Day 53-54. 2nd year. July 13-14. Lay day in Wani Bay and on to Echo Bay Sans Souci. Miles 8. Total. 3490

It rained most of the early morning til 9:00. The boat got a good rinse! The sun tried to make an appearance but most of the day was cloudy, til 4:00.

After conferring with our weather apps we decided to stay here for the day as the winds were strong out of the northeast, bringing cold air. Believe it or not was wearing a sweat shirt for most of the day even though it was mid July.

Our task for the day was to flush out the details of our tentative agenda through Georgian Bay. We now have options for stops and researched marinas and provisioning stops for the next two to three weeks.

As the sun came out we were visited by a neighboring boater who shared options to get Canadian weather and some choice anchorages in Georgian Bay.

We sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful weather, cooked our dinner and used my new bird song app to identify the songbirds in the forest surrounding the anchorage.

A nice quiet day!

Here are some drone shots from Wani Bay.

Day 54. Echo Bay off Sans Souci Island. Miles 9. Total miles. 3491

On this beautiful sunny day we weighed anchor and left Wani Bay.

We threaded our way through the entrance to Starvation Bay, quite narrow so we took it slowly.

We then entered the narrow channel by Echo Island were we had to slow almost to a stop to allow another boat coming out and then Whoa! We had to stop to let a seaplane out!! That was a first. We continued up the slow winding channel and entered Echo Bay to anchor with three other boats.

The anchorage is similar to Wani Bay except no cottages- a rocky shoreline with forest and lots of song birds. Also the water here is much clearer.

I added three new songbird to my favorite list. Besides the Song Sparrow, I added the Eastern Flicker, Winter Wren and Red Eyed Vireo. The forest is filled with their song.

After lunch, a dinghy approached us and we met Dale and Frank. They gave us pointers on anchorages in Georgian Bay. When they tried to leave, their dinghy would not start, so we took them back to their boat and towed their dinghy behind us. Was a bit of a trip as they were anchored up the next bay over from us. Along the way we chatted about sailing and what it takes to live aboard a boat. When we got to their sailboat, they invited us aboard. Thanks for the hospitality!

Bill also got to pretend that he was sailing again!

Returning to our boat, we had a lovely evening in Echo Bay, cooked out on the grill and enjoyed the sunset.

Here are some drone shots from Echo Bay.

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...

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...

Day 64-65. May 25-26. On to Peck Lake, Jupiter, FL and then on to Indiantown/ Okeechobee Waterway. Miles 63.5/ 29.1 Total Miles 1122.1/1142.0

Day 64 We started early to get ahead of the holiday boat traffic. Weighing anchor at Lake Sylvia in Fort Lauderdale, we traveled on the Intracoastal Waterway past the iconic Pier 66 Tower and Bahia Mar Marina. We then turned north and passed the older sections of the city - Las Olas( older homes), Galt Ocean Mile (one mile of condominiums on the beach), and the famous miles of beaches on the Atlantic. I used to live here in the early 70's and the biggest change I see is the older smaller homes on the water are being replaced with larger versions and a few more condo towers have been built. As we go further north towards Commercial Blvd, North Fort Lauderdale, and Pompano Beach and its Lighthouse at the cut, there is less reconstruction. The next town we traveled through was Boca Raton with its Spanish architecture, Camino Real and its landmark tower. The sand bar at the cut was just beginning to fill up with Memorial Day revelers as we went by. Next were t...

Crustacean Travels

Search This Blog