Saturday 3 Hours into the Lake Ontario 300 Race
We found our way, and are catching the fleet. My guess is we are about mid fleet. but still behind our division. We are cruising at 8 to 9 knots, and hit a top...
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Lake Ontario 300 Start
We hare off, close to 170 boats. We were in the 9th start, at 11:05am. We were over the line 5 mins. early, mis-read the start, and gybed back around. Had a little trouble...
Lake Ontario 300, Longest Fresh Water Race in the world!
Thanks to the Race Sponsor. Black Diamond of the Port Credit Yacht Club (PCYC) and crew is entered in the Lake Ontario 300 for a second time this year. You can read...
Susan Hood, 75 Mile over night race on Lake Ontario
Well Guys, Black Diamond is back in Toronto….It was a grueling two weeks, stepping the mast down in Catskills, NY and after navigating 33 locks through the Erie & Oswego Canals, then an all...
Safe Arrival to Toronto, Home port of PCYC.
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...
New York City to Toronto here we go…
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,...
Safe arrival to New York City
We arrived safely with no injuries or damages in New York City on Sunday Morning at 5AM. The trip started out as a wild one. Just north of Charleston about 50 miles or so,...
Black Diamond Set Course for New York City
Yesterday prepared for a long haul non stop to offshore voyage New York City…We planned on leaving then, but the forecast called for 70 knots, 2 inch hail and possible tornados. The decision was...
Black Diamond at Charleston Race Week 2009
The Black Diamond Team has arrived in Charleston. Ed Radonic, Craig Russell, Derek Pressmen all of PCYC, along with Ivan Vulicevic of Bronte and Charleston Native, Chris Bonner and Dubie & Will due to...
Sailors face Wild conditions for first day!
SAILORS FACE WILD CONDITIONS FOR DAY ONE Wild breeze 20 to 25 knots (Almost 50km) and massive waves 6 to 8 feet, bring wild racing and breakage! CHARLESTON, SC , Competitors are nursing sunburns...
Hot Racing in Charleston
Forecast Bodes Well For Hot Racing Dozens of different boat designs will race in thirteen divisions on four courses, but one thing all racing boats have in common is the need for wind, and...
Perfect Conditions End Race Week with a Bang!
PERFECT CONDITIONS END RACE WEEK WITH A BANG Locals, visitors unanimous in praise for competition, weather and event organization CHARLESTON, SC (April 19, 2009) – With numerous battles on tap this morning...
Black Diamond Finishes Off-Shore Yacht Race
The Black Diamond crew is back safely in Toronto (My self, Paul Thornton, Rick, Mark and Monica Doedens)…We had a lot of fun, and a great race. We were competing against professional sailors, hard...
Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race
Roxane the kids and I have safely brought the boat back to Fort Lauderdale from the Bahamas after 2 months of sailing those beautiful islands. I am currently racing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to...
Staniel Cay, Cruisers Regatta
The island hosts their annual Cruisers regatta on New Years Day, January 1st, 2009. What a way to start the new year! I can only hope that this year continues with many more enjoyable...
Big Major Spot, Exumas
January 2nd, 2009, we left the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, and anchored just a couple of miles away. This area is called the Big Major Spot. We figured out later it probably got...
Staniel Cay, Exumas – New Years!
December 31st, 2008 – New Years Eve Bash at Staniel Cay Yacht Club! The island has a population of only about a 100 people. Staniel Cay Yacht Club and the air strip on this...
Highborne Cay, Exumas
December 28th, 29th and 30th, 2008 After a couple days of anchoring and with the winds picking up to over 25 knots, we just wanted to relax in a marina at a slip....
Allan’s Cay, Exumas + The Iguanas!
Dec 26th and 27th, 2008 When we got up today and checked the weather report, it was calling for 20 to 25 knots of wind from the East. Not what we were hoping...
Allan’s Cay – Iguanas
I loved Allan’s Cay because of all the Iguanas that live here. Today we went to Allan’s Cay it was amazing so many iguanas! They were fun to play with, it is like so...
Christmas in the Bahamas!
December 24th to 26th, 2008 We spent 3 days in Nassau waiting for a weather window to cross the sea to the Exumas. We ended up spending Christmas anchored just out side of Parrot...
Athol Islands, Green Cay, Near Nassau
December 21-22nd After leaving Atlantis, Sorin, Adriana, and our family sailed past the Attol Islands just north east of Paradise Island, and sailed to Green Cay. We choose this island, because it looked like...
Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau; The Mega Yachts!
December 18 – 21, 2008 Atlantis Resort and Marina – Paradise Island, Nassau Atlantis Resort & Casino, Paradise Island, Nassau. We’ll let the pictures do the talking in this post. The next morning...
Crossing the Gulf Stream to The Bahamas! Spanish Cay & Green Turtle Cay
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Crossing The Gulf Stream – Florida to The Bahamas Tuesday evening we left the Marina in Fort Lauderdale to cross the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas. The winds were coming...
Why I like Sailing.
There are three main reasons why I think sailing is the best. First reason is I like to be on the water. Second, I can spend time with my family and thirdly...
Fort Lauderdale, Loggerhead Marina, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida will be our staging area for the Gulf Stream Crossing. Saturday December 5, 2008 We left Cape Canaveral after dinner on Friday evening and motor-sailed through the night, doing our regular...
Cape Canaveral- Kennedy Space Center.
Cape Canaveral, December 4 – 5, 2008 We left St. Augustine at 3pm enroute to Cape Canaveral. We decided that it would be best to do our longer distance traveling at night, while the...
Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Nassau, Written by 8 Year old Thomas.
Today we went to Atlantis! I am sorry I have you waiting so long for the blog. At Atlantis we went on water slides and other cool stuff, like the Atlantis Kids Club....
Thomas loving the Abacos!
Florida to the little Bahama Bank. Today I went across the ATLANTIC OCEAN! So we can go to a place called Little Bahama Bank! So it took us more than 10 hours to go...
Jacksonville to St. Augustines, Florida
Dec. 3rd, 2008 Florida is experiencing a bit of a cold spell this week. We actually had to turn the heat on in the boat last night! We can’t complain too much considering that...