We arrived in Charleston late on Sunday, January 18 to reunite with Katahdin after almost five months apart. To be honest, it was both great to be back on board and unsettling how much there was to do, remember, locate and fix in order to get back underway. On the "great" side, thanks to our good friends at Coastal Carolina Yacht Sales, Katahdin was warm and cozy when we opened her hatch at 9:00 pm on a chilly winter evening. She felt like home despite a few boxes of "stu

For those of you wondering what happens to the good ship Katahdin after the Great Loop and before her next adventure, this blog's for you! A day or two after we finished America's Great Loop at the end of August, the terrific folks at M.E. Yacht Restoration in Holland, Michigan, hauled Katahdin, cleaned her up, and dried her out. Specifically, they acid washed, dried and detailed the hull; then, just in case of a freeze up before she headed south, they drained the water from

Sunrise Over Lake Macatawa at the End of Our Loop Looking back at our year on Katahdin as we circumnavigated America's Great Loop, some...

August 22, 12:53 PM: Crossing Our Wake at the Entrance to Holland Harbor Cap Getting Ready to Remove the "We're Looping" Pennant The...

Hopping from harbor to harbor, we're playing hopscotch down the east coast of Lake Michigan while trying to avoid the worst of the wind, ...

Katahdin in Her Slip on Mackinac Isla After a few days on Mackinac Island, we crossed Mackinac Straits, left Lake Huron and arrived in...

After several days of offshore runs along and across Lake Huron, we have settled in for a few days at Mackinac Island, Michigan. Two...

I can't believe that this is the 100th time I've shared our adventures with you since we started the Loop last September 25. Allowing...

On a very smoky Sunday morning, we left Mill Lake to travel through more of the fijord-like channel we had arrived through, cross about...

At Phillip Edward Island on Mill Lake, we're sharing a cove with a pair of loons and their late summer chick. Like our grandkids, the...

Georgian Bay has enchanted me. Think of the Maine coast only packed more densely: island after island after island; long, glacially...

Monday, the Admiral and I hoisted the proverbial anchor, negotiated not only the last lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway but also the last...

Some of those who "know" thought I left out an important snippet of our week ashore. As we were all waiting to board the Rotary Train in...

After 240 miles and 44 locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway, the Admiral and I arrived in Port Severn on a Friday afternoon. We spent the...

Having successfully navigated the Trent-Severn Waterway, we arrived at mid day on Friday in Port Severn, Gateway to Georgian Bay, where...

Monument to Gordon Lightfoot at the Orillia Opera House As I mentioned in my last blog, Monday afternoon and Tuesday we took layover time...

A Sixty Foot Lift in a Flight of Two Locks We decided to take an extra day in Orillia (Ontario)--a busy, upscale town with a beach,...

We finished last week with three, longish days. Friday, we cruised almost 30 miles from Bobgaygeon to Fenelon Falls where we found the...

Wednesday, we had another great day at Stony Lake with Meg and Sandy. Sandy joined the Captain on Katahdin for an hour and a half coffee...

Yesterday, for the first time since we started the Loop last September, we reached the land of rocks! The American inland rivers...