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The Wanderings of Chinook - Locks and Canals to the Hudson River
The Wanderings of Chinook - Locks and Canals to the Hudson River. Monday, January 09, 2006. Click here to return to. CHINOOK OF CANADA S HOME PAGE. INTO THE RICHELEIU CANAL SYSTEM:. 2001 costs for the Richelieu System were $40 for the transit plus 50 cents per foot of boat length per night, and for the Champlain Canal $15 (USD) for a two day pass with free overnighting at the locks. FRIGGIN’ IN THE RIGGIN’. MAST BACK UP AT LAST. Our mast finally went up again at Hop O Nose Marina on the Catskill Creek.
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada - 1000 miles down the Intra Coastal Waterway
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada - 1000 miles down the Intra Coastal Waterway. Thursday, January 12, 2006. Click here to return to the. HOME BLOG-PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Photo: Fernandina on the ICW. We spent four days at Moorehead City after entering the ICW at Norfolk. At Beaufort two miles south - we caught up with friends from our home sailing club (Niagara-on-the-Lake) Will and Lottie Urquhart (. With whom we walked around the picturesque town, had a fish and chip lunch, and met Chris from.
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos. The journey from Miami Florida to the Bahamas then on to the Turks and Caicos. Friday, January 13, 2006. Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Chinook in the early morning, crossing the Gulf Stream (Photo courtesy of Muskoka Rose). Were buddying with us for the trip across,. Through the night we saw several ten-story cruise ships headed for Freeport or Nassau, lit up like chandelier-skyscrapers. It was a...
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The Wanderings of Chinook: Dominican Republic; Hurricane Holing in Luperon
The Wanderings of Chinook: Dominican Republic; Hurricane Holing in Luperon. Friday, January 13, 2006. Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Chinook of Canada in Luperon Harbour (Puerto Blanco), Republico Dominicana. Knowing we must be somewhere safe in the Caribbean to spend the hurricane season officially June 1 to November 30 - and not wishing. FROM THE TURKS AND CAICOS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Left with us. Early the next day we motorsailed 25 nm across the Columbus passag...
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Saturday, January 14, 2006. Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Photo: Chinook anchored off Culebrita in the Spanish Virgin Islands. After five months in the hurricane season in the Dominican Republic, Chinook battled the trade. FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PUERTO RICO. S bottom and anchor chain which were now ecological zones of their own - mini reefs. As part of the preparations we took. Who spoke fluent...
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: "Down Island" - the Windwards and Leewards
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: "Down Island" - the Windwards and Leewards. Monday, January 16, 2006. Click here to return to the HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Photo: The anchorage at Les Saintes from Fort Napoleon. The previous blog related our experiences in Puerto Rico, the Spanish Virgin Islands and the US Virgins. Were there, and we had several get-togethers with them. Roger had severely damaged his baby finger in an incident when another sailboat had dragged onto. Photo: Albert shows Debby h...
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: GRENADA - Our Special Island
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: GRENADA - Our Special Island. Thursday, January 19, 2006. Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Chinook Anchored in Prickly Bay. We reached Grenada on June 5th 2003. After a day sail south from Cariacou where we had checked in (Cariacou is part of Grenada). Was firmly anchored by noon in Prickly Bay on the south coast after a rough sail around the south- western point. Nother bay for a few days. But Prickly Bay was convenient, having a small...
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Crossing the Atlantic Wide
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Crossing the Atlantic Wide. 30 days from St. Martin to the beautiful Azores, three months cruising their waters, then the 12-day final leg to the Portugese mainland. Saturday, January 14, 2006. Click here to return to the. PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Another sunset on the ocean s calm waters. We pulled anchor from the sandy bottom of Simpson Bay in St. Maarten on May 19 after spending a frantic month readying. Reading: a serious pastime Brian reads book number 50.
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: The Azores - mid-Atlantic Paradise
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: The Azores - mid-Atlantic Paradise. Monday, January 16, 2006. Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Hydrangea hedges in July line country roads. On most of the Azorean islands. After 30 days at sea was very welcome ( see the blog on the Atlantic crossing. Horta is the port that most yachts stop at to replenish and recover, and most unfortunately (for them) do not stay long, nor visit other islands. Horta is 'Party City" and. Rse we added ours.
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Landlubbers Page - The Cruising Life...
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Landlubbers Page - The Cruising Life. A page especially for our landlubber friends, but take it all with a grain of salt (sea salt). Monday, January 16, 2006. The art of getting wet and becoming ill while going nowhere at great expense". Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Photo: washing machine and glamorous operator. CRUISING - THE GLAMOROUS LIFE? First, the constant motion. Using the marine toilet. Not a push and flush operation. You mu...
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The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Portugal and Spain - Cruising the Atlantic Coast
The Wanderings of Chinook of Canada: Portugal and Spain - Cruising the Atlantic Coast. Monday, January 16, 2006. Cape St. Vincent Lighthouse - rounded at sunset. Click here to return to the. HOME PAGE OF CHINOOK OF CANADA. Chinook was "on the hard" in Portimao on the Algarve Coast for the winter of 2005 while we flew off to Canada and New Zealand for four months.There was work to do on her hull when we returned (see The Cruising Life. Photo: Traditional Galician Musicians - yes, bagpipes. Islas Cies - "I...
