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All Shall Be Revealed
Okay, I said that I would try to keep blogging in some way or another but more than a whole year has passed since I last wrote anything. So, clearly, I’ve had some other priorities. Much has changed in the past year. And perhaps I should write an entry or two chronicling it all. But
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Bugs: The Cure for Canadian Humble-Bragging
Canada is a great place – particularly in the summer. But there’s one thing about Canada that is a constant source of irritation. Bugs!
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Aaaaand, We’re Back!
Well dear readers, in case you haven’t already heard, I’m happy to tell you that Spartan is finally home! She seems to have survived months of solitude unscathed. I would love to tell you all about the twists and turns that led to her repatriation. And, someday, I shall. But for now, let me just
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Getting Our Land Legs
To many, it must seem strange that we tried so hard to get Spartan home with us. To us, she IS home. But we are not just being sentimental. Without her, we are literally homeless for awhile. There is a lovely family living in our house in Toronto until the end of May, so we
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Ebb Tide
We are back. In Canada. Not exactly at home, it seems, but close! Our trip was safe and uneventful. We drove through the day and night and into the morning. We slept a few hours in various parking lots as needed. I tricked myself into sleeping by putting on episodes of British Baking Show for
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Exit Strategy – Day 5
Today, we made great progress in readying the boat for haul out – or, for a long hot couple months in a marina. We removed all the canvas, all the running rigging, the davits and solar panels, the boom, stored the dinghy on deck and did dozens of other odd jobs. In the morning, we
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Exit Strategy – Day 4
Well, with most of the major blocks in place, we were left today with mostly worry and busy work to consider. Our primary plan is still to have the boat put on a truck on Friday. And there’s a bunch of work to do to make that happen. But with so many things changing on
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Exit Strategy Day 2
Well, we made it to Florida today. We had planned to go to Fort Worth, but after a few miles in that direction, it became clear that we would not be able to make it there before dark. So we said good-bye to our buddy boat, Spar Trek, jibed and headed more westerly. Our sail
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Exit Strategy Update
Hi all, this is just a quick note to update you on our progress at getting home. We started the Tuesday with a plan to only sail 50 miles or so, but the weather was so ideal, and each news announcement seemed to suggest that doing this faster was better. So we kept going. We’d
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