Day 348Benjamin Islands, North Channel,Ontario, Canada Monday, August 8, 2011 Jeremiah, Seamoore, and Dream Catcher anchored in Benjamin Bay Looper dinghies lined up for our get togetherLoopers at Benjamin Bay Jim finds a natural r…
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Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-14 11:04:00
Days 346 – 347Little Current, Ontario, Canada Saturday, August 6 – Sunday, August 7, 2011 Strawberry Island Lighthouse Docked at Little Current Little Current boardwalk Little Current main street Linda’s gourmet pizzaSteve (…
Corsica
8th August
Our time on Elba is finished and, with a degree of reluctance, we head to the island of Capraia. However upon reaching Capraia we change our minds, and our course, and head straight for Corsica. So we bid Arrivederci to Italy (fo…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-10 20:31:00
Day 345Baie Fine, Georgian Bay, Canada Friday, August 5, 2011 Anchored in Baie Fine Trail to Topaz Lake Clear water of Topaz Lake Topaz Lake The Jeremiah crewTopaz Lake Dream Catcher at Baie Fine SunsetLeaving B…
Great Lakes Marauders 8-10-11
I’ve been doing a lot of entries lately about the beauty of the North Channel of Lake Huron, and you are probably wondering where is the drama, everything can’t be so great. You are right–I have not been totally honest with you, my faithful reade…
Calm at the End of the Storm 8-10-11
The day started pretty meekly with 10 knots of wind and partly sunny skies. Environment Canada (Canada’s national weather service) was forecasting 30 knots by the afternoon with water spouts, but hard to believe when things look so calm. Many a capt…
John Harbour 8-8-11
We weighed anchor at 11a.m. on 8/6 to head east back through the Whalesback Channel for 6 miles to John Harbour, formed by Gowan, Dewdney and John Islands. The Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC) rates anchorages and this one gets the designa…
Turnbull and Sanford Islands and Blind River 8-6-11
With a forecast of rain for all day on 8/3, we decided to head further west past the end of the Whaleback Channel to the Town of Blind River. Rainy days are good for getting boating tasks done in port (provisioning, laundry, pump-outs, etc.) as w…
#53 Baranof Island
I had reset the mileage counter in Victoria, British Columbia which seemed like ages ago. Glancing up, it read 1,234 nautical miles. It’s been just the two of us since Campbell River. We had gone as far north as planned, but now wanted to go westward and explore the less traveled Chichagof and Baranof Islands. We lost telephone service. No dialtone. I looked out the window and sure enough the mountains alongside Lisianski Strait were so close and vertical, they were blocking the satellites…
#53 Baranof Island
I had reset the mileage counter in Victoria, British Columbia which seemed like ages ago. Glancing up, it read 1,234 nautical miles. It’s been just the two of us since Campbell River. We had gone as far north as planned, but now wante…
