Sarah Kiefhaber
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Mon-Tues, Aug 3-4: Parry Sound to Hillis Bay anchorage
It was a cool, clear, breezy start to the day. We weren’t going to make the…
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Sat & Sun, Aug 1 & 2: Kitsilano Bay to Parry Sound
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/66fcf249-c718-4542-89bb-daf7b690b5fd It was overcast and cool with smooth water as we made…
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Fri July 31: Bustered Islands to Pointe au Barile (Kitsilano Bay anchorage)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/0393599e-f065-461e-946c-ff46eeacf343 The air was soft and cool as we left the anchorage…
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Thurs July 30: Killarny to Bustered Islands
Nebo couldn’t save the route because we didn’t have cell service. We made the unfortunate decision…
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Sun-Wed, July 26-29: Bustered Islands to Killarny
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/45983ed1-eef8-4be3-b849-fbdfb358957b July 26: This morning was a tranquil cruise through the end…
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Fri & Sat July 24 & 25: Hopewell Bay to Bustered Islands
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/98263980-ac3c-4c92-89ea-de4ad9483e0b July 24: We spent another beautiful morning on the small craft…
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Thurs July 23: Parry Sound to Hopewell Bay (Shawanaga Island)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/93ff2990-82a1-4a50-9492-941b251b3abc It was a stunning, bright day. The wind in the continuing…
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Mon-Wed July 20-22: Wani Bay to Parry Sound
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/852061cb-410b-4cdb-9672-02447d611832 July 20: We enjoyed another gorgeous, but windy cruising day. This…
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Sun July 19: Ojibway Bay to 12 Mile Bay (Wani Bay anchorage)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/a04f1a82-d4a4-4690-bf34-2d45560f3a34 After we left Ojibway Bay, we passed Chimney Bay where many…
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Fri&Sat July 17&18: Midland to Beausoleil Island
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/cb70ac2d-01d0-4ff9-aa58-e4e32949500c July 17: We made it to Georgian Bay! We’re done with…
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Thurs July 16 & 17: Swift Rapids to Midland (lock T24, Big Shute Marine Railway & 25)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/8db3d023-e5ab-47f7-9326-ec9e011e3925 (I forgot to turn the tracking on after we left Big…
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Wed July 15: Orillia to (locks T42 & 43) Swift Rapids lock wall
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/c3530084-3e34-4ac3-ab5d-bcb67d14b845 Today marked the second day of overcast skies and with the…
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Sun-Tues July 12-14: Orillia
July 12: Life has a way of changing your best-laid plans. I have to have a…
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Tues-Sat July 7-11: Kirkfield to Orillia ON (locks T36-41)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/04c6d730-5650-4214-a73e-a3625e49ff35 July 7: We were delayed leaving this morning by a couple…
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Mon July 6: Bobcaygeon to Kirkfield Lock Wall (locks T32, 34 – no 33 side trip – and 35)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/b1527e4c-cf1e-4e74-a7c2-d108e62fd37d Because there were many very narrow channels between the locks and…
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Sun July 5: Lovesick Island to Bobcaygeon (lock T31)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/b2d5d2a6-ea90-4304-ab05-9e81dc8e9a71 We thanked the boating gods again since we completely lucked out…
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Sat July 4: Lakefield to Lovesick Island (locks T27-30)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/2b6c4194-2aa4-4d0b-9956-5ec68a6d3b6a Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇲 We buddy-boated with the three other boats…
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Wed-Fri July 1-3: Douro Lock to Lakefield (Locks T25&26)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/8ef769a7-65d4-4b18-8a1b-0a0cb4a41af5 HAPPY CANADA DAY! 🇨🇦 We were incredibly lucky to get a…
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Tues June 30: Peterborough to Douro Lock Wall (locks T20-24)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/5ba8a0bc-bf8e-410a-a3db-257288da0b5a The Peterborough lift lock is quite a spectacle! Now we know…
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Mon June 29: Otonabee River Anchorage to Peterborough ON (Lock #T18 Peterborough Municipal Marina)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/a4bbc6af-33d1-4046-a573-d93eff290f78 We continued up the lovely Otonabee River toward Peterborough. Thus far,…
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Sun June 28 Healy Falls to Otanabee River Anchorage (lock #T18 Hastings)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/6ec63bb8-a412-4256-b233-b4fcd3303d61 We only had to go through one lock today, but oh,…
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Sat June 27 Percy Reach to Healy Falls lock wall (locks T8-17)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/3fd5c3df-2481-4191-a3fd-ed0477a1205f This was a LONG day of locking. We locked with Under…
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June 26: Trenton to Percy Reach Lock Wall (locks T1-7)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/ac283cdc-50f9-47d9-9dcb-bc507fbb655d We started our journey north on the Trent-Severn Waterway today and…
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Wed & Thurs June 24 & 25: Wilton Point to Trenton ON (Trenton Port City Marina)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/03fefacb-b34d-4658-a5d8-f6efe5888fd7 June 24: Usually, dropping and pulling the anchor is my job.…
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Tues June 23: Gananoque to Wilton Point Anchorage in Jay Bay ON
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/7689042f-e59c-4d60-8a77-c9963df82f78 Tues June 23: Gananoque to Wilton Point Anchorage in Jay Bay…
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Sun & Mon June 21 & 22: Clayton NY to Gananoque Ontario
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/49c4ff8a-f21a-4060-89ac-1781fbcb08a0 June 21: We left the Clayton marina at the same time…
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Tues-Sat June 16-20: Clayton NY (Boldt Castle)
Note to my subscribers (all 12 of you!): I have chosen not to send emails each…
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Mon June 15: Cape Vincent NY to Clayton NY
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/72f6518b-dc80-49e0-8041-381e669f364f It was breezy, cool, and overcast this morning. We were anxious…
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Sat & Sun June 13 & 14: Oswego NY to Cape Vincent NY (lock O8 and across Lake Ontario)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/3816d6ab-b6fb-463d-8cfc-e39f8c8ff8ac June 13: We went through the last lock on the Oswego…
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Fri June 12: Brewerton NY to (locks E23 & O3–7) to Oswego NY
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/f0a7406a-3257-4b48-a108-8c7f542c7785 This morning, we did our last lock on the Erie Canal,…
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Wed & Thurs June 10 & 11 Sylvan Beach to Brewerton NY (crossing Lake Oneida)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/c91d5f2c-1a31-41ac-9834-3d173a5f11fe Wed June 10: Sylvan Beach to Brewerton NY The morning was…
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Tues June 9: Little Falls NY to Sylvan Beach NY (locks E18-22)
Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/e319268e-11c2-4a03-bc86-391fb6e9a6b0 We had a glorious morning! Sixty-five degrees and sunny. We spotted…
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Mon June 8: Amsterdam NY to Little Falls NY (locks E11-17)
Link to our route for the day: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/7a09e11a-6548-4f49-9b4b-37b66942f013 We hit our first Lock for the day…
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Sun June 7: Amsterdam NY
Another day in Amsterdam. It’s too windy for the locks, and now more thunderstorms are expected…
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Sat June 6: Amsterdam NY
Well, the thunderstorms they called for didn’t materialize until about six this evening, so we could…
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Fri June 5: Scotia NY to Amsterdam NY (locks E8-9)
The nebo link didn’t work today 😦 Today we did locks 8-10. By lock#9, the wind…
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Thus June 4: Troy NY to Scotia NY (Federal lock 1; locks E2-7)
link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/d8bc80e5-a541-4997-9f2a-232fe046fb7e Happy Birthday, Mummy! Hope you have a good celebration with the…
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Tues June 2 & Wed June 3: Troy NY
We took a couple of days to reprovision, wash the boat down (there was a lot…
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Mon June 1: New Baltimore NY to Troy NY (Troy City Dock)
The super helpful staff at Donovan’s got us sprung off on yet another windy day with…
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Sun May 31: Poughkeepsie NY to New Baltimore NY (Donovan’s Shady Harbor Marina)
As we were getting ready to leave the slip this morning, the wind had died down…
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Sat May 30: Poughkeepsie NY
Peter and I were both woken by a howling wind from the north at 2 AM…
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Fri May 29: Croton-on-Hudson NY to Poughkeepsie NY (Shadows Marina)
The weather was glorious this morning, and the Hudson River was smooth for our whole journey.…
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Thurs May 28:Atlantic Highlands NJ to Croton NY (includes NY Harbor)
Our anchorage got pretty rocky in the morning, so we decided to head out about 8…
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Wed May 27: Atlantic City NJ to Atlantic Highlands NJ (Sandy Hook anchorage)
Peter was up early again to check on the fog, which thankfully dissipated even earlier than…
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Tues May 26: Cape May to Atlantic City, Brigantine anchorage
Up at 5:30 this morning to check the conditions. We could hardly see the marina from…
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Mon May 25: Cape May NJ
On Saturday, the waves were six to eight feet high on the Atlantic, and on Sunday,…
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Sat May 23: Cape May NJ
The wind continues to be strong and relentless. Good thing we’re wearing ourselves out during the…
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Wed May 20 – Fri May 22: Cape May NJ
Well, we beat feet down here (beat prop, beat rudder?) so that we could hit the…
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Tues May 19: Bear DE to Cape May NJ (Canyon Club Marina)
Stress-free departure this morning – not – almost touched bottom in the channel back out to…
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Mon May 18: Worton Creek to Summit North Marina in Bear DE
Beautiful, cool, calm, glassy morning to start the day. We left the Chesapeake Bay and started…
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Sun May 17, 2026: Deale MD to Worton Creek
Underway at 8:55 AM! A bit of a slow start as we had to get into…