CS34 Sandy Cove to Cobourg

Wanting to leave at 7am, we got up a little after 6am.

Sunrise at 6:22am



6:45am



Rita coming back with Bogart



Marietta in the morning light

Marietta wanted to top up again with fuel.  Man the Atomic Four goes through it!  So they quickly stopped at Meyer's Pier while we toured around Belleville Harbour.

YouTube Video of going under the Belleville bridge:

http://youtu.be/Gx_VAvsqNg4

No wind, flat water; we just motored the entire way.

The Admiral at the helm

Bogart is getting used to the boat.  I think he does not like the noise of the wind/waves/sails.  I rigged up a jack line around the decks of the boat and tetherer him to it so he could wander the decks freely

Bogart on a tether

I wanted to meet up with a friend in Trenton, but it didn't work out this year, as we knew we had a long way to go to Cobourg.

Did see a Hercules cargo plane take off above us!!!

And onto the Murray Canal:

Carrying Place swing bridge opening for us

Judy paying at the Brighton swing bridge

Still Time exiting the Murray

When we got to the other end of the Murray, I wanted to stop and check the oil, so we docked at the end of the Murray.  The oil level was lower on the dipstick, but still within range, so I added a 1/3 litre of oil just to be sure.  Took the dog for a pee. 

When we cast off, I could not get the boat to go over 4.5 knots.  I put the boat in reverse and gunned it: a massive clump of weeds came out of the bow:

UNBELIEVABLE!

Now we could do 7 knots under motor; should have done this sooner.  Must have been wrapped around the keel!

When we got out of Brighton Bay to Lake Ontario, the wind was 15 knots, from the west, right on the nose again.  We motored all the way to Cobourg.  The waves were between 3 and 5 ft.

We arrived in Cobourg a little before 6pm.

Dave and Tony greeted us at our slips.  We all went for dinner at the King George, outside on the patio.

Rita got a phone call from her Mother saying that she is with Otto Bulk, one of their relatives in Whitby, and they would be sailing to Cobourg tomorrow.  We also looked at the weather reports for Friday, severe thunderstorms with high winds from the west, so we decided to stay another night.

Trip Odometer: 52.55 miles
Moving Avg: 5.3 knots
Moving Time: 09:57:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120816.kmz