Cabot Bay - Sans Souci

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We finished our Tobermorian experience by sailing to Flowerpot Island for lunch and a 3km "difficult" hike. Along the way, we visited an old lighthouse keepers home/museum, manned by volunteers, caves and the famous flowerpot rock formations. Leaving about 2:00pm, we sailed 14nm to Cabot Head and overnighted in Wingfield Basin. Here we were greeted by 7 already anchored sailboats, an adult eagle bathing on the beach and a black bear roaming the shoreline for fresh berries.  

Saturday, we left the harbour at 6:00 am to cross Georgian Bay.  We started out with a spinnaker run until 11:00 at which point the wind was taking us 26 degrees off our destination.  The balance of the day was a spectacular reach doing almost hull speed.  We are amazed at the vastness of the deep blue ocean-like conditions of Georgian Bay - no land anywhere, clear blue water to be treated with respect. We had an opportunity to practice a "man overboard" drill when we spied a boat bumper drifting aimlessly. The drill was successful and the bumper has found a new home. We have come to affectionately call him Bouy George but we encourage you to come up with your own name.  Other top contenders were OB1, Freddy Fender, Manny and Sven.  The day was rounded up with some navigating through rocks to our final destination, Sans Souci.  To that end, those from Manitoba will be glad to know that the bug screen has come in handy the past few nights, as we fend off  pesky mosquitoes and ankle biter flies.  

Doug