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From the Halifax Pier

One of our most enthusiastic contributors, Rob Dunbar sent us this photo from Halifax.      

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CYOB Inbox: October 12, 2017

Thank you for bringing attention to bow bulbs. Actually we designed the bulb for that vessel, the Drettmann explorer yacht.      

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Update: Chelsea’s Gichigami

Hi everyone! It’s Chelsea again and I have an update for you on the little sailboat. If you have been thru this journey with me the whole way, welcome back! If this is your first time, here are the links to my previous chapters.    

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Photo of the Week… check the bow bulb on this baby

I took this shot at the boot boat show in Dusseldorf last time I went. They have some pretty big boats in the mega-yachts section.

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CYOB Inbox: Rewards of Mentorship

Hi John, I am sending along an article about the rewards our crew has felt after 6 years of mentorship with a young person out of our Sarnia Yacht Club Junior Sailing program.

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From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 15 – Up the Florida coast

Checking back into the US was quick and painless. We made the call to Customs but we needed to check in with Immigration in person. 

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POTW: Canada Games Gimli in Photos

This time our photos come from Gimli where Katie Coleman Nicoll was on the scene. She’s an esteemed sailing judge, a fearless reporter and a fine photographer.

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From the Helm of Adamant 1- Blog 14 – August 2017

Leaving Man-O-War Cay heading west our destination was Green Turtle Cay. To get there we had to round Whale Cay, a relatively small island, out in the open Atlantic Ocean.

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CY Inbox July 27: Thumbs down from the left coast

Why not just call it Lake Ontario Yachting?      

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From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 13 – July 2017

We left Marsh Harbour early one morning to catch the 15 knot east wind that was forecast. Pat was on deck getting the sails ready and I was at the helm, circling the harbour while we waited for a freighter to come in.    

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Ooooh baby – First time on a boat ever!

A dear friend brought her 8 month old daughter aboard my 25 foot keelboat…and baby was right at home! Next…figuring out how to rig up a jolly-jumper!      

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POTW July 13

This shot came from our ace reporter Johnny G out in Stoney Creek, ON, taken at the Newport YC Canada Day festivities. It says it all!! That’s what a Photo of the Week should be…lol      

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Boating History of Canada, Part 2

   We left off Part 1 at the year 1914, and will here pick it back up, running through until 1944, covering the years from the start of the First World War and stretches to the end of the Second World War. This period saw meaningful change across the globe both socially and technologically.    

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Photo of the Week goes International!

This week’s POTW comes from across the pond. Who knew we had a European audience      

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My little paradise…

Here is our boat anchored at Hockey Stick Bay. We live in a beautiful country.      

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CY Inbox: June 22 2017

We’re still getting reaction and opinion on the relative interest in the America’s Cup. Plus some other interesting mail.      

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Pups on Board – another cutie

Michelle Jacques of Cambridge ON share this memory of her adorable pooch. “This is Frodo. Sadly, he passed away last year, but he loved being a boat dog!      

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CY Inbox June 8: The America’s Cup

We invited your answer to the question ‘Will you be onboard when the racing starts?’ Here’s what our readers had to say – and they did have opinions!      

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The Galley Guys Meet the Ropot – Intelligent Robot Cooker

While many people are apprehensive about the approaching automated intelligence technologies and their potential impact on our lives in the future, the Galley Guys were quick to embrace the Ropot…      

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Bill, The Ancient Mariner

Mr. Bill Hibbard of St. Joseph’s Island visited George Town, Exumas, Bahamas, in March this year accompanied by his granddaughter, Julia. Bill came back by plane this time to visit the places he remembered visiting as a sailor for many years. Instead of being on a boat he stayed at the lovely Regatta Point Resort.      

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From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 12 – May 2017

The Abacos. They’re my favorite area of the Bahamas with many islands to visit, all of them no more than an hour or two apart and no ocean passages to make.      

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150 Years of Canadian Boating – a brief history

  Our 150 year history began in 1867, but Canada was no stranger to watercraft prior to our country’s confederation. . .     

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Photo of the Week: May 25, 2017

If our Photo search were a contest for the hallmark shot of eastern Canada, this might be Stephen Hill’s capture aboard Tug’n our 37′ Nordic Tugin front of Percé Rock, Quebec on the Down East Circle Route, July 2016.

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Photo of the Week: May 11 2017

After the questionable spring we’ve all had, here’s an iPhone shot that will remind you what summer is supposed to look like from Dean and Dawn Powers of Dundas, Ontario.

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Real Men BBQ Quiche

The Galley Guys may not be able to achieve the impossible, but we’re always open to doing the unlikely so, while wasting a sunny Sunday afternoon on the boat we were seized by an idea – real men barbecue quiche!

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Photo of the week: April 27

Here’s a pair of shots guaranteed to get you in the mood for this summer. They come from Pat and Jan O’Malley in Nova Scotia and certainly celebrate the boating life.

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From the Helm of Adamant 1 Blog 11 – April 2017

When we left George Town last month, we had 60 miles of open Atlantic Ocean to cross. Picking the right day to do the crossing is imperative.

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Photo of the Week: April 13

I cannot help myself, I admit it. Just as cat videos have overtaken the Internet dogs on board are taking over Photo of the Week!!!

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Near-Beer Off the Pier

There is nothing so refreshing and enjoyable as a frosty, cold beer on a hot sunny afternoon, but sometimes one tastes like another and the added effects of the sun and the boat’s movements can make a couple of beers, a little too much.

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Photo of the Week: March 23

After we published a picture of a cute doggie in a life jacket we got some great dog-onboard photos and published a couple in our last issue.

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From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 10 – March 2017

After ten weeks in George Town, aka Adult Summer Camp, we have left the harbour and started north. George Town is the place to be in the winter if you want temperatures in the mid to high 70’s, a place to provision, good anchorages and plenty of activities to keep you occupied.

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Photo of the Week: March 9, 2017

Last time we published a picture of a cute doggie in a life jacket (my pup btw) and we received a couple of great boating canine pics in return.

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CY Inbox – Saying YES to Sail

Last issue we pondered who is buying sailboats – powerboats are selling briskly at the boat shows, but sail isn’t soaring at those same shows.

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Photo of the Week: February 9, 2017

Hello all boat-loving photogs – this is our last Photo of the week on file – we need yours!!!

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I Heart my Boat

This picture is of the vessel Puffins II a 1947 30′ Taylor Craft. This vessel has been the pride of the Frazer Family since she was purchased in 1966 in the Georgian Bay area.

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From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 9 – February 2017

In my last blog, Adamant 1 and Folly had just left Nassau for the Exumas. When we left the harbour, we realized there were at least 15 other sailboats headed the same way.      

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Photo of the Week: February 9 2017

This shot came to us via Cat Ward of Toronto, although it was her friend Laurie who took it from the masthead of the Beneteau. Says Laurie: I’m always ready to go up the mast. I was a gymnast when I was a kid and it doesn’t bother me a bit.

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Photo of the Week: January 26

“This is in Shoal Channel off the town of Gibsons BC. We are awaiting the start of a second race. The boat pictured is a Martin I am in a Catalina. Picture is through the channel looking west and out…      

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From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 8 – January 2017

When the three day weather window we needed to cross to the Bahamas opened up, we were ready to leave Marathon. We had decided with Folly, our buddy boat, to sail straight to the Bahamas, rather than make our way up to Miami from the Keys.

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