August 7 – Tuesday

A good night’s sleep with loons calling during the night. Pat says you have to be Loonie calling at that time of the night.

We were unable to locate a pigtail, but the marina Staff went out of their way. They went to a local hardware, and made us one. We were so very a happy, the people up here are so accommodating. The winds clocked 180 degrees, last night they were out of the west, this morning the East. Unusual to switch like that over night. As we sail the winds many times funnel down between the varying Islands and terrain causing gusts. Perhaps this has something to do with it.

We had an exhilarating day! Love the moments! We left Blind River and sailed South crossing the North Channel to Meldrum Bay. We sailed on a Beam Reach with 3 foot waves and winds on the beam. It felt great skipping along at 6 knots,. Hearing only the splashing water, no motor.

We have a Garmin GPS with Blue Charts and Richardson charts to find our way. We saw lots of Monarchs today. Just how do such small floating butterflies find their way to a 20 mile square area in Mexico…

Today is Pats birthday, we had a nice dinner at an Inn on the Island. We all noticed the moon last night shining in the Hatch an Ports, Kimberley says it was a perfect crescent. Thousands of stars tonight, it has cleared.