Cruise of Wind Dancer
Diane and Steve of Navy Point and Ithaca, NY
July 25 -- Aug 4, 2007
Kingston, ON and 1000 Islands, St Lawrence River
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After Kingston we returned to the islands.
Anchorage at Cassidys Bay, Howe Island. This is only good for
a NE wind. Puttney's outboard motor is hung on the cockpit rail. This is the
only day we had NE, the rest of the time it was SW, day and night.
Harbor (or harbour) at Thwartway Island (called Leek Island
on the charts). We stayed at a mooring here. $20.
Can you find Windy? She's just about in the middle.
Much of the shore of Thwartway is wild, remote, and seldom
visited (except by nuts like me), even though it is a popular spot for cruising
boats and day-trippers--it has three beachy coves on the W side.
There I am on the shore of Thwartway looking like a religous
mystic. Actually I think I was just going a little daft from too much sun--we
didn't see hardly a cloud for almost a week.
The white clothes came into use because we were getting so
much sun.
Windy at Thwartway. Mooring is visible.
After Thwartway we proceeded through the channels to Endymion
Island, another national
park island. There were about 30 sailboats and a few power boats anchored
in the main (south) anchorage of Endymion. There were no moorings available,
so we elected to anchor in the rather narrow anchorage on the N side of Endymion.
The holding was good but we were in 38' of water--a bit deep for our chain
and rode. We had about a 3 to 1 scope and the wind whistled all night but
we didn't budge.
Windy at N anchorage of Endymion Island. The inner boats are
in about 6'. Windy is in 38'.
Diane on Windy at Endymion.