This collection of articles about solo ocean trips along the shores of
New England and the Canadian maritime provinces appeared in the
following magazines:
Messing About in Boats - Wenham, MA
Atlantic Coastal Kayaker - Ipswich, MA
Kanawa Magazine - Merrickville, Canada
Paddler Magazine - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Kanu-Sport - Duisburg, Germany
The Island Trail - MITA Newsletter, Portland, ME
The Trail - Hudson River Watertrail Association Newsletter - New York, NY
Le Forum (Franco-American Newspaper) - Orono, ME.
Points East Magazine - Portsmouth, NH
Table of Contents
The articles are arranged in chronological order, i.e. the newest articles are
listed last in each category.
A. Trip Reports
Down East all the Way (Boston, MA to Portland and Machias, ME)
Three Lakes - Three Different Worlds (Winnipesaukee, NH; Sebago, ME; Chiputneticook, NB)
Rounding the Gaspé (Lake Champlain, Québec, Gaspé, Restigouche
River - 1000 mi)
Around Prince Edward Island by Sea Canoe
A Father’s Day Special (shorter version)
Riding the Fundy Bay Ebb Tide Express (St. John, Canada to Machias, ME)
Suwannee River Sojourn
Down the River of Life (shorter version)
New Brunswick’s Gulf of St. Lawrence Shore
Paddling Solo along the Baltic Coast of Germany (from Denmark to Poland)
Fiddler’s Green - Across the Atlantic
Lewis and Clark Plus 200
Ten Years in the Everglades...
Scotia on my Mind (Part I) -
A Meeting at Sea (shorter version)
Scotia on my Mind, Part II -
Along Acadian Shores (shorter version)
Closing the Gap (Lake Champlain, Hudson River, New York, Boston)
Earlybird in the Allagash
The Maine Island Trail Revisited
Paddle to the Sea - Celebrating Quebéc's 400th Birthday
Down The Mighty St. Lawrence (shorter version)
Solo Around Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Looking for John Cabot's Landing on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
(shorter version)
B. Special Topics
The Acadians Have Landed (St. Croix Isl., ME 400-year celebration)
Those Outrageous Outriggers
In Defense of Dead Reckoning
On Diurnal Tides
On Proper Reentry into the US
Camden’s Considerable Culvert
Zero-Zero-Visbi
On Open Water Paddling
On Boat Storage
Why do I do it?
The Verlen Kruger Story: 100,000 Miles By Paddle
The Blackburn Challenge
Trip Planning for Success
C. Articles Written in German
Deutsche Ostsee im offenen Kanu
Lewis & Clark + 200
Reiseziele: Kurz vor der kanadischen Grenze (Maines Inselwelt für
Seekajaker)
Auf den Spuren Champlains in Nova Scotia, Kanada
Den Hudson runter und zurück nach Boston
Outrigger auf der Ostsee. Oder: Das geht auch ohne Palmen
John Cabots Landungsstelle in Kanada
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