Adventures on the Erie Canal
Having survived the fury of the ocean on our trip from the Dominican Republic to New York City, the Hudson River was a welcome reprieve. The trip to Toronto involved navigating the Erie Canal and the thirty locks to bring us to Lake Ontario-a seemingly easy task after our conquering the Nor’ easter that brought […]
Pummeled by a Nor’ Easter
“I got an updated forecast from our weather router, Chris Parker,” I said. The sun shining brightly, had us drinking our morning coffee in t-shirts, shorts, and bare feet in the cockpit. Our 1350-mile trip from Puerto Bahia Marina, in the Dominican Republic to New York City had us 600 miles offshore in a perfect […]
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
“John, you’d better get up!” It was Mike rousing me from slumber in his usual calm manner. This had to be serious… I had just fallen asleep. I glanced at my watch. 2 a.m. My shift on deck had finished an hour ago. The forward cabin where I slept was the worst spot on the […]