The yellow path is where we've traveled
since leaving Belleville two days ago. The red path is where we are
headed tomorrow: a stop at Kingston to shop and then anchor out in
Navy Bay right next door. Blue line – the next day and the gateway
to the Thousand Islands!
Left Belleville about 10 or so
yesterday after a trip to the grocery store (Steve) and a change in
spark plugs for the engine (me). Two minutes out of the marina, we
looked at each other and yes, we were both thinking the same thing:
engine not running right. Turn around and back to the marina.
Steve's turn this time. Check the
distributor. Looks pretty gunked up – clean it up with sandpaper
and put back on. Head out again. The engine was running ok but still
not right. Toss out the anchor and let's just replace the distributor
with the new spare.
Well, that didn't work. So now we're
anchored about a mile out of the marina and the engine not only runs
poorly but doesn't even start! Ok – put the old distributor back
in. At least the engine was running!
It wasn't hard to figure out once Steve
took a look at the rotor :-) Think we found the problem! Off we went
with no further issues.
The Bay of Quinte is deeper than the
deepest point in Lake Erie but is relatively narrow. What a pleasant
day to travel! Light winds expected to get lighter.
The sailboats were out in full force –
and actually sailing!! Not sure how they do that in the light winds
in which we were traveling but I guess that's why we powerboat rather
than sail :-)
The anchorage we chose was near the
north shore in Adolphus Reach as north winds were expected. First
thing up is always the solar panel. It has worked better than we
hoped. As long as the sun is out bright it will totally run the new
fridge + add a bit of power back to the batteries.
At this point we have all 3 batteries
connected together for a house bank of about 300 amp. This after
recognizing that a separate battery for the engine wasn't doing us
much good given that we had NEVER changed to this battery! So we just
now have the 3 batteries all connected in parallel for a house bank.
By morning the wind had died totally
with the sunrise showing the totally windless waters for the day
ahead.
This continued for most of the morning
– the sailboats seemingly floating on air!
We're now anchored on the north shore
of Amherst Island – about two hours from Kingston. We were the 4th
boat to come in this afternoon. There are now fifteen sailboats and
two powerboats that have decided to spend the night is this very
protected anchorage!
On to Kingston tomorrow ….
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