Day 78 & 79; August 11 & 12. We left Wright’s Marina in Britt at Byng Inlet around 9:00 am with Coda in the lead, followed by Puffin then Legacy. It was about a 3 hour cruise all in open deep water once we were out of the inlet. It was slightly overcast with light winds, but the temperatures got cooler – we closed the isinglass on the fly bridge but still ran from up top (as opposed to the pilot house) but I retreated to put on my sweat pants and sweat shirt, it was too cold!
We arrived at the Bustard Islands a little after noon into the anchorage between Tie Island to the north and Strawberry Island to the south. We think this is the most beautiful anchorage we’ve been in yet, and totally protected on all sides. Coda dropped anchor first then we dropped our anchor and rafted to Coda on our port side. This would allow us to launch our dinghy from our starboard side. Finally Puffin rafted on Coda’s port. We felt totally safe with 2 anchors out but also needed a stern tie to the rock formation behind us to prevent swinging; Tony on Puffin was off on his paddle board with Steve’s 400 feet of line to get that job done! Such teamwork.
The sun came out and it was a beautiful day. Check out the video of this beautiful anchorage below.
Gary was off in the dinghy to go fishing, having had a tip from the Dockmaster at Wright’s where to fish. I sat on the bow with a book and everyone else set out with their own tasks. Gary emerged victorious with a huge Northern Pike and a big grin on his face, especially after Steve volunteered to clean it! The two of them were off to catch more fish – which they did – while the ladies changed up the dinner plan from chicken to fish! It is amazing how every meal comes together in a beautiful orchestration of what we have on board! Barbara is an amazing cook and baker! Steve made some homemade Creamy (kind of a cross between ice cream and a slushy)
I’d been eager to gain more confidence in flying the drone and saw Tony was flying his. Winds were just a gentle breeze so Tony graciously agreed to give me a few lessons. The drones are the same brand but slightly different models and controls, so we decided we’d wait to fly ours when we were on land and not risk splashing it into the beautiful Georgian Bay! I got to fly Tony’s drone from our bow and feel better about flying ours. We think the skills are 95% transferable between the two and we’ll go ashore at our next stop (Killarney) and together we’ll fly ours. Check out the cool drone photos below!
Next stop Killarney where we can re-provision and then onto the North Channel. It’s lunch time and we’ve not decided whether to eat and then go to our next stop or just hang in this beautiful spot for the day…. A real first world problem!
Susan
Looks like fish for dinner!! Beautiful pictures.