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About Carleen&Jim

Sailing (and other) adventures of Carleen and Jim often featuring us sailing or racing our trailerable trimarans.

Head Help Needed!

Well the crap is going to hit the fan sometime but we don’t want it to be anytime soon! So we’re looking for some help from our friends who have experience with a marine head (that’s the bathroom on a … Continue reading

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Boat work! 

Boat work, Andy’s place and yard,  etc. He is the guy who currently owns the boat. His place is on the main street (Queen’s Highway). It’s a big two story with columns still in progress. You can see it to … Continue reading

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Bahamian Food! Yum….

Learning about Conch Salad.

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Scrubba dub dub

It’s Wednesday and we got up at 6:00. If you know Carleen, you’ll know that she loves early mornings but doesn’t do them well!! But thankfully there was freshly-brewed Muskoka coffee and an incredible view. No wind at all! Of … Continue reading

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Ah Eleuthera… It means Freedom

I’ve awoken to a view of beautiful Rock Sound, the cool refreshing breeze blowing through the -thankfully- screened windows and the sound of birds chirping. Yesterday: Good flight on our little plane. Our pilot was Steve – funny enough, I’ve … Continue reading

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Getting there is half the fun

So we are sitting in the tiny yet beautiful passenger lounge at Watermakers Air at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport waiting for our 1:00 flight.  We are taking a whack of gear with us to Eleuthera and Watermakers has been great … Continue reading

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A Lot of Sailors say “Never Start a Journey on a Friday”…

It’s Day 3 of our adventures and we’ve ended up in Thomasville, GA.  Down I-75 we had two really great days of driving, only got lost separated in Detroit, broke our mast support and lost one trailer tire! What day … Continue reading

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Toronto Boat Show 2017

Not a lot of sailboats anymore at this show but we were able to climb around on some monohulls and a trawler (!). We also picked up our new primary anchor (Rocna 15Kg) and some other goodies. Got to chat … Continue reading

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Follow Us! I mean, on a Map…

Counting down now…. We will be using a Spot Tracker to show folks where we are.  If you’d like to follow where we are and haven’t been given the link, please send a note in the Contact Us section and … Continue reading

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Reef early

Sewing bits and pieces onto Leftovers’ main sail by hand to make a second reef point or what I call looking like”a Jimmy Burrito!”

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