South Bay Cove Marina
Port Severn , Ontario
44°52’03.5″N 79°46’48.9″W

Ahoy!

Well, it may be a bit hard to believe but today we acquired a “new-to-us boat”. When we sold “Santosha”, the 34′ Marine Trader trawler I thought that the rest of my boating days would be through occasional self-drive boat charters in different parts of Europe. We did that in France in 2023 and 2024 and we had wonderful adventures each time but the one week boating experience each year left me longing for much more. It’s a hard habit to get over!

In the fall of 2024 I started “casually” looking for another boat. We found a couple that looked promising but they both ended up having problems that we were not willing to take on. And then finally we found a very nice boat in Georgian Bay that was just right for us. It’s a 1987 Albin Trawler, 37′ long. Double cabins, each with their own head and a really well laid out flybridge.

We just took possession of her today (June 23) and are pretty excited about this new adventure. The boat is currently located near Midland, Ontario on Georgian Bay. We have some updating work that needs to be completed prior to starting to cruise with her. Hopefully we can get that work done in the next 7-10 days, then we will be spending the summer exploring the Trent-Severn Waterway.

I’ll be blogging about our work on the boat for the next couple of weeks – including a proper introduction to the boat and then we will start to head “south” from Georgian Bay towards Lake Ontario.

Cheers!