Day 13 2nd year. June 2. On to Belleview. Miles 22.9. Total 2968 miles

Woke to another beautiful sunny day. We weighed anchor and traveled back down Hay Bay weaving our way through several small fishing boats. Must be good fishing in the bay! Then we turned to wind our way behind Prince Edward Island.

This part of Prince Edward Island has a high forested bluff along the shoreline, dotted with homes. Here the Bay of Quinte narrows and becomes shallower- only 26 feet deep!

Here is our route today.

We cruised up the channel and made a hard left turn around an island near the town of Deseronto. There a bridge, under construction, connects the mainland with Prince Edward Island.

The Bay of Quinte widens again to what is locally known as Big Bay, which is big enough to contain 5 small island. Only one of these has homes on it.

As we cruise further along, we see our destination, Belleview, in the distance. Belleview is located where the Moira River and Bay of Quinte meet. This area was first used by the Anishinaabe (Mississaugan people) as summer fishing grounds. In 1789, Loyalists settled here and dammed the river to support the saw mill, grist mill, distillery and brick kiln. Farming and lumber from the surrounding area fed the mills and added to the prosperity of the town. In the 1859’s the railroad came to Belleville and the town continued to prosper. Today manufacturing is the mainstay of the economy.

We pulled into the marina at Belleview and got the boat connected to electric and water.

After a quick lunch, we headed out to walk the town.

The goslings are getting bigger pretty fast!

Many large churches and old brick homes lined the East Hill downtown area.

Here are the main street shops and City Hall.

We walked back by the Moira River and saw the old stone buildings that use to house the mills.

Back at the boat, we took off our shoes and relaxed.

Reflections on the Bahamas

Reflections on the Bahamas Over the past 10 weeks, we have traveled through Abaco, Eleuthera and Exuma Islands and enjoyed the hospitality of the Bahamian people. We have learned all about the islands, its unique geography - limestone, caves, blue holes and chalk cliffs; and colorful history-pirates and rum running, salt ponds and cotton plantations, boat building and wrecking/salvage. Traveling over 1300 miles through narrow cuts and wide bays to vast depths of ocean, we negotiated the islands and found safe harbors, calm coves for anchoring, bays filled with moorings and marinas large and small. This trip required us to pay close attention to the weather, the tides and currents as we traveled between and through the islands. The Bahamian people are warm and friendly, willing to give us rides, advice and directions, as well as some secret recipes!! We enjoyed hiking trails, walking the beaches, snorkeling the coral rocks and reefs, discovering ruins and ol...

June 4-5. Day 63-64. On to Cape May New Jersey. 53.4nm. Total 1534 miles.

Left Delaware City at 5:35am to be able to take advantage of the strong currents going with us while traversing Delaware River and Delaware Bay. The Delaware River goes south about 15 miles and flows into the Delaware Bay. As we travel south, New Jersey is to the east and Delaware is to our west. We are traveling just outside the shipping channel and are really moving at 10.9 knots. That is three knots faster than we normally travel, as the outgoing tides are pushing us along. Nice to have Mother Nature helps us save on fuel. The Delaware River is about 8 miles wide so there is plenty of room for the freighters and the pleasure boats. So far, we have not encountered any commercial traffic, but there is a large freighter behind us that will eventually pass us as they travel at 14 knots. The Delaware Bay proper varies from 23-29 miles wide and 26 miles long. There are five lighthouses on the Delaware marking the shipping channel. We went by Ship J...

Day 98. 2nd year. August 27. On to Manistee. Miles 25 Total miles. 3910.

We weighed anchor on a sunny 50 degree morning. So we put on our sweatshirts and drove from below as we left Frankfort. Going through Frankfort’s channel and breakwater we encountered a few intrepid fisherman and further along as we cleared the breakwater there must have been over a hundred fishing boats. Almost like playing bumper cars, but with boats. Had to negotiate a path between them as the fishing boats were all trolling fishing lines behind them. We were still seeing fishermen 4 miles south of Frankfort. These guys sure take their fishing tournaments seriously! The shoreline that we pass heading south are still sand dunes bluffs some as tall as 200 feet. As we travel, we pass the small town of Arcadia and Portage Lake, each situated on an inland lake which is connected to Lake Michigan by a dredged channel. Interesting to note that the dredged channels were originally small rivers connecting the inland lakes to Lake Michigan. As we passe...

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