Saorsa II has been hauled out a Wiggers Custom Yachts and will be moved into indoor heated storage for the winter. This will allow continued refit of Her systems and the installation of new systems including an Automatice Identification System (AIS) transponder.

Time to work on general refit in anticipation of the extended cruise planned for 2010.

Here comes Santa Claus.

Hogmanay celebrations and a Burns' Night Haggis.

Dreams of sunny skies, sparkling waters, and fair winds keep us warm.

The 2010 cruise preparations are ramping up. Charts have been ordered, a new electronic chart plotter installed, a new fully redundant depth sounder, and the AIS transponder.

After spending the winter indoors and receiving several new systems, Saorsa II was launched at Wiggers Custom Yachts on April 30.

Mid-May saw the start of the extended cruise of 2010. Saorsa II headed down Lake Ontario on the first stage of a cruise to the east coast of Canada and the United States.

Ontario
May 15: Docked at Whitby Marina, Lake Ontario
May 16: Docked at Cobourg Marina, Lake Ontario
May 17: Underway
May 18: Docked at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Lake Ontario
May 19: Docked at Brockville Yacht Club, St. Lawrence River
May 22: Docked at Crysler Park Marina, St. Lawrence River

Province de Quebec
May 24: Anchored at Coteau-Landing
May 25: Anchored near Canal de la Rive Sud
May 26: Docked at Le Port de Plaisance de Longueuil
May 27: Anchored at Ile de Grace
May 29: Docked at Trois-Rivieres Marina
May 30: Docked at Portneuf Marina
May 31: Docked at Marina Port de Quebec

During June, Saorsa II travelled down the St. Lawrence river and transited the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. At the beginning of June, we arrived in Quebec City, stayed for a few days, and then travelled on. Other notable locations visited include, Tadoussac, the Saguenay River, and lovely towns in the Gaspe Peninsula.

Province of Quebec
June 1: Marina Port de Quebec
June 5: Cap-a-l'Aigle, Harbour of Refuge
June 7: Anchored in Tadoussac Harbour
June 10: On a visitor mooring at Baie Eternite, Saguenay River
June 11: Club Nautique Anse-Saint-Jean
June 12: Tadoussac Marina
June 14: Anchored in Anse a l'Orignal
June 15: Marina de Rimouski-Est
June 20: Anchored in Anse du Petit Mitis
June 21: Anchored in Les Mechins
June 22: Docked at Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
June 25: Docked at Riviere-la-Madelaine
June 27: Anchored in Riviere-au-Renard
June 29: Docked at l'Anse a Beaufils

In July 2010, we left the Province of Quebec in our wake and visited New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.

Province of Quebec
July 1: Docked at Chandler

New Brunswick
July 4: Docked at Sawmill Point Marina, Buctouche
July 7: Anchored in Shediac Harbour

Prince Edward Island
July 11: Docked at Summerside Yacht Club

Nova Scotia
July 14: Anchored off Malagash Point near Tatamagouche
July 15: Anchored in Caribou Harbour
July 16: Hector Quay Marina, Pictou
July 18: Docked at Ballantyne's Cove
July 20: Anchored in "The Little Basin" at the west end of Lennox Passage
July 21: Docked at Lennox Passage Yacht Club, d'Escousse, Isle Madame
July 22: Docked at St. Peter's Marina, St. Peter's, Cape Breton
July 24: Anchored in Clarke Cove, Marble Mountain, Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton
July 26: Docked on the public wharf at Orangedale, Cape Breton
July 27: Anchored in Baddeck Harbour, Cape Breton
July 29: Docked at St. Peter's Marina, St. Peter's, Cape Breton

During August, Saorsa II will travel south and west along the shore of Nova Scotia and get ready to enter U.S. waters in Maine.

Nova Scotia
August 2: Anchored in Tangier Harbour, Easter Shore
August 3: Docked at Armdale Yacht Club, Halifax
August 6: Anchored at Rogue's Roost, Southwestern Shore
August 8: On a visitor mooring in the back harbour, Chester, Mahone Bay
August 9: Anchored in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay
August 10: Anchored in Lunenburg Harbour, Lunenburg Bay
August 13: Anchored near Spectacle Islands, Port Mouton, Nova Scotia
August 14: Docked at Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
August 16: Underway crossing the Gulf of Maine

Maine
August 17: On a mooring off Hinckley Yard, Southwest Harbour, Maine
August 19: Anchored in Somes Harbour, Mount Desert Island, Maine
August 20: On a mooring in Lunt Harbour, Frenchboro, Maine
August 21: Anchored between McGlathery and Round Island, Maine
August 22: Anchored in Seal Bay, Vinalhaven Island, Maine
August 23: Anchored in Rockland Harbour, Maine
August 25: Docked at Journey's End Marina, Rockland, Maine
August 28: Anchored at Damariscove Island, Maine
August 29: Anchored in Seal cove, by Richmond Island, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
August 31: On town moorning in York Harbour, Maine

Cruising south along the eastern seabord of the U.S. with a destination of New York City. Along the way transit the Cape Cod Canal, visit Fairhaven, Newport, and Mystic.

Massachusetts
September 1: On mooring at Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem, Massachusetts

Travel up the Hudson River to Albany, New York. Take the mast down and stow on deck. Travel the Erie Canal to Oswego, New York and then back across Lake Ontario to Wiggers Custom Yachts in Bowmanville, Ontario.