Sports

Cruise Ships are Back!

All about the 2022 cruise ship OCEAN NAVIGATOR and the 1948 cruise ship ONTARIO.

Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2022
Susan W. Smith

"Pat" the Time Traveler

This story is about "Pat the Time Traveller". Her sweeping lines are no lie. She is fast and easy to maneuver.

Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2022
John Kunz

"Riptide IV - 1948 Chris Craft 25 Utility

In the post-WW II era, Chris Craft began to make their boat designs more elegant and, to my eye, classier. Riptide IV, owned by Jane and Kevin Heffron, is one of the nicest examples of this post-war shift at Chris Craft.

Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2022
Rick Casali

Horses of the Country

If you are a horse lover or have horses in your background, my new book Horses of the Country: An Homage will entertain, as well as shed light on the vital role of horses in the lives of our ancestors.

Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2022
Claudia Smith

Sudoku Puzzles #125, #126, #127 & #128

Four puzzles this month - can you or can't you solve them? That really is the question!

Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2022
Dan LeKander

Podcast Dedicated to Shipping

"Downward Bound will bring ship enthusiasts another step closer to the mesmerizing vessels so often seen along the St. Lawrence while also highlighting what the Seaway has to offer,"

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Susan W. Smith

FIASCO was held on Wellesley Island

The regatta is known as FIASCO, which is the acronym for Famous International Annual Skiffing Competitive Occurrence.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Rick Casali

WORLD ROWING TOUR 2022 – Come and Gone!

Thank you to all of the international rowers who came and took part in this tour, to the wonderful group of volunteers who were with the tour the whole way, and to the Thousand Islands for sharing their beauty.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Shelagh Baker

Dry Stone Wallers!

I’m part of a different sort of migration — an annual influx of Dry Stone Wallers. Dry Stone Wallers are a somewhat peculiar subspecies of human, who still pile one rock upon another to build things without mortar.

Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2022
Dianne Wadden

Sudoku Puzzles 119, 120 & 121

Difficult rating … 5/10 (Rating based on puzzles not requiring advanced techniques) Puzzle #120 should present a moderate challenge!

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022
Dan LeKander

Sudoku Puzzles #116, #117, & #118

We start with a Sudoku puzzle in progress, where it appears that there are no more obvious or not-so-obvious clues. Can you find the hidden clue in Puzzle #116?

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
Dan LeKander

"The Runners"

CSL commissioned the mural, which was created by Bryan Beyung, along with equally renowned Canadian artists Emmanuel Jarus, Andrea Wan, and K.C. Hall, to help celebrate the spirit of the 2022 Canada Summer Games

Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022
Patty Mondore

Sudoku Puzzles #113, #114, #115

We continue with 3 puzzles each month. We start with a Sudoku puzzle in progress, where it appears there are no more obvious or not-so-obvious clues. Can you find the hidden clue in Puzzle #113?

Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2022
Dan LeKander

A New Role for an Old Punt, by Emily Holt

The old red punt was always a part of my memories of my summer home, Long Point, on Grindstone Island. Daddy (WDC Wright) bought the cottage in 1923 and it seems that the boat came with it . . .

Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2022
Emily Wright Holt

Sudoku Puzzles #110, #111, & #112

Once again Dan LeKander provides you with a challenge - three puzzles this month. Good luck!

Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2022
Dan LeKander

My Cliffe Craft Saga - Chapter 4

On first sight, I was quick to grasp the full scope of this new project. It would not be a short and quick period of work involved. I was fully aware it was going to be a few seasons long.

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Marc Benoit

A Canoe With Sails

A few years ago, I came across an advertisement for the plans of a glued lapstrake sailing canoe. Not one of those after-market flimsy gadgets that you attach to your canoe, no, this was a real sailing canoe . . .

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Steve Cormack

Bays and Islands World Rowing Tour for 2022

50 international, long distance, adventure rowers to row on the beautiful waters of South Eastern Ontario. From September 10 – 18, 2022.

Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2022
Shelagh Baker