We departed a very nice two day lay-over at Little Current at the Town Dock. The winds were predicted to 25 knots westerly by late morning. Our goal was an anchorage in the Benjamin Islands before the wind picked up. Well, that didn’t happen. The winds picked up mid morning and lasted well into the evening. We managed a 3’ foot chop and found a protected anchorage in Logan Bay, very near the Benjamin’s. It was a great protected anchorage, sand bottom, great holding and we rode out the wind at anchor with-out dragging an inch. This was a pretty secluded anchorage of about (4) boats including ours. There was plenty of room to swing on anchor with-out fear of hitting underwater rocks or other vessels.
Sunday morning, after a light breakfast we were on our way to an anchorage at either John Island or Turnbull Island, which ever looked least populated. We selected Turnbull Island and it is also a very nice anchorage, well protected, however the number of boats has increased to 14 by evening. It has been raining all afternoon so consequently, launching the dinghy and exploring was no longer an option. It is interesting to watch boaters with dogs shuttle their canines in the dinghy, back and forth to shore; Rain or shine, the pups must get to shore.
The last two days have been either high winds, or cloudy/raining. Photo opportunities have been limited.
We will have open water between here and Thessalon or Drummond Island so we’ll have to watch for a good weather day. Rain and possible thunderstorm are predicted for tonight. Depending on Monday’s weather we may set course for Drummond Island, Michigan in lieu of Thessalon, Ontario an additional 16 miles.
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