CS34 Kerr Bay to Picton

We hoisted anchor a little after 8am.
Don and Judy needed to get some fuel, so we motored accross the bay to Bath and Loyalist Cove Marine, about four miles away.  What a nice marina.  Nice housing development adjacent to it.

Still Time at Loyalist Cove Marine in Bath

We also spotted another really clean CS34:

Tropika is kept at this marina, and is the same year, hull #31 (ours is #68).

This boat had a lot of things I liked on it:

• Doyle Stack pack with integrated lazy jacks (add to cart!)
• rigid vang from Gauhauer (add to cart!!)
• new dodger with grab rails on the side
• scuppers on the side decks
• canvas winch covers

I am definately going to add the scuppers to drain water on the side deck.  I feel this is a design flaw with the boat. Rainwater always pools there.

Scupper circled in yellow (click to enlarge)

Did not like how the bimini is in the way for boarding the boat.
Notice in the above picture how the exhaust is on the starboard side by the strips.  Still Time's is on the other side and much lower.  I think this one would have more noise and exhaust fumes when motoring.

When we got out on the water, the wind was just inside close hauled, so I put the full main up and moved the traveller way up, and motor sailed comfortably at around 5 knots.  Don and Judy did the same but with their tight 110.

As we sailed into Adophus Reach we got a radio call from Marietta that they had run aground.  They were fine, and were not leaking, but they could not get free.  I gunned the motor and sped towards them at over 7 knots, getting a towing bridle together.  Don had been working the boat back and forth, we just had to give them a little tug with the tow rope.

Interesting depth contour here:
In 400 ft of distance, 90 ft of depth drops to 14ft
In another 400 ft, less than 6ft.
Marietta drafts 5' 3" and ran aground slowly in soft mud.
LUCKY!!!

On to Picton, where we phoned the Tip of the Bay marine and go to pick our slips.



The sign sayes NO WAKE, so I slept in!



Which make this T-Shirt appropriate!

Picton is BEAUTIFUL.  The marina is under new owership this year, and they put in brand new docks.  The washrooms and showers were not that nice, but useable.

We took a cab to the Lake on the Mountain ($15 each way) and had a WONDERFUL meal.

Trip Odometer: 26.48 miles
Moving Avg: 5.3 knots
Moving Time: 05:01:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120814.kmz