Earl and Bonnie MacKenzie spent eight winters chartering in the Caribbean from the Virgin Islands to Grenada.  They will not be returning to the Caribbean for the 2007-2008 charter season, however, they will continue chartering in New England from Newport to Maine for the 2007 summer charter season.  Their season starts in June in Newport, sailing to the Vineyard, Cuttyhunk and Nantucket.  On July 1st they will sail to Maine, where they will charter into late September.

Trans-Atlantic Crossing
In May of 2005 Bonnie Lynn departed the Virgin Islands for the Azores, a group of islands some 800 miles west of Portugal. They spent two weeks exploring the islands before sailing on to Ireland. For two weeks they worked their way up the coast from Kinsale to Dublin and Belfast. From there they sailed through the Irish Sea to Scotland, where they spent the remainder of the summer. They explored the West Coast, the Inner Hebrides and the Caledonian Canal to Inverness. In September they returned to Ireland and immediately sailed to Cascais, Portugal. They sailed down the west coast of Portugal to the Algarve Region on the southwest coast. In October they set off for Madeira, then on to the Canaires and back to the Caribbean for the winter charter season. Charter guests, friends or family joined then in every country as well as the offshore passages. This eight month adventure is detailed in their most recent newsletter.  If you would like a copy, please email us and we will send you one..

Bonnie Lynn's homeport is Islesboro, an island located 3 miles off mid-coast Maine in Penobscot Bay. She sails the New England Coast, Nova Scotia and the offshore islands from June through September.

Newfoundland 2008!

In June 2008 Bonnie Lynn is planning to sail to Nova Scotia, through the Bra-dor Lakes to Newfoundland and as far north as Labrador They will be spending most of the summer there, returning to Maine in September Earl and Bonnie are working on an itinerary and will soon have specific details of what ports they will be visiting They sailed to Cape Breton back in 2000 during the Tall Ships and are looking forward to having more time to explore the area.