Friday July 13th

Friday 13^th, Uh Oh!  Well we seemed to have survived it, at least until 10:55pm when I’m writing this blog.  Another day of light winds and slow sailing to Cape Vincent, 44° 07.81N 76° 20.04W.  One advantage of a slow sail is that we got to take a swim off the boat while underway.  That was refreshing and fun!   We had to turn the motors on for the last hour when we were sailing dead downwind in 2 knots of wind which translates to about ½ knot of boat speed.  We anchored in Cape Vincent Harbour, only to be told that we were in the pilot boats path and would have to move.  So we moved, dropped our hook again and were told by the sailboat behind us that he had 100’ of chain out and we were on top of his anchor.  (Ridiculous and very unsociable in a crowded anchorage with depths of around 15’).  So we moved again and some locals invited us on to the end of the town dock which was about 20’ long and 12‘ shorter than our boat.  But we got on to the dock and, so far, seem to be well tied up.  Cape Vincent has a French Festival this weekend which we’re looking forward to.  We went for a walk in the town this evening and things are already starting to party-up, with a street band and dancing in the streets, which of course we had to take part in.  . 

Ship’s log: 1815.2 Today's log: 22.6nm, Season total: 179.7nm