This was our first
glimpse of her, laying in her cradle at the Whitby Yacht Club, near Toronto,
bearing her original name, Mystique 1.
This is the "publicity
shot" for the Aloha 30 brochure; I have no idea who the couple pictured
are, but the boat (it's the actual boat I bought) looks pretty much as
it still does.
Taken at the Whitby
Yacht Club during her comissioniong for the maiden voyage back to Ohio.
One of the Welland Canal locks; yes, it really is that big!
The "maiden
voyage" to Ohio included a transit of the Welland Canal; we are laying
to in this picture, waiting to be locked through.
Heading across Lake
Erie on the maiden voyage.
Ron Thomas, one of
my crew for the maiden voyage; Ron is a longtime Lake Erie sailor.
Penney at the helm
on the last leg of the maiden voyage (the only day it rained).
Kevin Furlong, the
other maiden voyage crew member (he's also Ron's son-in-law).
Cap'n Drew
Cap'n Penney
Cap'n Paul
Outbound from Port
Clinton harbor
Cap'n Penney (again!)
On Lake Erie
Sunset on the Lake
Cap'n Bob
Safe Harbor