Boston to Toronto, Yacht delivery of an Island Gypsy 32′ Trawler
“Captain Ed delivered my boat from Boston to Toronto. He did it on schedule and in a very professional manner, keeping me informed...
Blogging aboard Black Diamond!
Sailing logs of Black Diamond, a Jeanneau Sailboat.
12 Day trip from Toronto, Port Credit Yacht Club to New York, NY. Part of our delivery to the Bahamas.
“Captain Ed delivered my boat from Boston to Toronto. He did it on schedule and in a very professional manner, keeping me informed...
A very busy real estate agent couple had purchased a 40 foot Beneteau Oceans 400 sailboat on Lake Champlain. They were taking a sabbatical for a year of sailing in The Bahamas....
Black Diamond and Fortune’s Favour will be buddy boating down the Hudson this week and then offshore to the Bahamas. We have arrived today late evening by train from Toronto to Catskills. Today is...
We made it to Catskill, NY, Hope-O-Nose Marina, absolutely the best place to step your mast on the Hudson. Great facilities, such as a swimming pool for your family to enjoy, while you...
The last 3-4 Locks to Waterford, NY on the Erie Canal, about to descend to the Hudson River. This is the largest drop in the shortest distance in the world. Over a 150 feet...
Travelling with two boats containing 6 children under 13, starting at the age of 4. Yes, we needing a few breaks along the way, considering all this, we have been making pretty good progress....
Further transiting the canal, our usual time table is off the dock between 9 to 10 am, sometime we would make one rest stop for about an hour or so, and ending for the...
After a 3 hour crossing of Lake Oneida, we were lucky to find a 100 foot spot on the wall for both Fortune’s Favour and Black Diamond including our 20 foot over hanging mast....
We left Oswego today about 10am, and completed about 9 locks, our average speed is about 6 knots. We stopped again at one of our favourite spots for ice cream. Bridge House Brats at...
We did this trip on our own 5 years ago. This time around, we are travelling with good friends, The Benningers, Paul, Sandra and their 4 children (Aged), Rachel (12), Andrew (10), David (7)...
After living in the travel lift for 4 days. Got most of the work done, still a few issues out standing, we hope to figure out during our travels through the canals. We can...
Can you believe we’ve been in Sackets Harbour NY, going on our fourth day now. We arrived at 2:30PM Monday, removed our sails, boom and back stays with Mark Garret’s help. Tuesday morning we...
Had a great evening crossing to Sackets Harbour last night. We left the dock at 3:30PM, and had a perfect SW wind of 15 knot average. Sailing for 9 hours average speed of 7...
Black Diamond has officially left the Port Credit Yacht Club this afternoon at 3:30pm, a few hours behind schedule. A little extra time loading all our supplies on for wintering in the Bahamas...
This is a video & slide show of our trip in 2008 on Black Diamond. We cruised the Erie Canal and down the Hudson river to New York the last week of August. The...
Just completed close to a 1,000 kilometer trek back to Toronto. Continuing up the Hudson River to the now familiar Hop-o-nose Marina in Catskills, New York. Very friendly, professional staff and ownership. The only...
I arrived Saturday May 16th, in the evening, just enough time to have a nice dinner in Nyack, I love this town. Maybe its just because I have been here so many times now,...
The Evening of Day 1 – Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Departed Liberty Landing at about 6PM, as we sailed past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with the sunset in the back ground,...
Day 1 – Sailed down to Liberty Landing Marina We left in the morning with the tides, and sailed down at about 8knots to Liberty Landing Marina at the foot of Manhattan by the...
Delayed at the Tappanzee Bridge We picked up Paul Thornton at the airport this morning. (Paul, is Roxanne’s uncle, A Professional Marine Electrician and seasoned sailor. Paul sailed this route many times, completed Atlantic...
Day 2 – NY to FLA Provisioning. We flew in Sunday morning from Toronto. We rented a car and drove to Petersen’s Boat yard just north of the Tappanzee bridge where the boat rested...
August 21st, 2008 – Port Credit Yacht Club to Oswego across Lake Ontario. Dear Friends and Family, Our friends and family have expressed an interest in our trip and asked that we keep some...
August 22nd, Oswego to Lake Onieda NY After our morning coffee Roxane cooked us a nice breakfast of bacon and eggs, we set out to the town dock. There we hooked up to shore power...
Saturday August 23rd, Lake Oneida to Utica NY Departing at 7AM this morning, we made it across Lake Oneida by 10AM. We tied up at the Sylvana Beach Town Docks, and headed down to the...
Sunday August 24th, Erie Canal past Little Falls. Again this morning we got up at about 7am and left the lock by 7:45am. We motored all morning and stopped in Little Falls, NY...
August 25th 2008, 33 Locks through the Canals before we reached the Hudson River. We left the dock this morning just after 7AM, and headed down the Erie canal towards Waterford NY. We got...
August 26th, On the Hudson, Waterford to Castleton. After an overnight stop in Waterford, we left with full water tanks, and fully charged batteries. We were unable to get diesel fuel in Waterford...
August 27th-28th, The mast is up! Still more work to do! We are very thankful for beautiful weather (actually it’s been sunny since we left Toronto, over a week ago) The kid’s are enjoying...
August 29th, 2008 Enjoying a day at the pool at the Hop-O-Nose Marina. This morning was a bit more relaxed for us. We were able to wake up slowly, enjoy our coffee...
August 30th, 2008 After traveling up a creek, we arrived in Kingston NY at 4:30 pm. This is another town with a great happening waterfront, with many on-the-water restaurants, music in the...