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- The Nature of Accuracy: Cinque Terre and Giza Stone marvels
- Annapolis Stopover
- Seeking Peace with Ai
- Chasing The Big Departure
- Graveyard of the Atlantic
- Where have we been?
- Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes
- Sunset Photoshoots on Cambio
- Planning the Atlantic Crossing in 2024
- An Opportunity to Join Our Crew on the Big Trip from Lake Ontario to the Caribbean
- We had an Accident on Cambio Last Week.
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- Progress is happening
- Recruits to Able Seamen.
- Model Shoots Coming UP!!
- Natty Genco Canvas Boat Cover for Sale
- Announcing Chef Lori Ryan as Cambio’s Executive Chef.
- From Cold Sweat to Adventure: How Filling Out a CPP Form Changed My Life
- 2023 Splash Prep, Christmas in the cradle, and Cover for Sale
- Cambio’s Tentative Trip South Fall 2023
- Boat maintenance: the 55-point skipper’s checklist
- It was really dark
- Cambio Named Storm Emergency Plan
- 31 years of learning from Storms
- Help Wanted!! Crew
- Toronto Boat Show
- A Cut Above
- On July 20 Storm we had the furler destroyed in 43 knots
- Christmas Day and Sailing is on my Mind
- Winter Is All About Planning And Logistics
- Cambio’s Web Site & Social Media
- Planning the Cambio dream
- Plumbing the Electrical System
- He discovered that the forestay core wire was broken
- Through this whole experience, I hope I’ve exuded patience and grace. It’s safer that way.
- Winterizing the Marine Engine
- Photographing the 2022 Canada Games Sailing competition
- Photoshoot with Stephanie
- Mark and Tessa
- I don’t think this is right
- I have to catch up yesterday because it wasn’t an easy day
- Well I’ve been here before
- It never happened
- There was a prediction of thunderstorms for Monday
- Leaving Brighton, I paid very close attention to Ray, and kept to the narrow track
- I’ve Grounded Too Often
- Belleville: Wayne is definitely a fantastic host
- The tow line was caught tight in the propellor
- We’ve had enough of storms
- It was a bumpy ride from Cobourg to Whitby.
- I’m still dockbound
- The day that I planned to make two big decisions
- I’m watching the wind carefully
- Another storm hit last night.
- Early this morning the hose fell off the water heater
- The Storm
- I was having a devil of a time getting two of the screws off the back of the pushpit
- I have bugs walking all over my screen
- Bugs
- The gear shift linkage got stretched
- I need to take the flagpole holder off so it does not skewer anyone getting into the dinghy
- There was no wind so we smoked a cigar
- Cleaned the teak deck
- It seems I am the unlucky / lucky one
- I did nothing on my list from yesterday
- My plans to go south in September are at risk
- Logging the fillups
- We did a few more photoshoots and I’m learning new tricks. Every sunset shoot is different.
- Photoshoot with Ashley on Cambio
- Photoshoot with Tiana
- This morning I ordered an emergency ladder. It will trail a little line and can be deployed in case of man overboard.
- Planning for a Trip to Kingston, roughly between July 18 and August 5
- I’ve been photographing fitness models on the boat for the last 4 days.
- Tempus Fugit
- Charlene: Photoshoot on Cambio
- Photoshoot with Katie on Cambio
- Lost tools
- Entertaining under sail
- Vang and outhaul
- What is ATSR?
- Photoshoot with Cassie and Leslie
- There was no way to return to the dock without leaving, circling and coming back. In the middle of the big circle, while dodging the kayakers, small boats and bigger party boats
- The squall hit about 3:30
- Brilliant sail down to Niagara on the Lake
- It was a Catastrophe
- Now that we’ve sailed the boat a few times we have the shared vocabulary
- Seatalk isn’t my friend
- Jeff and I went for lively and vigorous sail in 12 knot winds
- It was a good sail
- Cold and rainy all day
- Remarkable Things
- The usual trinity of Canadian Tire, JT electronics, and my house
- We finally got our shore power going
- There are many signs that he worked hard and smart to pass over a great boat to me
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