Had a very pleasant sail across Lake Erie to Port Colborne, in Canada, 42° 53’.03N 79° 14’.98W. Beautiful blue skies with a few cumulus clouds, and fair winds all the way. People at the yacht club in Dunkirk had suggested that we tie up on the town dock which has the considerable advantage that it is free. We headed for this dock and discovered that it had been damaged during the recent strong winds, so we ended up tying to the town wall. This was a stone wall 6’ higher than Quinita’s deck and we were fortunate that some passers by took our lines, otherwise Teresa would have had a very high jump. We tied up and managed to get ashore then discovered that it wasn’t at all easy getting back on board. Ron managed to jump aboard, lowered the dinghy and went to pick Teresa up further downstream where another boat had grabbed the only break in the high wall. Had a quick walk around town to find a WIFI hotspot, then returned to the boat for a leisurely evening.
Today’s log: 26.4 nm, season total: 1215.8
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