Mile 1251: Erieau

The wind was up this morning. In fact is was up last night. Both Linda and I were up securing things outside, and making things quiet. A sailboat is much like the sound box of a guitar and the shrouds and stays are like the strings. Things like flag halyards, and radar dishes are amplified inside the boat. In particular, in the aft berth, where the backstay attaches directly above your head, you can hear every thing that touches it, but 10x louder.
Anyway ... back to bed ... but at daybreak, it was blowing 15-20. Not too bad, but a little rough outside the little harbour at Pelee (Scudders).

BTW, we see that our friends, Dragon III, had bee here in the past, perhaps on their trip to the North Channel a few years ago. Ben left a Ramble On "imprint" on their dock. A few weeks ago, when we here, they said they were planning on installing a new set of fingers. Upon arrival, we saw a whole brand new set of fingers, almost doubling their capacity.

There appeared to be some event going on nearby. We could hear a band playing in the distance, and there were a large number of boater partying at the dock.

Anyway ... after watching the weather for an hour or so, we decided to depart. The WX weather on my GPS has been very handy. I can just tap on weather buoys anywhere on the lakes, and get their current reading, usually only a handful of minutes old. The forecasts were for ~15kts over most of the lake and diminishing, and the direction was favorable, so off we went.

John? ..does this count?

We wove around the the Pelee point light tower, and the shallows off Point Pelee and they reached in a straight light to Erieau.

The wind eased, then eventually built again as we approached, and the swells built as the water shoaled. Entering the channel, was a little bumpy for dropping sails.

I'm wonder what this will catch?

We fueled up a the gas dock, and low and behold, found a LCBO/Beer Store right there too, right in the marine store 20 feet from the gas dock. Someone is thinking here!

Once fueled up and pumped out, we puttered down the harbour and were assigned a spot along a very protected inner pier. First class place this is! Pool, super clean restrooms ... with art! ... all good.

We went for an evening walk between storm cells. Looked at the local fishing harbour, went to the beach, and back around again. This place is clearly vibrant. The homes along this sand bar are nicely kept, the harbour is full, and it looks like things are continuing to develop.