Cruise of Wind Dancer
('93 Hunter 30T)
Diane and Steve of Navy Point and Ithaca, NY
July 25 -- Aug 4, 2007
Kingston, ON and 1000 Islands, St Lawrence River
(Text and maps on this page, photos on the next 3 pages.)
We left Navy Point Marina, Sackets Harbor, NY early Wednesday
morning July 25 and motored about 35 miles to Picton Island near Clayton, NY.
We anchored here one night and then proceeded about 1 mile to Picnic
Pt State Park on Grindstone Island, NY and also anchored.
Friday morning we sailed most of the way to Kingston via the
Canadian Middle Channel. We stayed two nights at Confederation
Basin in the heart of historic Kingston. There was a party for Navy Pointers
on Second Chance Saturday (17 boats from Navy Pt were in Confed Basin
on Saturday).
Diane and I went to the Kingston Tattoo Saturday night. This
is a gathering of military bands at Fort
Henry. Parades, bag pipes, fire works, etc.
Sunday morning we left with seven other Navy Pt boats for the
third annual Navy Point Association Cruise led by Oasis. They were headed
west to Toronto. Wind Dancer stopped at Olympic
Harbour, Kingston for fuel, ice, and pump out and then spinnaker drifted
west. We gave up trying to keep up with the rest of the fleet and turned back
east alone. The islands beckoned.
We didn't touch a dock again until we returned to Navy Pt Marina
Saturday Aug 4. We anchored Sunday night in Cassidys Bay, Howe Island, then
spent two days on a Canadian
National Park mooring at Thwartway (Leek) Island. We anchored one night
at nearby Endymion Island, then anchored again one night each at Picnic Pt.
and Picton Island. The weather was settled, hot, sunny, and breezy at times.
A full moon added to the pleasure of remote anchorages.
We had a glorious quiet morning sail up the St Lawrence past
Clayton. We then broad reached at hull speed from Tibbetts Pt at the head of
the St Lawrence to Pt Peninsula, and then ran wing on wing to arrive back at
Navy Pt. about 1530 Saturday Aug 4. About 35 miles in all from Picton Island.
Here's the big picture
