It was a good experiment working on my sailboat from a Northern Ontario lake, Lake Temagami. From the town docks I picked up the free wireless internet form the local library. On the sailboat I was able to Skype people, give feedback on a cover letter, and send out a career counselling training proposal.Once we sailed to our destination lake, Spawning Bay, we were out of wireless range. However, I noticed a cell town at the Municipal Docks in the centre of the lake. I have no doubt that with the portable (cell) internet stick I would be able to access the web.
What I like about our 21' Sirius sailboat is the ability to trailer it to remote locations. Lake Temagime is huge...45Kilometers from top to bottom. We took our canoe along, t
ethered behind the sailboat. I would not recommend teathering a canoe since it's just one more thing to add to the already numerous cables and ropes involved with sailing. It's not bad with a head wind, but is tricky with a tail wind. We disovered this as the wind blew the canoe sideways and the teather rope ended up pulling the canoe over filling it with water. What an ordeal! I should have tied the teather under the canoe looping up through the front seats, that avoids the teather rope from capsising the canoe. Oh well...live and learn!
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