Author Shane
It’s amazing what a little bit of colour can do to change the look of the boat. Lori spent the winter taking the old tan coloured covers off and remaking brand new seat covers. The interior went from looking like… Continue Reading →
It’s almost boating season again! The boat had no issues surviving winter, despite having to reinforce the tarp. After clearing off the tarp and other wrappings, it had some dust to be cleaned up but no issues with any rodents… Continue Reading →
Our first season with the boat consisted of: mostly amazing times with the family, rest and relaxation bobbing around on the water with just the sound of nature surrounding us. some stress navigating the boat into and away from the… Continue Reading →
After Thousand Islands – Heading home, we dropped the boat back in the water in at Lakefield Marina and brought the trailer back home. That’s when I noticed this. The bearings in one of the wheels was spewing grease all over the… Continue Reading →
Time to head back home. We were nearing the end of our trip and decided to sail back, seems like winds typically blow in from the East so we had a good tailwind most of the way.
Our trip today has taken us to the Northern tip of Grenadier Island at an island called Adelaide. It was a quiet, but shallow anchorage. We enjoyed a few days here and was the most relaxing part of our trip.
Our night at Mulcaster was nice. A few houseboats had rafted up on the dock next to us and a pack of other boys aged 4-13 swarmed the island. Our kids wanted to go out for an adventure on their… Continue Reading →
A generous 10:1 ratio on our anchor meant close to 100 feet of rode. Wind and current were favourable at bed time, pulling us away from the island. But this changed overnight, the wind direction shifted and we are now… Continue Reading →
It was a beautiful day to sail with some good wind. We started with sails reefed to keep things a bit more level than last time. Still learning where to run lines and realized we didn’t have things setup right… Continue Reading →
The beautiful thing about a Macgregor Sailboat is that it has a top speed of around 60 knots (110kph). Which means that we can easily get from Lakefield to Gananoque within three hours. But there’s some important prep that you… Continue Reading →