Cruising/Racing Stories
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Cruising

The Adventures of Joint Venture  
(1975 Alberg 37 Yawl, Hull # 147)
By Ken and Anita Tillotson

JOINT VENTURE  PLANS ATLANTIC CROSSING
  Chapter I (30 July 2005)
   Chapter II (30 July - 16 August 2005)

   Chapter III (17 August - 5 October 2005)

Adventures of CARELLEN (Ontario to Florida 2000/2001)

Adventures of PAWBEE (Bahamas 1999/2000)

Adventures of DREAMWEAVER III (Atlantic Cruising)

Stornoway (August '98 Cruise, Johnstone Straits)

Sally Anne's Crossing (1997)

Brightlingsea II's Trip South (Chesapeake to ICW September '97- )

Brightlingsea II in the Bahamas

News from Lake Huron (Dick Wilke 10/16/98)

SOUTHERN CROSS HEADING NORTH (By Karen and Marcel Steinz March 2005)

Tundra: Lake Huron to the ICW (August 1997- )

Tundra Travels (Link to the Tundra web site)

Book: Tales From the Decks of Winddancer (A37 short stories)

The Trip from Hell (SOLSKIN II August '97)

The Perils of Peregrina (Bahamas Spring '97)

The Adventures of Dreamweaver III (August 2000)

TEELOK's 2002 Maine Cruise

THE BEST OF TIMES By Papo Negrón, San Juan, Puerto Rico

(Sailing the 1968 MK-I Sloop ELUSIVE from Salinas, PR to Fajardo, PR -May 2003)

CRUISING THE CHESAPEAKE
By Lou and Jean Wayne, aboard PIKA (September - October 2004)

SINGLE-HANDED TO CANADA (WELL ALMOST!)
By Ian Dunn aboard VECTIS (September - October, 2004)

PIKA Southbound III
1967 Alberg 37 MK-I Sloop
(Third Trip South to the Bahamas 2005-2006 - Now includes Cost Analysis of their trip.)
By Lou and Jean Wayne
 

Southbound Cruisers Preparation 
Southbound Cruisers make their preparations at the Assenmacher Dock in Kinsale, VA in October 2005 to 'Head South'.

SHEARWATER Cruises To The Abacos  
Tom and Kaye Assenmacher cruise the Abacos aboard SHEARWATER (10-2006 through 5-2007)

Travels of Tom and Rose Aboard SOJOURN
Tom McMaster and Rose Hansmeyer's Blog (with photos) Of Their Continuing Travels Aboard Their 1985 MK-II Alberg 37 Sloop (#239) From The Great Lakes to Trinidad and beyond..


AS DAT CROW FLIES  
Blog (with photos) from Mark and Debbie Crowe, who have been cruising their 1973 MK-II Yawl SEA CYCLE in the Caribbean for the past couple of years.(Posted 1/16/08)

ARA' DEG 
Simon Foster Crosses The Atlantic In His 1973 A37 Mk II Yawl (Hull #111) 
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cruising the N Atlantic since September 2007 starting from Wales - Africa - Caribbean - Eastern Canada.

 

Visit to Man O' War Cay Feb 2008
(This is a fairly large video file - 65 MB - it will take take some time to download!)
Tom and Kaye Assenmacher visit Man O' War Cay in February 2008 (this time they are 'Dirt Dwellers')

Take A Tour Of Man O' War Cay 
With Tom and Kaye Assenmacher (During February and March 2009)Again as 'Dirt Dwellers'!

Island Time, sailed from Bellingham, WA to San Francisco, CA
30 June 2009
By Len Ceruzzi

 

Racing

MOLLIKETT Wins the Inaugural Mackinac to Manitoulin Yacht Race

 

HARVEST MOON Wins Harvest Moon Regatta By Jay Zittrer, Houston, TX

 

GOOD NEWS Competes in “Shoe Race” (5/2006) By Ashley Walker

 

ARTEMIS Wins Class in Overnight MONHEGAN Race (August 2006) for Second Time in Row By Ron Cole

 

ARTEMIS off to a great start at  the Pilot Race last summer (6/16/06) at the Portland Yacht Club (Photo By Ron Cole).

 

ELIXIR Participates in the Turkey Shoot Regatta (10/2007)

 

HARVEST MOON Participates in Bay Cup (1-08)

 

L'AMARRE Participates in 2007 Vineyard Race (1-08)

 

KEMO SABE Wins 6th Annual Penbay Races (7-2010)

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