Day 39 July 29, 2022

 

Day 39 Friday July 29, 2022

Midland Harbour to Frying Pan Bay in Georgian Bay

There was lots of discussion about destination and route, then charting the best route.  Decision made to head to Frying Pan Bay off Beausoleil Island.  Biggest concern was how many other boats would be there due to the holiday weekend.

Our fears became reality – when we arrived we found it pretty congested and felt uneasy about the space still available.  We decided to move on with Tug Bussle leading the way.  Off to Bone Island.  We hadn’t plotted a course so it was a little anxious but Russ got us there.  Some skinny spots and rocks hiding just below the surface.  We hit one of them (ugh), so far no issues. 

Tug Bussle anchored and then we followed suit.  Neither boat was very confident – variable winds and other boats around us makes it less than relaxing.  We are with Tug Bussle, Mountain Mermaid, Charlie Girl and Taylored for Two.

We left Midland at 10:40 and dropped anchor at 1:25.  Jerry set an anchor alarm to notify us if we drift or our anchor drags.   At 3:45pm our alarm went off – better than 3:45am!  We pulled anchor and moved the boat to a different location, further away from the other boats and hopefully less worrisome.

We thought that we would be more comfortable further away from the other boats but we soon had 2 neighbors.  Seemed like the anchor was holding, so alarm set, dinner and bed.   The wind continued to blow, quite hard at times, so Jerry knew that he wasn’t going to sleep well.  He decided on the couch so that he could keep watch during the night.  Alarm did go off during the night but it was set as an early warning and it didn’t appear that we had drifted, just lots of swinging back and forth.  Still, not much sleep for him.

What should we plan for Saturday?  Should we stay or should we go?????