Day 24 Tuesday July 16 – Still no wind

Day 24 Tuesday July 16 – Still no wind

Another blue calm hot day, still no reason to move on.  We want to be in Gore Bay by Thursday so eventually will move a bit to the west to shorten the Thursday sail if weather turns bad, but we are waiting for wind so we don’t have to motor.  We decide to stay in Matheson for the day. 

Today we want to get some work done, so after a swim and some yoga, Dawson starts with the installation of a 12v outlet in the cockpit area of the boat.  This is to charge the ipad and keep it charged so we can use it for navigation.  Dawson soon has sweat dripping from his nose as it is very hot and he is crawling down in the bowels of the boat locker to pull wire.  Julie starts polishing stainless.  We have a lot of stainless on the boat.  Dawson gets his outlet installed with Julie as assistant of course.  The stainless is only about a third complete, but it looks good.  The dorals (air intakes), are shining.

More swimming, more relaxing, then shore happy hour with the neighbours.  Again there is a fire for cooking, but we have steaks so decide on a late bbq on the boat.  On the shore is a group of kayakers who have set up tents for the night.  They are with a tour group out of Parry Sound.  We chat for a while with them.  They are on day 2 of a 5 day trip from Spanish to Whitefish Falls and having fabulous weather for their trip.

Back to our boat for our bbq and off to bed for a quiet nights sleep.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson