About Time

We’ll tell you more later in the blog about our plans to sell About Time, but for now I’ll give you an update on what we’ve been doing this winter and where we’ve been cruising. In December, after crossing to Nassau, from Miami, we spent a few days waiting for the right weather to sail down through the Exumas, to George Town. We stopped at Normans Cay, then at Staniel Cay where we met up with some friends, and stayed there for Christmas. As it happened we were headed for Blackpoint feeling a little “Blue” as we were going to have to spend Christmas by ourselves, without our family, and of course those adorable grandkids! As we passed Staniel Cay, another Canadian boat that we know Dejarlo, called us, and suggested we stop ... read more

In the last month we’ve taken the boat out of the water, (where we will store it for the summer) , driven back home to Guelph for a day, got on a plane to Malaysia, visited our Daughter Dawn and her family in Malaysia, spent 12 days in Bali with Dawn and the grandkids, flew to Thailand where we celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary, and now we are back home in Guelph. Wow! After living on the boat in the Bahamas, that’s quite a change of pace. Here’s a little more detail and some pictures of our incredible trip to South East Asia . It was triggered by our daughter Dawn and her family’s move to Malaysia for 2 years, and of course our missing them and craving to see our grandchildren, and…….as you know we ... read more

Greetings Everyone from Port Lucaya Bahamas! We're back on the boat and looking forward to another great season of warm weather, great sailing, and friends! This year we left Guelph at the end of October, visited our friends Mary and Christian in St.Marys Georgia, and arrived at the boat in Port Canaveral October 26th. We decided to keep the boat further south last summer, and tried a convenient boatyard on Merrit Island just inside the lock at Port Canaveral. The boat yard Harbortown Marina is very conveniently located, and we were very pleased with the facility, and how well our boat rested there during the summer. It took a couple of days to get our boat ready to be launched, and we stayed at a nice Best Western out on the Beach at Cocoa Beach until ... read more

Winter 2010 on About Time We realize we have been a little slow at sending out an update on our travels this winter. At first it seemed like there wasn’t a lot to tell about, but now as I sit to write about our winter, I realize that there is almost too much for one blog. The best way to summarize the winter is that it has been colder and windier, than we, long term cruisers, and even the fishermen can remember in a long time. Some weeks we had 2 or even 3 cold fronts pass over us. We have had much more west wind, and that makes for difficult anchoring, so we have spend much more time hiding from the fronts. I know that you don’t have much sympathy for us as we hear ... read more

Spending 6 winter months down south on the boat, and 6 summer months at home in Guelph seems to be working well, and so here we are looking forward to our 3rd winter of retirement on the boat. This summer our family grew again, with our second grandchild, Gavin Jeffrey Nicholson being born September 24th. As all of you know that have experienced being grandparents, another grandchild is an incredible experience, and so much joy to look forward to. This year I left earlier than Sharon for the boat, leaving October 13th, visiting our friends Ron and Jenny Huibers in Chalotte NC, and arriving at the boat October 14th. Sharon flew down a week later, giving her another week to help Dawn with Ella, and Gavin. We kept the boat again this summer in St.Marys Georgia. ... read more