Home Sweet Home Home Sweet Home October 6, 2022 For more than 6 months, my home was a couple of yards of nylon and mosquito netting. Total weight: An astonishing 0.8kg. I have jeans that weigh more. By way of comparison, Karta weighed in at a whooping 18...
Love Affair Love Affair October 2022 'That is the wonkiest paddle I have ever seen.' This from a fellow yachtie who had tried in desperation to catch me in an electrically powered skiff. He had seen me headed downstream as he headed up. Figuring for a gam (nautical...
Kai Nani Kai Nani October 2022 I know her every mood. Her subtle quirks and not so subtle foibles. Her strengths and oh so very few weaknesses. For the past six months, she has been my confidant and sounding board, and she has never let me down.I have...
Hey Bert! October 3, 2022 Hey Bert! You did it. You actually, really, truly did it. Let that sink in for just a second. The enormity of it. The sheer, unadulterated, mind-numbing enormity of it. The portaging. The paddling. The inhuman suffering piled upon the fatigue piled upon the...
Begin At The End Begin At The End October 1, 2022I like beginning at the end. I like it because it squarely focuses your attention on the end goal, the end result of whatever it is you choose to under take. A part of me, the contrarian...
Lasts Lasts September 27, 2022 A determined, malevolent wind pushed me off the Baie 7km or so west of Maisonnette. Despite an early start and the forecasted promise of an offshore wind, I simply could not push any farther than Grand Anse. Any thoughts that I might be...
Pointing Points Pointing Points September 26, 2022 Leaving Pokeshaw, I paddled in the partial lee of low cliffs that would eventually give way to beach. Eventually, and soon enough, I wouldbe paddling against a breeze that would likely force me ashore.This stretch of coast would be the last...
Storm Racer Storm Racer September 24, 2022I didn't trust Baie de Chaleur as far as I could throw it. Not as big as say, Lake Winnipegor even the St Lawrence Seaway, it is however, open to the Atlantic and the persistent swells that roam any ocean, as...
And Then There Was One And Then There Was One September 23, 2022 You know you're in New Brunswick when all the bridges are covered. Like postcard bridges or the kind you see in the movies.It struck me rather quickly and unexpectedly. Six down and one to go....