Day 17, August 19th
If you have to get held up, Charlesvoix is the place to be!!! What a lovely day we've had today! This morning we had a kind of quiet morning. I finished my book and also finished knitting the 2nd sleeve for Katie's sweater. Then John and I found out how to add photos to our Blog which was kind of fun and hopefully will jazz it up a bit!! Around lunch time we dinghied over to where Paul and Sue are at the boat yard. I got dropped off while John and Paul went off to buy diesel and gas and stuff! Sue and I walked around the Irish Boat Yard where they are getting the repair done. Big place and very well kept. There's a huge 70ft sail boat in the enormous hanger which just got hauled out. This boat apparently just won the Mackinaw Race. Its owned by somebody who is the 2nd highest tax payer in Michigan. Now that he's done the race the boat will go away. He has other boats so not to worry!!! When John and Paul got back we went over to meet "Jim Fish". Paul had met him briefly yesterday and he invited us all to go sailing on his 34ft Gemini 105 Catamaran this afternoon. It was lovely. Comfortable and spacious!!! The winds were very light but we had the spinnaker up for a bit. Paul and Sue were very interested to see how he had it rigged because they have a spinnaker but have never had it flying yet.
It was really a great day.
By the time we got back, the repair was finished and all they had to do was put a coat of paint over the patch. Looks very good. We were hoping to move on South tomorrow but we hear the weather is meant to be miserable. We're going to listen to the forecast at 0800 and make up our minds whether to wait or go. This is such a lovely spot, it will not be a hardship to wait around right here!
If you have to get held up, Charlesvoix is the place to be!!! What a lovely day we've had today! This morning we had a kind of quiet morning. I finished my book and also finished knitting the 2nd sleeve for Katie's sweater. Then John and I found out how to add photos to our Blog which was kind of fun and hopefully will jazz it up a bit!! Around lunch time we dinghied over to where Paul and Sue are at the boat yard. I got dropped off while John and Paul went off to buy diesel and gas and stuff! Sue and I walked around the Irish Boat Yard where they are getting the repair done. Big place and very well kept. There's a huge 70ft sail boat in the enormous hanger which just got hauled out. This boat apparently just won the Mackinaw Race. Its owned by somebody who is the 2nd highest tax payer in Michigan. Now that he's done the race the boat will go away. He has other boats so not to worry!!! When John and Paul got back we went over to meet "Jim Fish". Paul had met him briefly yesterday and he invited us all to go sailing on his 34ft Gemini 105 Catamaran this afternoon. It was lovely. Comfortable and spacious!!! The winds were very light but we had the spinnaker up for a bit. Paul and Sue were very interested to see how he had it rigged because they have a spinnaker but have never had it flying yet.
It was really a great day.
By the time we got back, the repair was finished and all they had to do was put a coat of paint over the patch. Looks very good. We were hoping to move on South tomorrow but we hear the weather is meant to be miserable. We're going to listen to the forecast at 0800 and make up our minds whether to wait or go. This is such a lovely spot, it will not be a hardship to wait around right here!
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