Welcome

Welcome to our blog.  

We are two souls in search of sand, sun and warm weather; then again, who doesn't want these things?  So we went out and bought a boat, maybe it isn't the perfect boat, but she's ours.  Our dream is to take our boat "Tropical Horizons" and actually get out there and explore what lies around our home port and beyond.

Karen and I (Eric) will document our travels and share our adventures with all who wish to follow us in the hopes of creating a source of information for those who wish to cruise in a power boat.  We'll post blogs on boat improvement projects, destinations, cruising strategies, route planing and more as we travel and learn about our boat and ourselves.

We started off as sailors, but circumstances arose that made sailing no longer a viable travel option. So we traded our sails for motors and now we cruise aboard our 1987 Sea Ray 410 AC.  She's not a trawler or tug by any means but she fit our budget, can carry plenty of stores, is very comfortable, and with a bit of work we are slowly turning her into a medium range cruiser. As Dag Pike wrote in his book "Cruising Under Power" "the best boat to cruise in is the boat you have".

So hang in there and read on as we post more stories from the purchase of our boat, to crossing Lake Erie, spending time in Long Point, transiting the Welland Canal, crossing Lake Ontario and entering the Bay of Quinte and beyond.  We'll try to post here and on our YouTube channel, "M.V. Tropical Horizons" on a regular basis as time and internet access permit.

How things change!... Karen and I are selling "Tropical Horizons" as we have just recently acquired our next vessel.  Yes there is a Tropical Horizons II and you can read all about her here.