Where We've Been

If you are interested in the whereabouts of CanKata, check out the web site http://www.winlink.org/.  In the first section, click on “position reporter” and when prompted, type in VA3LME.  You will see an “x” that marks the spot of where we last reported to Winlink where CanKata was situated.  You can zoom in and out.  It isn’t “live” but it will give you a good idea of where we are close to.  You can zoom in and out.  Another web site also tracks CanKata’s position: http://shiptrak.org/ (you will need to type in VA3LME).  It plots each position report in chronological order so you can watch us move from the Caribbean all the way to our current position. 

CanKata - Darrel and Loretta Smith

Reconnecting with dust.

Believe it or not, we were born and bred in the prairies.  Saskatchewan is the birthplace of both of us (and our son, Dylan, too).  Maybe all those dusty summers and frigid winters are what made us yearn for a life at sea, and a life close to the equator.  Certainly, our eight years in Prince Edward Island and just as many years boating on the Big Rideau Lake in Ontario gave us a pleasant taste of what a boating life could be.