Throw Off The Dock Lines

We have been watching the weather apps closely since last week. We thought we may be able to leave last Friday but the lake wasn't ready for us. We need 14 or 15 hours of low wind and waves for a comfortable ride to Cove Island. The boat will take waves and wind, but we look for comfort and don't mind waiting. Dianna is going to drive Tug to Tobemory on Saturday so we can do the trip to Cove Island in one leg. The entrance to the Cove Island anchorage is tricky, so it's important to arrive before dusk. It was still dark as we got ready to leave at 5:20 a.m., but the yacht club is well lit, so it was easy to cast off. The sky to the east was turning a lovely shade of pink as we left the club, and we were treated to a beautiful sunrise as we pointed our bow north. The waves were about a foot, and the wind was light, so it was a nice ride. We needed to make 10 knots of boat speed to make Cove Island in daylight, so we were running at 2000 rpms. Our next fuel stop will hurt, but it's definitely worth it to make the miles. We had a light breakfast while underway, and we settled in for a long day. Randy listened to an audio book, I read a paperback book, and we took turns napping. We lost sight of land after a couple of hours and didn't see anything but water for most of the day. It was overcast and quite hazy at times, but we were comfortable inside the pilot house. There were no other boats in sight, and except for a couple of mylar balloons, we didn't see anything until the Bruce Peninsula came in sight around 5:00 pm. We followed a previous track on our chart plotter into the anchorage to find only one boat there. It was a huge power boat with a generator running, so we went to the far end of the harbour. We dropped anchor in 10 feet of water at 7:40. There were a few logs on the bottom and shallow areas close by. The water is so clear you can see everything on the bottom. The anchorage was very calm. Our anchor really grabbed in a sandy spot, and there were no high winds in the forecast, so we were comfortable with our spot. Best of all, we could barely hear the other boats generator. We sat outside until the mosquitos came out and thoroughly enjoyed our first night at anchor. We love this spot.Läs mer