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
The Paddler - United Kingdom

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
The Blackburn Challenge
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)
Cape Cod Revisited
Up the Western Shore of Newfoundland
John Cabot's "Prima Terra Vista"
Sailing to the Shetlands
Québec - Tadoussac - Chicoutimi
Around Lake Champlain - NY/VT
Messing about on Muscongus, Maine
Peter Across The Atlantic (Antigua-Azores-Hamburg)
Circumnavigating Deer Isle and Isle Au Haut (Maine)
Paddling Pacific (San Juan Islands and Bellingham Bay)
Everglades Forever
Criss-Crossing Casco
Around Islesboro, North Haven & Vinalhaven I. in Penobscot Bay, Maine
Here, There & (almost) Everywhere (day trips through the seasons)
Solo In The Glades - A Picture Story
Ice-out on Moosehead Lake
Schooner American Eagle Wins Again (A Personal Account)
Schooner American Eagle Wins Again (Shorter Version)
You Lose Some, Only To Win Some (Maine to British Columbia)
Biking Through Germany, Belgium & France (As A Young Boy)
Icebound (Prince Edward Island in February)
Around Prince Edward Island (Or: Knowing When To Bail Out)
Meeting the Challenge (Blackburn 2014)
Canoeing Mahone Bay (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Paddling With Family & Friends
Snowbird In The Glades (February/March 2015)
An Epic Challenge (2015 Blackburn Challenge, Gloucester MA)
Around Blue Hill Bay And Swans Island
On Historic Tides (A Retrospective)
Maine's Many Coastal Arms (Between Cape Small and Pemaquid Pt.)
Austin, Texas For Paddlers? (Are You Kidding?)
Around Frenchman Bay and Mount Desert Island, Maine
An Inside View Of The 2017 Sail Boston Windjammer Parade
Around New England And The Canadian Maritimes In A Sea Canoe

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
Trip Planning for Success
My Turn at the Helm
Variation - Deviation - Declination (clear terms for clean navigation)
Piloting A Canoe Instead Of A Big Freighter (Or: The Consequences Of Growing Up Color-Blind)
The Riddle of the Sands - A Personal Account
The Launching Of A 32-Foot Cornish Pilot Gig
Klabautermann - The Real Story

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
Die Westküste Neufundlands hoch

Zehn Jahre in den Everglades
Sankt Lorenz Strom und Saguenay Fjord, Kanada
Auf dem Peter von Seestermühe über den Atlantik
Solo Kanucamping im Everglades Nationalpark, Florida, USA


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