Welcome to the Madcap sailing adventure.

We are James D. Bissell and Elizabeth Lusby - now known as Jim and Beth from Madcap - and this is where we will share our cruising story with family and friends - old and new.

Madcap is a Bayfield 36, built in 1988 in Clinton, Ontario. You'll see lots of pictures throughout this site, and will perhaps come to understand how we fell in love with her and purchased her in 2003.

As much as we enjoyed sailing in the 1000 Islands and Lake Ontario, the desire to explore further and to use this sailing vessel as "home away from home" on a long journey has grown, and so...

We left Trident Yacht Club, near Kingston, Ontario on June 17, 2007 to spend the next 16 months on a Madcap journey down the great St. Lawrence River to the Maritime provinces, and then south along the Eastern Seaboard, into the Intracoastal Waterway that winds along through the US, then across the Gulf Stream from Florida to the Bahamas and to Cuba. Our return route and precise timing are still in the "let's wait and see what happens" folder.

We'll make postings from time to time on our experience, and will let you know where we are so you can track our progress if you like.

You are welcome to e-mail Beth at madcapmum@hotmail.com or Jim at lusbybissell@sympatico.ca, or leave comments after the postings.

Come along with us through this site - we enjoy your company!
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...and an afterword or two... although we are land based in Halifax from the fall of '08 until fall of '09, we continue to welcome visits by cruisers and interested landlubbers. We plan to explore the waters of the Maritimes during the summer of 2009 and head south again in the fall. You might even find a few postings about Nova Scotia over the next few months!

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