Brian Monrad & Cathie Macdonald - Traversing the Trent-Severn Waterway in an All-Electric Sailboat12/7/2023 Brian Monrad & Cathie Macdonald took the Shellback Club on their adventure traversing the Trent-Severn Waterway in an all-electric sailboat in 2021 during COVID. They described the challenges of their expedition to demonstrate that such a passage could be made without the direct use of hydrocarbon energy. In particular, during COVID shutdown in 2021 many marinas were closed so electrical connections for recharging were limited. About Cathie Macdonald and Brian Monrad
Cathie grew up paddling canoes on the canals in Ottawa, but the sailboats on Dows Lake really caught her interest. After qualifying in Architecture and Planning, she travelled the world and settled in Toronto where she took up racing Albacores at Westwood Sailing Club. She met Brian in 2000 sailing Sharks. They were married in 2001. Brian grew up in a Toronto sailing family and spent five summers in the RCYC Junior Club. After qualifying in Philosophy, Accounting, and Law, he ran the Calgary Sailing School in the early 70’s. He then sailed in Victoria BC for 25 years. He returned to Toronto in the late 90s where he helped found the Disabled Sailing Association of Ontario. Cathie & Brian spent two summers on their Nonsuch 30U "Cheshire Cat" on the Chesapeake. One winter in 2011, they took it down the Intracoastal Waterway to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Cheshire Cat sank in March 2012 in the Turks & Caicos; Brian & Cathie spoke to Shellbacks about it back in April of 2013. In 2014, they purchased the Nonsuch 26U "Cattitude", converted it to fossil-free electric in 2016, and motored up the Trent Severn Waterway in 2021. They settled at Bay Port Yachting Centre. Brian & Cathie are looking forward to joining Midland Bay SC as social members.
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