We came up the North Channel on a hazy morning and by noon time it started to get real stormy looking.
We battened everything down and closed all the hatches and here it came. Could hardly see in front of you, but we had Dan to follow when we could see him. All of a sudden I heard Dan over the radio say come to a dead stop I hit something. I pulled her in neutral and looked at the depth finder and we were in 80 feet of water. Dan came over the radio and said it was a log 12' by 6" round he hit. By this time the storm was over had it stopped a few minutes earlier he would have seen it. Dans boat seemed ok no vibrations so we continued on. The sun came out but the wind picked up a little to roughin the ride, but nothing like the Georgian Bay.
We reached the Bear Drop Harbour at 1:10 traveling 32 miles, to date we have put 1,212 miles under the hull. This is another great anchorage but with the wind we are spinning a little but it is suppose to let up. Dan went in the water with fins and mask to check for damage, looks like the log hit sideways on the front of the hull and only took some bottom paint off. Dan and Donna came over for cocktails as we planned tomorrows adventure. Looks like another 30 or so miles to an anchorage or farther if the weather is good. We went to their boat and Dan made pizza really good. Another great day behind us and one day closer to the US of A and better prices, need a grocery store soon.
Lin & Rich
Anchored
Bear Drop Harbour
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