Wednesday, August 19
It is two days travel between Henry’s and Killarney, coming the other way we spent a night at
anchor. Because the weather forecast is questionable for tomorrow we decide that we will go to Byng Inlet tonight. We head out on a nice morning although the forecast is for west wind up to 15 knots, not a good direction and the upper limit of what we can handle in open water.
The first couple of hours are more gorgeous cruising on the inside small boat channel up Georgian Bay. Unfortunately this stretch has three places where the small boat channel goes out into the edge of open Georgian Bay.
We pass the Pointe Au Baril lighthouse and beyond it the replica barrel on top of
which the old timers use to place a lantern to help guide them back in.
This leads to the first open stretch and we pound heavily into larger waves than had been forecast. The admiral and the deckhands are not happy, but they make the best of it. The captain is concerned but makes the best of it. This stretch is short and everybody is happy when we are back inside.
Along the way we pass this interesting cottage on shore.
We go back outside for a second and third time, the last being for over an hour. The ride is just slightly better. Deep water produces waves that are not quit as steep and we are taking them at a slightly better angle.
Finally we are headed back in at Byng Inlet. We proceed the four miles up the pretty, sheltered channel to Wrights Marina. They are a busy place that primarily provides services to cottagers that need to have a shore base to get out to their islands, but they also provide space for many transients.
We get tied up and all breathe a sigh of relief that the day is over. It was a long 65 miles from Henry’s at our 8 mph.
It is two days travel between Henry’s and Killarney, coming the other way we spent a night at
anchor. Because the weather forecast is questionable for tomorrow we decide that we will go to Byng Inlet tonight. We head out on a nice morning although the forecast is for west wind up to 15 knots, not a good direction and the upper limit of what we can handle in open water.The first couple of hours are more gorgeous cruising on the inside small boat channel up Georgian Bay. Unfortunately this stretch has three places where the small boat channel goes out into the edge of open Georgian Bay.
We pass the Pointe Au Baril lighthouse and beyond it the replica barrel on top of
which the old timers use to place a lantern to help guide them back in.This leads to the first open stretch and we pound heavily into larger waves than had been forecast. The admiral and the deckhands are not happy, but they make the best of it. The captain is concerned but makes the best of it. This stretch is short and everybody is happy when we are back inside.
Along the way we pass this interesting cottage on shore.
We go back outside for a second and third time, the last being for over an hour. The ride is just slightly better. Deep water produces waves that are not quit as steep and we are taking them at a slightly better angle.
Finally we are headed back in at Byng Inlet. We proceed the four miles up the pretty, sheltered channel to Wrights Marina. They are a busy place that primarily provides services to cottagers that need to have a shore base to get out to their islands, but they also provide space for many transients.
We get tied up and all breathe a sigh of relief that the day is over. It was a long 65 miles from Henry’s at our 8 mph.
As we relax it is small world time again. A gentleman (aren’t all boaters) walks over and says he saw us in Green Turtle Bay in KY, June of last year. He bought a used 48’ Sea Ray in Nashville and lives in Sarnia, ON (just across from Port Huron, MI). He was trying to bring the boat home last year up Mississippi, Illinois and around Michigan to home. He was held up in Green Turtle by the June floods in St Louis last year. We had a good time catching up on each other’s travels and plans going forward. They left Sarnia the end of June and went up Lake Huron and spent a month in the North Channel and are no working their way slowly back home.
With the day we had today and a weather forecast of 25 knots and thunder showers I paid for two night docking and we won’t even think about going anywhere tomorrow. At least they have internet.
With the day we had today and a weather forecast of 25 knots and thunder showers I paid for two night docking and we won’t even think about going anywhere tomorrow. At least they have internet.
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