Day 38, Tuesday, July 30th - on the move again

Day 38, Tuesday, July 30^th - on the move again

Another early morning start up at 5:30 and underway by 6:15.   We are getting faster; one thing which helps was the development of a getting underway checklist we had written the night before.  The only bad thing from the start was our bad coffee situation; we only had enough for 3 decent cups of coffee but chose to make 6 weak ones, a bad choice as proved by the fact that at the end of day we still had coffee in the thermos.

Our course takes us approximately 6 miles down the Shawanaga Inlet out to Georgian Bay and then ~12 miles down to Lone Rock which is the entrance to San Souci.   Once we are in the open bay it is obvious it is going to be a light air day so we decide to hoist the DSR.  This is the first time we have flown this sail since it bit Dawson’s hand during the race on the 20^th of July.  Dawson’s hand is still not 100% but is improving.  We manage to get her up with no major problems and we are heading south at 4 to 6 knots.  A beautiful sail, although it demands some attention at the helm.  We decide the sail is a reacher as opposed to a true running sail as it likes a reach.  The reach puts us a little off coarse (out to the bay) but is definitely worth the speed she gives us.  When we round up to make the run into San Souci, we drop her with no issue and motor in.  Again it is a change going from sailing in the bay to motoring through waters littered with rocks and shoals.  As we approach the small craft route we are again amazed at the traffic.  We get on the route just a mile from our destination.  Our plans are to anchor in Frying Pan Harbour on Frying Pan Island.  The island features Henry’s Fish and Chip restaurant and a general store.  Henry’s sounds good for lunch and the general store will have coffee.  Well it appears our chart is somewhat out of date.  Frying Pan Harbour has been taken over by cottages with no real place to anchor.  There is a swimming raft located in the middle, we circle round and head back to Henry’s.  Henry’s has dockage for overnight and lunch guest, perfect for us for a lunch as we think about where to anchor for the night.

Another Innuktuchuk at 12 mile Bay

Henry’s was good, but not as good as Herbert’s in Killarney, but does have an interesting twist as it comes with a serving of baked beans.  We also enjoy an excellent Muskoka Lager on tap.  The beer along with the large serving of fish and chips leaves us both stuffed, dinner will not be much tonight.  We talk to a local sailor and the dock hand to get some ideas on anchorage.  With their input and some previous advice from Rainer and Diane of Blue Marlin we pick a small bay located off of 12 Mile Bay.  It is about 5 miles down the small craft route so once again we are back on to the boat highway.  By  6 we are in 12 mile bay and heading east, about 3 miles up the bay all of sudden a small passage opens up, ~ 50 feet wide, which leads into a beautiful anchorage with about 15 boats already tucked in.  We find a spot to anchor, set the hook and we are home for the night.

We head out for a dinghy ride through the hidden bay up to Georgian Bay and then back.  There are a number of impressive cottages along the ride, lots of work involved as they are all built with only a boat to service construction.  When we arrive back at the anchorage we notice that two Nonsuch boats have come in while we were out, one of them waves to us as we go by and gives us the excuse to head over to talk to them.  The boat’s name is Six Pences and is out of Midland.  The two owners are an interesting couple to talk to, the most interesting is that they both retired on Friday at the age of 69.


We head back to the boat have a light supper (still full of fish and chips) and head off to bed by 9 as it was an early start today. 

Cheers

Dawson and Julie