Cruise page two
Wind Dancer returned to Hay Bay for two days. The rest
of the Navy Point fleet went on to Cobourg, Ontario. I patched our badly leaking
inflatable (for the umteenth time--come on, it's 25 years old and has survived
the abuse of four children not to mention two adults) and we did other minor
repairs of problems that had been plaguing us.
We always eat well no matter what.
Cap'n Steve
Dicey weather forecast so we tied up at the Prince Edward Cruising
Club in Picton, On.
Picton Pan. Scroll right. Picton is a perfectly protected, sweet
little harbor--and an interesting and fun town.
The Prince Edward Cruising Club is a fine place to hang out for
a day or two or a lifetime with its parklike grounds and friendly folks.
Steve paddling around Picton Harbor (or "Harbour")
Cement plant with CSL Tadoussac loading, Picton Bay. This is
about five miles north of Picton Harbor. We're leaving Picton heading for Prinyer
Cove.
We anchored in Prinyer Cove (Sunday Aug., 21), stormy weather.
Water spout alert.
The weather cleared but the water spout alert was still in
effect.
Hundreds of sailboats on our way past Kingston. This is only
a part of the fleet. It looked like this in every direction.
Too bad. No wind. We did a lot of motoring on this trip. We traveled
more than two hundred miles of which we sailed about forty.
Like I say: "The wind is free... and you get what you pay
for."
We picked up a mooring at Camelot Island, St.
Lawrence Islands National Park. We stayed here three days. This is a beautiful
spot in the heart of the Thousand Islands. The Canadian government provides
the moorings at US$17 per day. Well worth the peace of mind. (Self-registration
at a small kiosk on the shore.)
I mean these are massive moorings. You can see the cement block
and heavy chain. The water in this cove on the south side of Camelot is shallow
but not as shallow as it looks. The water here is over 5'. Coming in though
our depth gauge read 3'3" and we draw 4'3".
This poor fellow ran aground. Steve's helping to get him off
but it took even more help before he finally floated free.
Windy at Cam.
