Pearls from the Ships Log

Coast Guard, The Navy & Dolphins to the Rescue

Coast Guard, The Navy & Dolphins to the Rescue

Lessons Learned: - Know where your emergency tiller is stowed and what it is made of – is it substantial enough to control steering? - Check the fitting to make...

Coast Guard, The Navy & Dolphins to the Rescue

Lessons Learned: - Know where your emergency tiller is stowed and what it is made of – is it substantial enough to control steering? - Check the fitting to make...

"Panpan, Panpan, Panpan.  Hello all stations.  Hello all stations."

"Panpan, Panpan, Panpan. Hello all stations. ...

The sun was beginning to rise and by the dawn’s early light, we watched with open mouth disbelief and horror as the emergency tiller arm separated!!  It looked as easy...

"Panpan, Panpan, Panpan. Hello all stations. ...

The sun was beginning to rise and by the dawn’s early light, we watched with open mouth disbelief and horror as the emergency tiller arm separated!!  It looked as easy...

Waterfall - Room with a view & running water

Waterfall - Room with a view & running water

Grey River to Hare Bay We are learning to speak nautical Newfie.  A ‘sunker’ is a rock lurking just below the surface of the water – usually spotted by the...

Waterfall - Room with a view & running water

Grey River to Hare Bay We are learning to speak nautical Newfie.  A ‘sunker’ is a rock lurking just below the surface of the water – usually spotted by the...

Newfoundland – the last frontier

Newfoundland – the last frontier

Our friends in Nova Scotia raved about Newfoundland; the fjords, the islands, the food and the people but two things had always dissuaded us - cold and fog.  2011 was...

Newfoundland – the last frontier

Our friends in Nova Scotia raved about Newfoundland; the fjords, the islands, the food and the people but two things had always dissuaded us - cold and fog.  2011 was...