Monthly Archives: May 2010

Dockage, updates, and boat weirdness

Dockage, updates, and boat weirdness

May 31, 2010
Boat, News

So as you can see the post of the 3rd day of my trip from Eastport to Toronto is up. I’ll continue working through my notes and post the rest as I can. Not sure how long it’ll take overall though as I’m trying to make sure I get onto the ship permanently by the […]

I’m back!!!

I’m back!!!

May 25, 2010
Boat, Captains Log, Log

Posted from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Amazingly enough I’ve made it back alive. I’ll be doing a more thorough day by day blog posting of the trip when I get a chance. I’ve got a string of emails that I used essentially as my source of notes for the entire trip. Sadly there is NO time […]

Day 4: Part of the wavy navy.

Day 4: Part of the wavy navy.

May 13, 2010
Boat, Captains Log, Log

Posted from Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States. Yesterday we decided that we would try to leave later at night with the tide just to make the passage that much quicker. The speed part worked out well as we were able to hit 10 knots while in the area outside of Eastport with the islands, the down […]

Day 3: The Birth of Tusk

Day 3: The Birth of Tusk

May 12, 2010
Boat, Captains Log, Log

Posted from Eastport, Maine, United States. Today was another busy one. We finished fitting on the new Radar to replace the old one with a jury rigged scaffolding we made out of some lumber that was left on board, we also hooked up the auto pilot the best we could to the old steering wheel […]

Day 2: Still in Eastport but refitting nearly done

Day 2: Still in Eastport but refitting nearly done

May 11, 2010
Boat, Captains Log, Log

Posted from Eastport, Maine, United States. Today was a lot of work. We got the power run to the pilot house, organized the main saloon, sorted out some of the wiring, got the mast ready to be cut down, setup the temporary head, disconnected the old radar and got our food supplies for the trip. […]

Captains Log

Captains Log

May 11, 2010
Boat, Captains Log, Log

Posted from Eastport, Maine, United States. So yesterday I didn’t have an internet connection but clearly today I do. Yesterday I wrote this log entry that was essentially from day 1 of the entire Eastport to Toronto adventure for picking up my ship: Day 1 in Eastport Still a bit nervous about the entire boat […]

The merry month of May

The merry month of May

May 7, 2010
Boat, News

So it seems I haven’t updated for a month. Well crap… No excuse really but I have been extremely busy. Just to quickly go over the details of what has gone on here’s a bullet list: During April I had a business trip to Portland Oregon for most of a week. The week that I […]