Aug 29th Day 49

Last night we went over to Dan & Donna's boat for dinner and to make our plans to beat the Georgian Bay. Dinner was great. With the plan in our heads we all turned in early, not much choice when the sun goes down and you have no power.

We got up early this morning as the weather report said 10 knot winds which we were waiting for. Both of us (Dan & Donna on SYZYGY) pulled anchor and were under way by 7am. Everything looked like a go for the crossing. Well ole Georgian Bay had a different idea for us. As we got to the last island like we had in the previous 2 tries she laid all her power on us. We both decided this was not worth it, so around we went bad to the secure anchorage. Another 10 mile voyages with no progress made. Nice thing about thye try was there was a black bear standing on an island watching our return, probably thinking crazy people thinking they could conquer the bay.We reanchored and settled in for another weather day. Around noon Dan and I took the dingy out a small channel toward our now famous give up point and from what we could see it looked like the Ole Bay may have laided down a bit. Back we went told the girls the possible good news and prepared to get underway. Out for the forth time we went the tracks on my GPS were getting to look like a major highway. We rounded around the Islands and headed for the open Bay. Looks pretty good as we reached the turn around point, in my mind I thought is the good Ole Bay just trying to get us farther out into her clutches before she comes down on us? Farther we went into the Bay and things were not all that bad, had some rouge waves that would give us a good rock and let us know she was still there. Once we got to the half way point there was no turning back. Everything was going great as we turned into the last 4 miles of the run the ole Bay decided to give us one more ride but we finally beat her out.
Lin and I looked back and with a sigh of relief said Thanks for letting us cross Ole Bay. We proceeded up thru Collins Inlet which was well worth the trip across the bay can say that now that we are across and at a great anchorage at Mill Lake To celebrate our crossing we made a venison meatloaf and had Dan and Donna over for cocktails and dinner. Tomorrow another adventure and we were sure glad to put some miles under the keel and end up at a different location.

Lin & Rich
Anchored at Mill Lake. To celebrate our