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If you would like to know more about Kelly IV's 2011 cruise, just email or call Captain Murph with your questions or suggestions.  If I can figure it out from the logbook, I'll add the information here.

Click Here to follow the track of Kelly IV's 2011 cruise of 2,500 nautical miles from Erie, PA to Warwick, RI.  Click each image to get the next one.  For details about Kelly IV, click Here.  For photos, in order, of each port Kelly IV called at in 2011, click Here.  You can always do a "Search" by typing what you want to find in the "Search" field at the upper right corner of any page on this website.

Total nautical miles underway:  2514
Distance with crew:  1,128 nm
Distance singlehanded:  1,386 nm
Departure Date from Erie, PA:  May 27, 2011
Haulout Date, Warwick, RI:  September 22, 2011
Total Days Underway:  61
Total Days Mostly Motoring  39
Total Days Mostly Motorsailing:  14
Total Days Mostly Sailing:  8
Erie, PA to Toronto, ON Crew:  Jack vanArsdale, James Clark (135.2 nm)
Kingston, ON to Tadoussac, QC Crew:  Ray (528.9 nm)
Quebec City, QC to Tadoussac, QC Crew:  Ed (193.2 nm)
Rimouski, QC to Riviere au Renard, QC Crew: Kris Bjornstad (202.5 nm)
Portland, ME to Warwick, RI Crew:  Kip Martin (261.4 nm)
Longest single leg:  123 nm, L'Anse a Beaufils,Quebec to Richibucto, New Brunswick
Most challenging leg:  St. Peter's to Portage Cove
Serious concern about sinking:  Liscombe River
Thickest fog in a rural harbor
Thickest fog in a big city harbor
Thickest fog after a bright, sunny morning
Days of thick fog (visibility of 1/4 mile or less) while underway:  9ng
For photos of days in fog, Click Here.
Most impressive neighboring boat:  Niagara, Erie, PA
Largest neighboring yacht:  Silver Shalis, St. Peters Canal, Nova Scotia
Most impressive whale sighting:  Saguenay River and St. Lawrence River, Beluga Whales
Sea life observed underway:  whales, dolphins, sea turtles, seals, seabirds, clams, jellyfish, sea stars (starfish) 
Lennox Passage:  Seal
Whale at Cap Rosiers, near Cap Gaspe'
Eagle flying at Bras d'Or Lake
Most challenging anchor retrieval, Caribou, Nova Scotia
Biggest Storm:  Tropical Storm Irene
Average Nautical Miles per Day Underway:  41
Average Speed in Knots per Day Underway:   5.32
Total Nights on the Cruise:  114
Total Nights in Marinas:  49
Total Nights at Anchor:  25
Total Nights on a Mooring:  23
Total Nights Rafted to Fishing Boats:  7
Total Nights tied to a Sea Wall:  6
Total Nights at Sea:  4
One Night at Sea was Singlehanded
Longest Time in One Place:
  - Toronto - 6 Days
  - Richibucto - 7 Days (Left "Kelly IV" while touring PEI by car)
  - Murphy Cove - 6 Days
  - Halifax - 7 Days
Northernmost Point of the Cruise:  N49º19.265'  W065º42.224'
Crew on Board at Northernmost Point:  Kris Bjornstad
Easternmost Point of the Cruise:  N46º04.058'  W060º42.991'
Best Price for a "Bullseye Fairlead:"  Prince Edward Island
Why CaptMurph wears his broad brimmed hat vs the hood already built into his foul weather jacket.