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Location: West Coast L. Superior, L. of the Woods Great Lakes area 2023.01.31 Chesapeake & Mid-Coast Maritimes Maine & U.S. North-East Florida Europe 2023.01.25 Miscellaneous |
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Across Georgia
Strait Single-handed (1982)
Wayne Moore (W7310) |
The Way of Wa-Goosh (1976)
Selwyn Fox (W1857) |
Island Hopping
in the Gulf Islands (1982)
Wayne Moore (W7310) |
Wayfaring
in the Gulf Islands (1983)
from the log of the Cobblewood |
English Visit
(1984) Dave Massy |
Desolation Sound in
Surfbird (2010) Cameron Eckert
(W766) (posted: 26 Dec 2012) |
First Wayfarer Solo
Overnighter (2010) Brandon McClintock
(W3576), sails the San Joaquin River (posted 15
Nov 10) |
Club
Jed:
A West Coast Wayfarer Gathering (2008)
by Nick Parker (W982) (updated 11
Nov 08) |
Wayfarer
Wanderings (1988) by John Millen
(W7975?) |
200206 West Meets East 2011 by Robert Mosher W3445 (posted 6 Feb 2020) |
180822 Dick Harrington & Rob Golding Cruise Lake Superior July 2002 (posted 22 Aug 2018) |
Passage
in a Storm: Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
(2011) by Robert Mosher W3445
(12
Nov 13) |
The Quest for
Donald Duck - a Lake of the Woods W Cruise
(2007)* by Andrew Haill (W9657) |
Lake
Superior: Victoria Island 'Expedition' (2006)*
by Andrew Haill
(W9657) |
Lake Superior:
Welcome Islands (2006) by Andrew Haill (W9657) |
Chesapeake Bay 2021 the Crisfield Triangle by Paul & Dawn Miller W971 updated 30 March 2022 |
Chesapeake Bay 2019 the Crisfield Triangle updated 28 June 2019 |
North Carolina Beach Week 2018 The Heffernans' Beach House & Beaufort, NC yet again (updated 17 Dec 18) |
Chesapeake Bay 2018 the Crisfield Triangle updated 2 August 2018 |
Wayfarers and a Core Sound 17 Cruise the Neuse 2017 Oriental, North Carolina updated 9 December 2017 |
Chesapeake Bay 2017 Oxford - Tilghman Island - Slaughter Creek updated 1 July 2017 |
North Carolina Beach Week 2016 The Heffernans' Beach House & Beaufort, NC yet again (updated 28 Nov 16) |
Chesapeake Bay 2016 the Crisfield Triangle with Smith Island Arts Festival updated 12 Oct 2016 |
Mike and Cathy
Babowicz enjoy March
on the Chesapeake in
W10423 posted: 21 March 2016 |
North Carolina Beach Week 2015 Another visit to the Heffernans' Beach House & Beaufort, NC (updated 26 Nov 15) |
North Carolina Beach Week 2014 Visit to the Heffernans' Beach House & Beaufort, NC (updated 8 July 15) |
Chesapeake
Cruise 2015 (fixed up 31 August 2020) |
Chesapeake Bay 2014 the Crisfield Triangle with a Difference (updated 1 June 14) |
North Carolina Beach Week 2013 Visit to the Heffernans' Beach House & Beaufort, NC (updated 10 Dec 13) |
Chesapeake Bay 2013 Deal Island and environs (updated 11 July 13) |
North Carolina Beach Week 2012 Visit to the Heffernans' Beach House & Beaufort, NC (updated 10 Nov 12) |
Chesapeake Bay 2012 The Crisfield Triangle and Oxford to Slaughter Creek (updated 31 January 2023) |
Hot Days on Chesapeake Bay (2011) A Cruise Log by Jeff Kirk (updated 25 January 2023) |
The Chesapeake Cruise South 2011: Crisfield > Tangier > Watts > Smith Island (updated 24 January 2023) |
Wayfarers
cruise
Crisfield
north plus Smith, Tangier, Watts Islands (2010)
(updated
18 Jan 2023) |
Wayfarers
cruise
Tangier,
Watts and Smith Islands (2009) (updated
12 Jan 2023) |
Wayfarers cruise Tangier, Watts and Smith Islands (2008) by Uncle Al (updated 11 Jan 2023) |
Wayfarers cruise Smith, Tangier and Watts Islands (2007) by Uncle Al (updated 10 Jan 2023) |
Three Wayfarers experience Smith and Tangier Islands (2006) by Uncle Al (updated 4 Jan 2023) |
A Dinghy Sailor's Sketches of Chesapeake Bay (2005)* by Dick Harrington (updated 1 Jan 2023) |
Great
Lakes, Georgian Bay/North Channel, North Bay (see
also) |
2021.09.18 the immortal Don Davis W460 Cara Mia recalls his Georgian Bay favourites |
2021.09.15 W728 Cruises the Western North Channel A 5-day cruise in July 2021 as chronicled by Allen Yates and daughter, Heather |
2020.08.30
Killarney to Killbear 2020
In W397 Chich,
Steph Romaniuk and Sue Pilling
re-trace her father's 1979 route
in reverse. |
2020.08.27
Long
Cruise in a Short Boat
1979
Graham
Pilling (Sue's dad) takes part
in a Mirror dinghy cruise from
Killbear to Killarney |
2020.08.26
**
Round
the North Channel 1974 Joy Phillips' 1974 Viking Ship (Frank Dye)
Trophy winner |
2020.08.24 Uncle Al's First Taste of Georgian Bay 1972 Don Davis leads a cruise to Franklin Island (posted 22 Aug 2018) |
2018.08.22 North Channel Affair 1997 Five boats from Killarney to the Benjamins and back (posted 22 Aug 2018) |
170128 Dick
Harrington Explores Grand Traverse Bay 1997 |
* North Channel Reprise 2015: Kit Wallace and Jonathan Dart revisit (posted 21 Nov 2016) |
2015.12.30
Never a Dull
Moment—Two Daysail Venues on the Great Lakes,
2015 Chip Cunningham (W1321)
and Sky Mikinak cruise Lake Superior and the Bay of
Islands |
2015.12.18 Following
Beatrice into Paradise (2015) Chip Cunningham (W1321) chronicles a
summer 2015 North Channel cruise with Gary Hirsch |
2015.12.18 Our
2013 Daysail to the Goat Farm
Chip Cunningham (W1321) presents a
beautifully illustrated little known aspect of the
Detroit River |
Thousand
Islands Cruise 2015: Dave Adams (W921)
describes a fine week of camping/sailing on the St.
Lawrence River (posted
8 Aug 2015) |
2021.09.18 Round
Georgian Bay - July 14-31, 1973 by Joy Phillips (W866) |
* North
Channel
Cruise 2013: Kit Wallace's Ted Davis
Trophy-winning log (posted 28
Dec 2013) |
One
Great Trip, Five Great Lakes
W1066 Sails in All Five Great Lakes! by Linda
Heffernan
(posted
5 Jan 2013) |
*Wayfarer 1321
Solje sparkles
in
Michigan's June 18-25, 2011 Tip of the Mitt
Adventure |
Waiting
for
Soft Water
A bit of
"winter cruise training" on the ice of Lake
Superior described by Michigan's W3445, Robert
Mosher. (posted 29 March 11) |
In Praise of the
Mini-Cruise Ted Rosen's
Aug. 2010 overnighter to Frenchman's Bay and back
to Toronto's Outer Harbour (posted 9
Dec 2010) |
Knocking on Death's
Door
Two W's spend an Aug. 2010 Weekend Off the
Tip of Green Bay's Door Peninsula - log by
Robert Mosher W3445 (updated 23
Jan 11) |
After Killbear, A
Solo Cruise August 14-15, 2010* by Robert Mosher
W3445 (posted 18 Dec 10) |
Ted Rosen &
Scott Eckert sail W8231 from Killarney to
Little Current and the North Channel* a Summer 2009 cruise
logged by Ted Rosen (posted 28
Sept 09) |
North
Bay Wayfarer Fleet Day Cruise to Sunset Cove,
Lake Nipissing – 1 Sept 2007
lovely, well illustrated report by
Dave and Carol Hansman
(W282) |
the
2001 North Channel Cruise* as seen and
experienced by Uncle Al |
Doug
Gilchrist/Uncle Al revisit McGregor
Bay in '99 |
Al
S/Doug G: Lost
and Found and Fooling Around McGregor Bay,
1997 (upgraded version posted 18 September
2021) |
Baby
on Board*
Charles and Michelle Bull with 7-month-old Joanna
explore a bit of Prince Edward Island in their
Wayfarer, July 1987 (2010.03.15) |
Dawdling Under
Canvas Along the |
A Foggy Lesson
(posted 20 Oct 08) |
Ghosts and
Gastronomy in Canada's smallest Province Allan Parry
and Jim Fraser explore a bit of Prince Edward
Island, June 2007 (2008.02.22) |
A Short Cruise On The
Northumberland Straits Jim Fraser in Wayfarer Naomi
September 2004 (posted 20 Feb 07) |
A CL16 Cruise
Along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore
(posted 29 Jan 07) |
Visibility: Fair
in Showers and poor in fog
(posted 18 Jan 07) |
Gunboats, fog and
lobster larceny
(posted 18 Jan 07) |
Through the Dildo
Run to the Toads Asses: A 2004 Cruise in |
A
Wayfarer on the Saint John River (2003)
with Jim Fraser and Naomi
(W8328) |
Nova
Scotia, Here We Come -
(4 Men In 2 Boats) (2002)
Hugh De Las Cases W 6026 |
Idle Days on
the Bras d’Or Lakes (2002) with Jim
Fraser |
Cape
Breton Island in June 2001 Jim Fraser and Allan Parry |
Sept. 2001 cruising
holiday in Nova Scotia's Mahone
Bay: Jan Katgerman and Ralph
Roberts |
Jim
Fraser: Nova
Scotia Cruise 2000* |
Port Dufferin to Liscomb (1997) with Jim Fraser and Naomi
(W8328) |
Eastern
Passage to Port Dufferin
(1995) with Jim
Fraser and Naomi (W8328) |
Jim
Fraser: Isle
Madame, July 1993 |
Thread of Life, Maine
1998
A
wonderful log by Dick Harrington W887 Blue
Mist (re-done 18 Sept 2021) |
Cape Cod 1:
Exploring the South Shore, July
2010 A log by Tom Erickson
W275 Possum (posted 15
Oct 10) |
Cape Cod 2: Lewis Bay to Chatham, July 2013 A log by Tom Erickson W275 Possum (posted 9 Oct 15) |
Cape Cod 3: Lewis Bay to Martha's Vineyard, July 2013 A log by Tom Erickson W275 Possum (posted 9 Oct 15) |
Cape Cod 4: Exploring the Elizabeth Islands, Sept. 2015 A log by Tom Erickson W275 Possum (posted 9 Oct 15) |
A
2002 Wayfarer Cruise up part of the U.S.
north-east coast by Olaf (posted 15
March 10) |
Danny Clears the Way for
a Great 2009 Maine Cruise by Dick Harrington (with
Dennis Figley) (posted 4 Jan
10) |
Tom Graefe: Fox
Islands Cruise, September 2007 |
Dick
Harrington and Tom Graefe's
September 2004 Cruise by Tom
Graefe |
Maine Cruise 2000 with Abbey Gura, Allan Parry, Dick Harrington Allan Parry report (updated 22 Aug 18) |
Adventures of Blue Mist experience gained by Dick Harrington from the 2000 Maine cruise (posted 22 Aug 18) |
180316
Cruising
Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands 2018
with Dan Roeder W2945 |
Tom
Erickson (W275) adds a St. John River cruise
to his first Midwinters
(posted 27 March 13) |
Jim
& Linda Heffernan enjoy the Keys as a
2010 Midwinters
add-on (posted 17
Dec 12) |
The
Florida 120 |
2017.03.16
Dick
Harrington:
Where Vikings Once Roamed 2001 |
2017.03.16 Dick Harrington: A Postcard from Ireland 2001 |
2020.08.24 Wayfarer Legends Ring In 1973 on the Thames |
W4935
Circumnavigates Norway's North Cape
|
International
Cruise Norge
2000 (Danish text) Poul Ammentorp's log (W239) of a cruise that
continued on where the Norwegian Nationals
left off
(2014.11.24) |
Cruising the
Dalmatian Coast of Croatia in a Beneteau
Dave and Carol
Hansman (W10865) report on their September
2013 cruise (updated 21
Oct 2013) |
Spree
Lady's Irish Cruise 2011
(part 2 added 8 April
2013) Brandon McClintock's log of a 200-mile sail
with Ralph Roberts along the Irish coast from
Baltimore to Dublin |
London to
Helsinki in a Wayfarer
(posted 1 March 2011) Ralph Roberts' log of a
Wayfarer odyssey which took him and various crews
over 10 years to complete |
Cruising
the Istrian
Peninsula of Croatia in W9933 Ralph Roberts (W9885) and
Jacques Boirie
(W9933) report on Summer 2009
cruise (updated 5
June 2010) |
Cruising the Baltic from
Stockholm to Helsinki. June 23 - July 18,
2009
|
What
Happened There? Ralph Roberts logs a Sept. 2008 Croatian
cruise with Mato Ilijic (posted 29 Dec 08) |
Cruises in Cockle
A collection of Dave Barker's
beautifully presented logs of his cruises in
W6151 (link added 27 Nov 08) |
Sailing with Pinčika: A complete compendium of Mato Ilijic's
Wayfarer sailing experiences (link added 9
Nov 08) |
A
Variety of Conditions: A log of Mato, Neno and Pinčika's June 2008
sailing trip in the Adriatic Sea (posted July
08) |
Cruising
the
Adriatic: Ralph
Roberts and Mato Ilijic
sail the Croatian Coast in W10435 (2007) (posted 5 Dec
07) |
A Norwegian
Cruising Experience |
Two
Wayfarers Sail to Denmark -
a Log by Ralph
Roberts W9885 Spree Lady
(posted
5 April 07) |
Cruising
the Mediterranean - a Log by Ralph Roberts W9885
Spree Lady (posted 24 Feb 07) |
the 2005 Scandinavian Wayfarer Cruise a report by Ken Jensen (checked 26 July 2020) |
2023.01.25
50
Years with W3104 Ea-Gull by
Andy Leeksma |
Give
Me the Sea |
Tree
Frog's Lovely Day Sail |
Chips
off the Old ...: Chip Cunningham (W1321) holds
forth |
checked
2021.09.18
Wayfarer to Labrador: Challenging the Far North in
an Open Dinghy (1981) |
Wayfarers
All the Way Down: Chip Cunningham reveals
how 2012 was a watershed W season for
him (posted 7 Jan
13) |
Eye of
Quebec our first video log: Scott McDougall and John Brooman sail W4610 around
the Eye
(posted 3 Jan 13) |
In
the Land of the Heated Toilet Seats
W3445, Robert Mosher's charming report
which finds him only dreaming of
sailing. (posted 1 April 10) |
Nick
Seraphinoff (W864) looks back at a life mostly
spent in Wayfarers A humorous
look at bits of Nick'is Wayfarer-related past |
My First Year
with a Wayfarer |
2020.11.22
Hughes
Nughes: A deeper,
better illustrated version of the journey
described in Lee's The
Biggest Boat I Could Afford |
Lac
La Biche
(Alberta) Sail/Camp Cruise in CL's 1996
by Craig Ramage |
Marblehead
Lighthouse
Cruise, June 2006 by Dick and Margie
Harrington |
Ferris Bueller Goes Sailing:
A lovely, illustrated September 05 sail on
Lake Memphremagog
with Erik Beauchamp (W1378) |
Wayfarer: Il était un petit navire (2005)
Erik Beauchamp et Vicky
Payeur (W1378) |
A
Wayfarer Cruise in Pakistan (Nov. 2003):
Humayun Qureshi |
Frank Dye
in Toronto Sept.
1999 report, not really a
log |
Bill Fyfe
meets Frank Dye
in Sept. '99 |
Excellent Logs also available on USWA
site |