Saturday, August 9, 3003

PS – Out early.  Wind way down.  Seas still a little choppy but still from the north.  Easy run to Blue Water Bridge.  Du took over for run to Emerald City Harbor.  Lots of north bound traffic.  Freighter traffic also active.  Du passed his first freighter! Continue reading →

Friday, August 8, 2003

PS – Left Kincardine, clear with a following wind.  PQ and PS shared the majority of the wheel duties.

Waves 2’ – 3’.   Fairly easy run.  Lexington in hours.  Wind picking up from the north.  Approach to Lexington harbor had dredging barge in the.  Continue reading →

Thursday, August 7, 2003

Off from Heyward Island approx. 900a to Tobermory.  LD at the wheel.  Beautiful sailing and then dense fog.   PS and LD in frantic search for the ‘white shingle’.   A small isle of rock barely visible in good weather and invisible in the fog.  Two yards dead ahead and LD took us to port, around the shingle and on to Tobermory.  On reaching the mooring we were advise all power out on the peninsula.  So we were delayed for 6 hours Continue reading →

Wednesday, August 6, 2003

PQ – Left our at the  anchorage in the Baie Fine fjord enroute to Little Current.  Laddie / Du, hereafter LD at the wheel.  Passed under a swivel / pivot drawbridge.  Tied up after fuel and had lunch at the Anchor Bar and Grill.   Blue Lite and Lemon Pepper White Fish for all three of us.  Continue reading →

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

PQ – Decided not to take day trips and to listen to Disco Frankie.  We left Killarney and the Sportsman’s Inn.  Headed to Baie Fine, a beautiful but narrow passage.  Paul had the helm most of the day and navigated the passage from Killarney well.  Went through the main channel, fjord and ended up in the pool.  Calm but fishing poor there as well.  Laddie on the bow looking for rocks a la Katherine Hepburn in ‘On Golden Pond’. Continue reading →

Monday, August 4, 2003

PQ – 10a Brain damage

Tobermory, gassed up at Big Tub harbor.  Laddie at the wheel all the way to Killarney.  Fog and some rain enroute.  Arrived at Killarney about 100p.  Docked at Sportsman’s Inn, a very crowed marina.

Each slip had at least two boats per side, some had three.  2 showers and 1 head facilities. Continue reading →

Sunday, 8/3/2003

PQ – Left Kincardine at 930a.  Calls to home port Brighton shows weather to be a concern.  Paul met 3 men with larger boat who were going to Tobermory well so we decided to follow them up.  They chartered a more inland route tso we never caught up until much later.  Captain Paul piloted us out and we had some wind and waves less than one meter.  Had some fog for a while but Paul steered us through.  But density increased so Paul and Laddie re-plotted our course. Continue reading →

Saturday, August 2, 2003

Paul – Left Sarnia about 10a.  About 8 miles past the Blue Water Bridge – sudden power loss.   Laddie behind the wheel.  We figured his problem – ya know?  🙂

Stopped the boat.  Pulled the engine covers.  Bilges dry, engine smooth.  Started up again.  Running very rough.  Stopped again.  Continue reading →

Friday, August 1, 2003 – 530p

Paul – Ready for the North Channel / Georgian Bay.  Left the house about 1pm for the boat.  Myself, PQ and DU.  Lots of gear.  Irena had us prepared.  Thunder storms in the forecast.  Irena left to make it home.  Livingston County was in a severe wx watch. Continue reading →