Travelling with Good Friends!

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) and Patrick (5). Our kids are now five years older, Thomas is now 13 and Alex is 9 years old. We wanted to do it once more before Thomas entered high school.

Celebrating Ed's Birthday!

Celebrating Ed’s Birthday!

The Benningers are travelling on board their boat, Fortune’s Favour a 45 foot Jeanneau Deck Salon, and We are Blogging aboard Black Diamond, our 39 foot Jeanneau Performance Cruiser.

Fortune's Favour a Jeanneau 45 DS

Fortune’s Favour a Jeanneau 45 DS

It is a lot more fun travelling with friends, gives the kids things to do and friends to hang out with, for both young and old. If you run out of ketchup or need to borrow some milk, there is a friend not too far away. Tonight the kids spent the evening fishing while dinner was being made. They actually caught a few fish. We spent the night docked a State Park, at lock 23, just a couple miles from Lake Oneida. No charge for docking!

Dinner @ Tin Pan Galley

Dinner @ Tin Pan Galley

Roxane & Sandra!

Roxane & Sandra!

Time for Ice Cream!

Time for Ice Cream!

 

s/v Black Diamond

With almost 30,000 Nautical miles of experience and 1,800+ sea days and nights on the water. (1,800 sea days is like 5 years on the water, 365 days a year!) I am an RYA Skipper and ICC International Competent Captain, currently working on my RYA Yacht Master with a Commercial endorsement for a 200 ton vessel. My qualifications include; MED A2 Emergency Safety at Sea, Helicopter Rescue, Life raft deployment and use, Offshore Rescue and Fire Fighting at Sea, etc, STCW Code A-VI/1-3, Canadian Equivalent Marine First Aid and CPR/AED. I am an Open Water Certified diver and completed various CYA & Canadian Power and Sail Squadron certifications which include Power/Sailboat handling, Seamanship Sail, Piloting/charting, CYA Coastal Navigation, GPS Navigation, Extended Offshore Cruising, VHF Radio operation license and a Toronto Harbour License. I am now providing skippered charters and yacht deliveries globally, including crew positions for offshore passages. However, my specialities are the Bahamas, US East Coast, The Great Lakes, Welland Canal, Erie Canal and the Adriatic Sea, Croatia, looking to add Greece. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]

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  1. Looking forward to following your adventures. Have another great cruise!

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