Rode our bikes into Rockport, 44° 22.83N 75° 55.65W, a very pretty, very small town with many beautiful murals (see photo). Took advantage of the WIFI at the dock to do some email and blog updates, had a leisurely lunch then set sail for Georgina Island, 44° 21.61N 75° 58.99W, an anchorage that had been recommended by our neighbour last night. As we approached our intended anchorage we spotted a guy on a dock waving at us and we thought he was trying to wave us off. As it turned out he was our neighbor from last night and was directing us to where we should drop our anchor. Long story short, after several attempts, we couldn’t get our anchor to hold there, so we set it a hundred yards away and so far it’s holding… It’s a beautiful bay, but close to the 1000 Islands bridge, so the traffic noise is a bit annoying. It was sunny, warm and dry so we completed our mosquito netting project. So far that’s working out well, although we’ll probably put in a few extra snaps when we can buy them.
Sailing was interesting today, (and yesterday as well, but I
forgot to mention it). Yesterday, we
sailed through Fiddlers Elbow, 44° 21.46N 75° 59.78W, a narrow gorge, with the tide
against us. The wind was very fluky all
day between the islands, and when we got to this gorge we were creeping along
at 2 knots against a current of 1 knot so we were making 1 knot over the
ground. We then hit a big wind eddy, the
genoa backed which brought the bow of the boat around so that we were broadside
on to the current. Suddenly it wasn’t
fun anymore, we were drifting sideways with the current towards the rocks and
no steerage way. So it was, “let’s drop
an engine quickly and start pointing in the right direction”! No problem but it’s definitely something to
watch out for when sailing in these waters.
Today, we had a similar issue but were more prepared for it.
Ship’s log: 1712.0 Today's log: 2.5nm, Season total: 76.5nm
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