Tairua

Getting ready to meet up with and board the Tairua tomorrow. This will be the first time Jane has ever been sailing and she is looking forward to it. Her Grandfather and Great Grandfather were both sea captains.
Taiura means two oceans. She was built in the U.K., then sailed via the Canary Islands, the Panama canal and Hawaii, to Point Robers in Washington state. She was wintered there and used for exploring the North Pacific Coast of Canada and Alaska for several years. Art enjoyed twice being crew to move her from Point Robers to Ketchikan, Alsaska. She was moved overland this summer to Kingston Ontario, then sailed the St. Lawrence seaway to Gaspe, Quebec, where we meet up with her tomorrow.
We will help the owner move her from Gaspe, Quebec to Port Hawksbury, Nova Scotia. She will winter there awaiting Summer cruising of the Bras o'r lake on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, next Summer. We hope to do short blogs from various ports along the way. Here are a few pictures of the boat.