|
Trip Day:
|
137
|
Latitude:
|
46°02.53'
N
|
Locks Today:
|
0
|
|
Miles Today:
|
19
|
Longitude:
|
081°52.17' W
|
Locks Total:
|
81
|
|
Total Miles:
|
2,748
|
Location:
|
Mosquito Island, ON
|
||
Leaving Bair Fine with a morning mist and the water stirred up by a stiff breeze, left us thinking this would be a good place for a return visit. Our main goal for today was to replenish our refrigerator and stock our lockers for another week of gunkholing. There are plenty of marinas in Georgian Bay and North Channel, but why pay to sleep in your own bed when there are unexplored coves and island chains providing protected anchorages for free.
Our morning sail was quiet and pleasant, although it was cool and overcast as we passed this lighthouse. It has been a long while since we have passed through a bridge. The swing bridge at Goat Island, leading to the town of Little Current, only opens on the hour for 15 minutes, so the boats were standing by for the window of opportunity.
KatMan2 was lead boat today and Marc called the town dock as we approached, asking if we could tie up for a few hours to go shopping and have lunch. There was a good deal of boat traffic coming in for the night, so they suggested one boat tie up and the other raft off—no problem for us. A dockhand even met us at the wall to assist. These small towns live on boaters, so they are very accommodating! 
We took our time stowing away our groceries, sent a couple emails, and the boys studied the charts before we shoved off from Little Current. Six miles up the Waubuno Channel, we pulled into a cove east of Mosquito Island and anchored for the night. There are five other boats in the cove, but plenty of room for all.
No comments:
Post a Comment