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Geoff Schultz wrote:
This year we're headed NORTH with BlueJacket and will do what's known
as the Down East Cirle Route. This will take us through the Hudson
River & Erie/Oswego Canals to Lake Erie. Then we'll take the St.
Lawrence to the Canadian Maritimes where we'll explore Prince Edward
Island, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. We'll head back down the coast
and probably end up in RI.

Many more details, including maps, can be found at

http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page.php?id=1128


It's a shame to miss the Champlain valley & canal, and of course Lake
Champlain. Beautiful place, great sailing. When you get up to the
eastern side of Lake Ontario, two stops we liked were Sackett's Harbor
(home of "War of 1812 Beer") and Clayton. Clayton has an awesome small
boat museum, don't miss it. You can test your sailing skills in one of
their rudderless St Lawrence Skiffs (actually a clinker double-ender
like a peapod).

I've heard that the trip down the St Lawrence is less pleasure & more
work.... rocks, fog, commercial traffic, fewer pleasant places to
stop... but we hope to get to PEI & Nova Scotia one day ourselves.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Doug,

Thanks for the recommendations. I can assure you that our plans are not
cast in concrete...more like jello. Right now I'm just doing research.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

We completed our Down East Circle route trip about a month ago and between
catching up with life at home and getting the boat ready to store for the
winter, I haven't had time to write the end-of-trip summary. It's finally
done and it can be found at:
http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page.php?id=1306

For those wanting the gory details of our trip, you'll find ~60 text based
logs covering the entire 2700nm trip at:
http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...p?region=2008:

Finally, for those who are more visually oriented, you'll find 27 photo
albums and 23 video logs at:
http://www.geoffschultz.org/2008_Sailing/Photos/

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org