7 - Gananoque to Cape Vincent - Dead Calm
We left Gananoque about 8 am. No wind, not a whisper! We had to motor the whole way - another first. We took an easier route out of the Admiralty Islands which took us along the north shore. It was still a little tricky navigating, but was much easier than going - directly through the heart of the islands as we did on the way in. We saw some more nice places to anchor and definitely want to come back and try it!
The trip was uneventful overall. We did see a strange vertical cloud formation that would have sent us into the storm cellar if we had been in Kansas. Very odd! It was kind of scary, but in the end harmless.
Cape Vincent has a couple of free places to dock. There is the town dock and the DEC Dock. The DEC dock has rest rooms and showers, while the town docks just have a porta-john. No choice there - we went to the DEC dock.
When we arrived in Cape Vincent there were no other boats at the DEC research center dock. We tied up, went to check in with customs at the ferry landing. We found the in person check in to be a lot easier than the video phone. One of the agents was really pleasant and he was the one to check us through. It was a pretty easy process.
As the afternoon progressed, all the docks had filled up and the last two boats had to anchor out because the docks were full. We met a nice couple from Hamilton Ontario on a Nonsuch sailboat name Jake - Aloo. Nonsuch They were coming from Gananoque and leaving for Henderson Harbor in the morning. We also shared the dock with a group of young couples traveling in several big power boats from Quebec province. They unloaded their generators and ran long electric cords to power their air conditioners and refrigerators. Traveling in the lap of luxury!
We went out for supper at Captain Jacks, Wayne was disappointed because they were not serving the wonderful calm chowder we so enjoyed when we were here with our mothers in June. Being from Massachusetts, Wayne does not take calm chowder lightly! Back to the dock for a G&T and bit more conversation with the couple from Jake - Aloo (some very interesting insights into Universal Health Care) then off to bed for a restful night.
Hugs all around
Wayne and Brenda aboard the s/v Wander’n By, Cape Vincent NY
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