Good News, Bad News

September 10, 2016 in TearAway, Travelogue

The good news is: The exhaust is connected!
The bad news is: There’s a leak.

Three Weeks Gone; Two to Go

September 3, 2016 in Canada, TearAway, Travelogue

It’s been three weeks that TearAway has been sitting at anchor in our bay. Three weeks since we blew out the exhaust elbow and I’ve been unable (unwilling) to move […]

Learning Every Day

August 18, 2016 in TearAway

Over the summer, we’ve been sailing TearAway around the island, going here and there, overnighting at times. We’ve slept on board in our own bay on the evenings when the […]

TearAway: The Start of Another BIG Adventure: At Sea

August 12, 2016 in TearAway, Travelogue

  Nearly a decade and a few lives ago a dream sprouted. The seed was planted years before, as most dreams are, in stories told around dinner tables and in […]

Shipwreck! Part two

July 24, 2011 in Canada, North America, Travelogue

“Now keep your eyes out for the wreck!” hollered Gramps, as Skoro swung into the bay following a hard tack across the river from Cape Vincent, New York. Elisha had […]

Of machetes, sailing and birthday celebrations…

August 10, 2010 in Travelogue

…first days on Wolfe Island.