I’m not sure how the term “holing up” came into use. My guess is it originated as a boating term for those who had to find hurricane holes—safe refuges—to wait out violent storms. Capt. Mark thinks it might refer to foxholes. We’re “holing up” this week, but it isn’t because of weather or artillery. Our … Read more

As you all know, I live in a boat. It has a nice exterior design, the engine is terrific, the electronics, plumbing, and all its other systems work very well. The interior has some nice features…an L-shaped settee curving around a table, a nice long counter opposite that serves as galley work space, a low … Read more

I’ve looked forward to the Georgian Bay. A place of thirty thousand islands carved from pink rock and covered with trees, it and the North Channel are the northernmost destinations of our trip. We plan to anchor out a lot. Does that mean we’re finally on vacation? Traveling over three thousand miles in a small … Read more

I promised a history lesson, so here it is. The Trent-Severn Waterway is not for the faint of heart. Connecting Trenton, ON to Port Severn, ON in the Georgian Bay off Lake Huron, it’s 240 miles of rivers, lakes and canals that are shallow, rocky, and sometimes narrow and poorly marked. It also has 46 … Read more

An old cartoon my dad used to like featured a character with a dark cloud always hovering above his head. I guess if I were that character, I’d have a rainbow over mine. We’ve had a few lucky happenings. The first, I mentioned last time, was the actual recovery of an expensive inflatable boat fender … Read more