Main Duck Island, Lake Ontario
Did not want to waste any valuable days travelling, so off we go. Left Cobourg at 10pm, nice motor sail, by 8:30am we were just outside Main Duck Island. We are travelling in sort...
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A day at the Beach in Cobourg
Kids love the waves at the beach in Cobourg! We spent a fun fill day here. We will leave tonight at 9:30pm, due to arrive on the US side in Cape Vincent by 10:00am...
Just Pushed off PCYC for the Thousand Islands
Sunday Night 10:30 pm, just pushed off and on our way to the Thousand Islands. We will travel over night as the kids sleep. We should arrive at our first port of call...
LO 300 Rounded Gibraltor Mark!
We Rounded Gibraltor at about 1pm, slowly catching first 8 starters, passing boats one by one. Beating up wind in light air, battling for last two hours with After Burn. Enjoyed fresh Pull Pork...
Black Diamond – LO300 Menu
Saturday Lunch – Pulled-Pork Sandwiches Dinner – BBQ Chevapi with Potato Salad and Tomato Onion Salad with Feta Sunday Breakfast – Bacon or Sausage and Egg on an English Muffin Lunch – Tuna and/or...
Lake Ontario 300 – 2011 our 4th go at it…
Black Diamond a Jeanneau 39i Performance Cruiser will be making its 4th go around on the Lake Ontario 300 in 2011. The first two attempts were successfully completed, our personal record time of 2...
LO300 – Lake Ontario 300 Yacht Race, GPS Tracking of Black Diamond
This year race tracking is being supplied by YELLOW BRICK, a UK Yacht Race Tracking company. You will be able to Track Black Diamond at this link http://yb.tl/lo300-2011 We are on the Longer Main...
* VIDEO * Skipper Ed Delivering Yacht from BVI to NYC Via Exumas
I will be assisting friends with the delivery of their new sailing yacht “Sealight” a 43 foot Beneteau. This is an “X” Charter Yacht from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The goal...
Family Island Regatta in George Town Exumas, Bahamas 2009
After leaving the boat on the mooring for a couple of months, we returned for a few weeks in March break. Found the boat safe and sound as we left her. I recommend this...
St. Francis Resort & Hurricane Hole with Moorings for Rent!
So we found the perfect place to leave the boat for an extended period of time! It is found right across the bay from George Town, on Stocking Island, there is a place...
George Town, Docking at Exuma Docking Service Marina.
We are in the first couple weeks of January 2009, and planning to leave the boat in George Town Bahamas for a couple of months. We will fly home go back to work and...
Exploring Stocking Island, Great Exuma.
We spent a couple of days relaxing at anchor, and exploring Lee Stocking Island, Exuma, just outside of George Town. The island is mostly uninhabited, but there are a couple of small resort properties...
Landing in George Town, Exumas, Bahamas
We arrived to an anchorage in George Town a couple of hours before sun down. We anchored along side “Tia Anica” the large boat we were racing to George Town. They landed just before...
Cave Cay to Georgetown, Exumas
We exited the cut from Cave Cay, and took the outside route to Georgetown, we were sailing on the outside, as opposed to inside the cays. We chose this as a more direct and...
2010 Lake Ontario 300, LO300, Photos of Black Diamond.
Hear are some photos I have found on the web of our boat from various web sites.
2010, Lake Ontario 300, LO300, ends on first day for Black Diamond
Dear friends, The LO300 started and ended today for us at Black Diamond. Three Squall lines blew through the race with in a few hours. Sustained winds of 30 knots or 52km, and...
Cave Cay, Exumas – Bahamas.
Cave Cay is a beautiful place almost half way from Staniel Cay to George Town in the Exumas. We decided to anchor here for a night, but after discovering how beautiful it was, and...
Snorkelling Cave Cay – Exumas Bahamas
Snorkelling around the cut at Cave Cay was the best underwater experience we had in the Bahamas. I am sure there are many more and even more amazing places to snorkel and scuba in...
A Crew Member’s account of the LO300 aboard Black Diamond.
Written by Martin Boeykens The Lake Ontario 300 is billed as the longest annual fresh water race in the world. I competed in the race this year aboard “Black Diamond” with Captain Ed Radonic, and crew...
2009 Sail Past at PCYC
In the golden years of sail, and in the British Navy, when ever a boat in the fleet would meet the Commodore’s boat they would have to salute in various ways. If you were...
2009 Sailing Awards at PCYC
Black Diamond and crew won a record number of race flags this year. In total we won 6 race flags, 2 crusing flags in addition to this, 2 trophies at PCYC and 1 in...
Transformation from Cruiser to Racer.
Both cruising and yacht racing are important to my family, this is why we set out to acquire a versatile boat. We wanted a boat that had an open and large cockpit for entertaining,...
Last leg of enjoyment, LO300
During the last leg, there was very little if any wind. The boat was creeping along, and without a spinnaker it made it extra slow. So we enjoyed some refreshments, home made stuffed peppers...
Finish of the Lake Ontario 300
We finished the LO300 Monday night at 11:57PM North American EST time. Just 3 min. before Tuesday, so we can claim we came in on Monday. ; ) Thats 2 days 12 hours 57...
Lake Ontario 300 Photos 2009
The first photos uploaded from Black Diamond live during the race….Will French went up the mast to release a stuck tickler and to look for wind. America’s Cup style!
Day 3, Lake Ontario 300
We went out into the lake last night, might have been a bad move. The inshore guys made time on us. Scotch Rocks passed us. But our forecast called for more wind offshore, plus...
After Noon Day 2, Lake Ontario 300
We are holding are own in our fleet. We are happy with the results. Much better than last year. We did not expect to come near the top 5 of this division. Last year...
Day 2, Sunday, Lake Ontario 300 Update
We we did a good job going out to the middle of the lake, had good wind all night, and did not get wet at all. The boats that stayed in had similar wind,...