Departed July 25, 2002 and returned August 27, 2003

Journals of our 2002-2003.  USA, Cuba & Gulf of Mexico voyage

For the next year our trip should take us up the St-Lawrence River to Toronto, where we will have a cockpit enclosure installed.  From there, we will visit a few Islands on Lake Ontario such as the Main Ducks and Amherst Island.  Then we head off to  Oswego canal  as we make our way to New York harbor to see the Statue of Liberty.  We will make our way down the coast to the Florida Keys either by using the Intercostals waterways or the ocean.  Weather will determine our course.  From the Keys we move on to Cuba where will be sail around exploring the northern part.  We never got to visit the northern side of Cuba on our pervious vacations.  From Cuba we will cross the Gulf of Mexico and make our way to the Yucatan Peninsula where we will head down to Belize. 

As we leave Belize, we will head north making our way back up the Coast of Mexico where we are hoping to get our boat transported by truck or train to the Pacific side.  If we can accomplish this, we will explore the Pacific side of Mexico making our way to Melaque, a small fishing village, where we will meet up with our friends that currently live there.

At that point will decide if we transport our boat back to the Atlantic side and head up to the Southern Coastal States or head north on the Pacific side and make our way to B.C.  You'll have to stay tuned to find out.

Quebec & Ontario, Canada

• July 21, 2002            A pre-trial run up the St-Lawerence to Lancaster, Ontario
• July 25, 2002            Departure Day: Valleyfield, Quebec to Long Sault, USA
• July 29,2002             Long Sault, USA to  Heart Island (Boldt Castle), USA
• July 31,2002             Boldt Castle, USA to Kingston, Ontario
• August 3, 2002         Kingston, Ontario to Deseronto, Ontario
• August 6, 2002         Deseronto, Ontario to Cobourg, Ontario
• August 9, 2002         Cobourg, Ontario to Toronto, Ontario
• August 12, 2002       Toronto, Ontario-Leg 1 completed
• August 18, 2002       Toronto, Ontario to Port Hope, Ontario
• August 24, 2002       Port Hope, Ontario to Kingston, Ontario
• August 29, 2002       Kington, Ontario
• September 3, 2002  Kingston, Ontario
• September 8, 2002  Kingston, Ontario  to Main Duck Island & Oswego

U.S.A

• September 15, 2002   Oswego, NY to Waterford, NY
• September 20, 2002   Waterford, NY to Kingston, NY
• October 14, 2002         Kingston, NY to Croton Bay, NY
• October 16, 2002         Croton Bay, NY to NewYork,NY
• October 19, 2002         New York-West 79th Street Basin
• October 22, 2002         NewYork,NY to Manasquan, NJ
• October 28, 2002         Manasquan Inlet, NJ to Atlantic City & Cape May,NJ then onto Deleware Bay, Chesapeake City and Baltimore,MD
• November 5, 2002        Baltimore,MD to Elizabeth City, NC
• November 12, 2002      Elizabeth City, NC to Beaufort, NC
• November 26, 2002      Beaufort, NC to Barefoot Landing, SC
• December 3, 2002        Barefoot Landing, SC to Charleston, SC
• December 12, 2002      Charleston, SC to Walberg Creek, Ga
• December 16, 2002      Walberg Creek, Ga to Pine Island Marsh, FL
• December 23, 2002      Pine Island Marsh, Fl  to Daytona Beach, FL
• December 30, 2002      Daytona Beach, Fl  to Fort Pierce, FL
• January 17, 2003           Fort Pierce, Fl to Lakeworth, FL

BAHAMAS

Abacos

• January 23, 2003            Lakeworth, FL to Great Sale Cay
• January 31, 2003            Great Sale Cay to Manjack Cay
• February 7, 2003            Manjack Cay to Marsh Harbor

Eleuthera/Exumas

• March 1, 2003                  Marsh Harbor to Allan Cays, Exumas
• March 10, 2003                Allan Cays to Big Majors Spot
• March 26, 2003                Big Majors Spot to Georgetown

Jumento Cays

• April 12, 2003                   Georgetown to Raccoon Cay

CUBA

• May 1, 2003                      Raccoon Cay, Jumentos to Cayo Guillermo, Cuba
• May 19, 2003                    Cayo Guillermo to Varadero
• June 8, 2003                     Varadero ( & Havana)  to Ft. Pierce, FL.

USA

• June 25, 2003                   Ft. Pierce, FL. to Beaufort, NC.

CANADA

• August 27, 2003               Beaufort, NC to Valleyfield, QU.