Day 15 July 7^th

Well up very early today to weigh anchor so we can get from Marianne’s cove to Little Current to watch Ross run in the 1500m semi final at the World University Games.  Our plan is to use the wifi at the Anchor Inn Restaurant.  There is no puff of wind anywhere, so we turn on the iron Genny.  On the bright side we will charge our batteries.  After only 2.5 hours we are at the 9:00 swing bridge with 10 minutes to spare.  Soon after we are on the wall safely tied at Little Current.  Besides watching Ross run, we have garbage to off load, laundry to do, groceries to get and some internet administration to do.  We are planning to spend the entire day on the wall and head out to a cove for the night.

Laundry facilities are handy and available and soon we will have clean everything.  Enroute to the Anchor Inn we bump into Patti and Doug Wilkin and Doug’s mom who lives in Little Current.  We dine on breakfast together and have a wonderful catch up visit.  Doug produces Maple syrup and has promised to bring us a can next weekend.  Blueberry pancakes will be on  our menus as the wild blueberries are starting to ripen.  We hang out in the bar area that is closed for an extra hour to watch the race which is exciting.  After 3 heats, Ross has qualified for the finals in 2 days.  We are so darn proud of him.  The rest of the day feels like we should celebrate not do administrative work.  We do get a bit accomplished as Lianne let’s us use the LCYC office and it is air conditioned and has a table and chairs to get comfortable on.  The internet is not the greatest and it is frustrating filling out forms and downloading information we need.  It takes 2 hours to get our race entry forms completed, and the Dept. of  Transport registration forms saved.  Finally we are done and decide to go in hunt of friends that have boated in as it is the end of the Weekend warriors weekend.  They must go to work.

We caught up with Rod and Donna, Brian and Karina, Al and Georgette, but Dreamweaver was not yet in port.  We also looked for DesLoges but did not see their boat.  So far we have managed to catch up with lots of our boating buddies.  Our month in the north channel is quickly evaporating though so we need to hookup when we can.

Time to head out to our anchorage as it is now early evening and we are aiming to get to Bell Cove about an hour and a half sail away.  The winds are from the south so a lovely sail up the Waubuno Channel.  The winds are supposed to be light and variable so Bell Cove should offer sufficient shelter.....wrong!  Winds swing to the northeast and are about 10 knots so the boat swings and sways during the night.  Julie can’t sleep as the halyards are clanging and she envisions the anchor dragging and ending up on the rocks.  Alway’s a bummer when the wind directions and strength are not anticipated.  We have a very good anchoring system, so no need to worry. 

Cheers Julie and Dawson