Sailing with Duncan

Naturally Curious

A Cairn sniffing a cairin

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Duncan's last day on Respite

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Duncan getting ice cream in Gore Bay

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Welcome to Sailing with Duncan

Thanks for joining us.

Sometimes you just have to take the bull by the horns or in this case the Cairn Terrier by the boat and head to charted and uncharted waters.

Duncan travels with Cindy and Jeff Cunningham aboard the 1996 Catalina 34 MKII named Respite. The three have logged thousands of miles and hundreds of hours sailing on the Great Lakes over the last 20 years. Cindy is an award-winning retired educator who continues to learn and teach with every opportunity. She is also the captain of the boat. Jeff is a retired columnist, reporter, photographer, and editor who has long loved sharing the stories of the two sailing, listening to those they meet along the way and sharing their stories as well.

We hope you enjoy sailing with us.

Sailing with Duncan 2022, another beginning

"Cruising is the art of making repairs to your boat in new places"

Cruising with Duncan 2021

Finding our way forward

With Canada closed to USA boats for the foreseeable future, and marinas along the east coast of Lake Michigan struggling to even get open due to the high lake levels, it is hard to see where this summer will take Duncan and his crew aboard Respite. Still, Respite is in the water and we have sailed once, which was glorious. While we explore our future, I will post this video of our young friend Isaac making his way up our mast to retrieve a line from the stack pack that escape