Having spent the fall and holidays on land, we were excited to return to Tilia just before the New Year. Of course, there was a lot of preparation to complete prior to leaving our home marina in Merritt, NC. Having completed our preparations, we traveled about 6 hours down the intracoastal waterway to spend the…

After a quick trip from Norfolk to North Carolina, we tackled some boat projects before heading home to Minneapolis…

We left Annapolis and started our journey south towards the ICW. Along the way we visited some familiar sites and some places new to us…

We spent a couple days in Onset and then made rapid progress to Annapolis, including a couple nights at sea…

After nearly two months exploring Nova Scotia, it was time to return to the US. We made a 60 hour trip from Halifax to the US, and got a chance to see some sailing buddies…

Our niece Lucy and her fiancé, Tyler, joined us for some sailing in Canada. Hurricane Erin forced us to alter our plans a bit, but we still had fun together…

We’ve spent two weeks exploring a 30 nm stretch of Nova Scotia, enjoying the beautiful scenery, towns and anchorages in this area…

Rose and her boyfriend, Emmett, joined us for a visit while we explored Lunenburg and Chester…

We took a few days to enjoy the sights and flavors of Nova Scotia on our way back to Halifax…

We concluded our visit to the Bras d’Or Lakes with an attempted visit to a highland village and a couple very nice anchorages…