Up before the usual 8am; glorious day to have breakfast on the boat.
The French press makes great coffee!
Our friends the Pingles had a family emergency that they had to attend to, so Harvey and Sherry-Lynn drove them back and they left their boat in Cobourg.
We left the dock at 8:10am passing the Pingle's boat on the end of C dock:
And passed the Cobourg lighthouse once again:
Two knots of breeze, didn't even bother with the sails.
Great shot from the bow of reflection of the sky on the flat water:
We used the opportunity to further clean out the two cockpit lockers.
Approaching the Brighton lighthouse:
Had to stop and backup a couple of times to get the weeds off the keel and rudder
In flat water motoring @2,500 RPM, the boat should do 6.0 knots.
With weeds on the keel/rudder, the speed would drop to under 3 knots.
We were underway within about 45 minutes:
Once closed up for the night, run this weapon around the lights and GONE.
With weeds on the keel/rudder, the speed would drop to under 3 knots.
We made it through the 1st bridge called the Brighton Bridge.
We were told to pull over and tie up because some JACKASS at the 2nd bridge (called Carrying Place) tried to make it under the closing vehicle gate before the bridge swung. The gate closed on the car and broke, so they couldn't operate the bridge until it was fixed.
Took the opportunity to pee the dog, have some lunch, and inflate the dingy:
When we passed the Carrying Place bridge I could see a 2x4 tie wrapped on the broken vehicle gate.
Once we got into Bay of Quinty and past the Narrows, we had 8 knots of wind from directly behind us, so up went the spinnaker sans main:
It was great to be sailing along a 6 knots sans motor.
We dropped the chute just before going under the Belleville bridge:
Our destination was an anchorage called Sandy Cove that was another 3 miles past the bridge.
Sandy Cove is a popular anchorage with protection for any wind direction except for NE.
Good holding.
Good holding.
Good swimming.
We try to anchor in the west side of bay near the shore to pee the dog at Massassauga Point Conservation Area.
There were 12 boats anchored in the bay including another CS34 from Trenton Yacht Club:
...and some friends from Whitby Yacht Club.
- Richard and Lisa
- Doug and Mary
We later had drinks with them.
Fun and Tonics with a really good gin made in Victoria:
Coming back from peeing the dog at dusk:
We have found these electric bug zappers are the ticket for bugs:
Trip Start: 07:56am
Trip End: 05:08pm
Trip End: 05:08pm
Trip Duration: 09:12
Trip Distance: 44.9 miles
Avg Speed 4.9 knots
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