Prinyer Cove Ontario July 10, 2015

The first thing I did this morning was to look at the window to see if Jennie was standing by the picnic table. She was not. Relief. Jim’s power was still plugged in so I knew she had not visited in the night. Jim and I sat out and enjoyed our coffee after I finished my shower. We reviewed our cruising guide to settle on a destination harbor.

 It was a great morning. We were joined by Jola and then Kerry. Picton must be a center of gliding, because we must have seen at least 6 being towed up by a little airplane. It was amazing how the gliders could float in the air for so long.

We met a nice couple from Rochester, NY who pulled in last night. Chris and Karen cruise the Thousand Islands frequently, and gave us some ideas. He suggested we visit Watterson Island in NY, Picton Harbor in NY, and visit Singer Castle. Singer is already on our itinerary. They said 4 people could rent the entire castle overnight, and that it was a very special experience for about the price of a first class hotel room. They have a 52’ power boat and are planning on downsizing. Chris took a tour of Annie to see the space available in a 32’ boat.

We left Picton at 10:00, and were at anchor in Prinyer Cove by noon. It was really calm and beautiful, so I was able to sit outside with Annie on autopilot. It was 14.2 miles and took 2 hours at an average speed of 7.2 knots. So far we have traveled 385 miles.

We anchored near Liberty. 

Kerry made hot dogs for lunch. Dinner was warmed pizza leftovers and a nice fresh salad. We spent the afternoon reading and doing light boat maintenance. I cleaned my satellite and radar domes and our plastic round porthole windows with a fine rubbing compound which really cleared them up.

Kerry cleaned up some of the black plastic fittings on the boat. I put up an umbrella that clips to the bow pulpit to sun Kerry. The time she used it was a lot less than the time it took me to dig the parts out, put it up and tie it down. Oh well, got to keep the princess happy. Jim was busy too.

We both had our happy hours, but on our own boats, sitting outside to enjoy the sun and the view.

We have not assembled Jim’s dingy yet, but will do so when we are ready to leave Kingston. Last trip we blew it up in Picton, but it was a pain having it in Kingston Harbor, as it was always bouncing off our boat or was in the way of another docking boat.

There is no wifi here so I will have to post this update tomorrow. We updated our expenses and are now down to $108 a day. It will certainly go up once we get to Kingston and spend 4 nights there. Kingston is our destination tomorrow. It’s a bit over 20 miles from here. We’ll stop at Olympic Harbor to fuel on the way in.