Friday August 31st

As we were traveling out the channel this morning we went around a corner and were surprised to be face to face with a huge Ship (at least a foot ball field long!). We had about 40 feet of water so I guess it must have been the route to Parry Sound, the largest Town near by. I awoke Shirley and she stuck her head out the hatch above the birth, otherwise she would have always thought it was a joke of mine.

The winds continued out of the North today and we sailed, motored, and surfed on a run around the rock gardens and into Pentanguishene Municipal Marina. Try calling in that name to the harbor master requesting a slip. In town we found the locals can’t even say it. We are in Pentang!. It was a look at the GPS day as we negotiated shoals, rocks and Islands.

Lake Huron is 3-4 feet low which causes some interesting problems at the marinas. This has been caused by the dredging of the St Clair River for shipping. The deeper river bed caused further erosion and the draining of Huron. The only solution they tell us is to put locks on the St Clair. Not likely to happen. A few channels in the upper areas are now impossible to get into.