Hampton, VA to Tortola, BVI

Pictures of our trip with the Caribbean 1500 Rally from Hampton, Virginia to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. It was a 10 day trip for us 7:00 AM 8, November till 1:00 AM 18, November 2010.

Cape Cod, MA to the Chesapeake Bay in VA

These are pictures of our trip through the Cape Cod canal and on to the Chesapeake Bay. We transitted Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia on this trip. We finished in Hampton, VA where we made preparations for our long passage to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands via Bermuda.

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Gloucester, Massachusetts

Pictures taken of Maine generally while Wind Dancer was hauled for updates, as well as York, ME and Gloucester, Massachisetts.
Wind Dancer had new bottom paint applied, a new water maker installed, a macerator pump installed, and her electronics instruments finally mounted in the new custom made pod.

From Gaspe Bay, Quebec to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia our last Canadian port

These are pictures taken while traveling from the St. Lawrence River through the Maritimes of Canada. We leave Nova Scotia for Bar Harbor, Maine. We saw whales, dolphins and seals and dealt with the largest tides we will likely ever see, The tides in the Bay of Fundy rise and fall more than 50 feet.

Montreal to the Bay of Gaspe

These pictures were taken before Montreal to our furthest point north before entering the Bay of Gaspe. We saw many seals, whales, dolphins and scenery.

Lake Ontario to Montreal

This is the part of the trip that took us through Kingston, the Thousand Islands and on to Montreal.

Lake Erie to Lake Ontario via the Welland Canal

We went through the Welland Canal instead of going over Niagra Falls. It took longer, but hey ... we had time. These pictures show the locks in the Welland Canal as well as a couple ports we stayed at in both Canada and New York after entering Lake Ontario.

Ashtabula, OH to Erie, PA

Tall Ships in Cleveland

We intercepted these ships on our trip from Port Clinton to Cleveland. We were on a mission to find them.

Traveling from St Joseph, MI to Cleveland, OH

New photo on Wind Dancer

2010 Trip To The Caribbean Starting The First Day Of Summer

A general overview of our trip to the Caribbean is as follows:

We’ll circle Michigan stopping at marinas or anchorages with a planned recess in Presque Isle to visit friends. Then an additional extended stop for at least a few days on Lake St. Clair and the Islands of Lake Erie, likely about 2 weeks from now. We’ll transit the Welland Canal to Lake Ontario, then up the St Lawrence Seaway. Of course we’ll spend some time in Montreal and Quebec among other stops and then on to Nova Scotia. We’re anticipating at least one additional crew along a good portion of the Seaway, Captain Huey a native of Nova Scotia that we met last year on Lake Superior. We’ve planned to haul the boat out of the water around Labor Day weekend in Boothbay , Maine to apply salt water bottom paint, install a water maker and a macerator pump. That will take 2 to 3 weeks. Hopefully we’ll attend the Annapolis Boat show on 7, October, and then we’ll meet the third week in October in Hampton, Virginia with approximately 150 to 200 other boats for a flotilla to the Caribbean via Bermuda. By mid November we should be drinking Caribbean rum and fruit juice.