km) through Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick,…
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September 28: Day 96
When Ben and John contacted me a few weeks back to let me know that they would be coming to Halifax, we thought we would miss each other. John and I originally had plans to be gone by the end of September but we should have…
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September 21st :: Day 89
Hard to believe it’s the fall equinox and we have reached the official last day of summer. The nights are getting colder (9C last night, low of 6C forecasted for Tuesday) and since we have no heat on the boat, we are layering blankets and…
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September 20th :: Day 88
Had a wonderful day today with Colleen and Paul: our lovely new friends that own the fabulous vessel Blue Eden. (we had the pleasure meeting Paul when we were in Gaspé and met his wonderful wife Colleen a few days ago when they invited us…