Sun May 22 10:41:00 EDT 2011, Cape Vincent, NY
While docked at the fisheries building in Cape Vincent, we had to walk past this strange junk shop on our way to the library or the store. It had so much interesting junk in the window that you couldn't even see inside. Like most of the stores in Cape Vincent I assumed it was only open in the summer, but one day I looked a little closer and saw some signs saying 'Emergency Gift Shop' (with an arrow pointing upstairs) and "Ring bell for service; Dogs will get me". So I got AM (the other crewman) from the boat and we went back to Dan's Place and climbed the stairs up the side of the building and rang the big brass bell. Sure enough, the scotties started barking and a few minutes later a dark figure could be seen lumbering up to the window.
Dan opened the door and we explained that we simply couldn't resist ringing the bell after reading the sign and that we didn't really need to buy anything but we had to see his shop before we left town. So he let us in down stairs and sat and waited for us to go through everything. I felt I had to buy something from him for making him open up his shop for us, but I couldn't find anything I really needed. I ended up buying an antique washboard which I'll be using more often as a musical instrument. A necessary item for a long sailing trip. I actually haggled up the price for it when he was trying to give me a deal. I'm not a good haggler. AM found a dusty old copy of the I Ching and a music box with a hauntingly lovely little song.
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Sun May 22 9:33:36 EDT 2011, Clayton, NY
Clayton is a picturesque village in the Thousand Islands.
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Tue May 17 20:30:00 EDT 2011
Sailing overnight from Sodus Bay to Cape Vincent, we saw many bright red flashing lights from many miles away that were not on my charts (which are a few years out of date). Someone had mentioned earlier that there was a wind generator farm on Wolfe Island, which was quite noticeable from Cape Vincent, so we figured that was probably what it was. As dawn broke, it became clear they were wind generators. Jordan took this picture of Wolfe Island from Cape Vincent a few evenings later.
We spent several days in Cape Vincent, NY, which is a pleasant, boater-friendly place. At first we were finishing up some work on the boat, then there were several days of strong headwinds that were better spent in port.
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Tue May 10 10:17:03 EDT 2011
Lighthouse at the western end of the scenic Thousand Islands area (Lake Ontario/St Lawrence River).
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Wed May 4 19:07:23 EDT 2011, Lake Ontario
Though the bird in the picture looks like he's surveying the whole operation, he really just came aboard to rest while we sailed across Lake Ontario on a rainy day to Rochester, NY.
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After a couple of days of traveling in the rain, we are now anchored in Great Sodus Bay, enjoying the sunshine :).
We're planning to be around for a few days doing some work on the boat, then heading out the St Lawrence.
Ron O.
Tue May 3 18:48:45 EDT 2011, Toronto, Canada
The bird in the picture seemed to feel it was his duty to make enough noise landing and walking about to serve as a reliable alarm clock each morning. Now that we've left Toronto (are in Rochester), I'll need to find another alarm clock :).
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George, the spool with chain showing is 100m of 22mm (7/8") polyester rope with about 15m of 3/8" chain. The rope is for use as a shore line, a drogue line and an anchor line for a Fortress anchor that is kept on deck. The chain was sized for the Fortress anchor (which was sized as something manageable to set and retrieve from a dinghy). So the chain gets used for chafe resistance on a shore line, and as a secondary anchor line.
Sun Apr 17 9:29:38 EDT 2011, Toronto, Canada
Too windy (there is a gale) today for a daysail, so here is a picture from a couple of weeks ago.
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Sat Apr 16 9:54:03 EDT 2011
In a comment to an earlier post, my friend Bonnie noted that as she was blogging about the fate of New York's South Street Seaport Museum, she was reminded of a pleasant sail there on a nice December day on my pinky schooner, Rosemary Ruth (which is still for sale ) a while back. Bonnie's story about the sail is here.
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https://picasaweb.google.com/georgeconk/RrSpring2007#
Tue Apr 5 8:36:42 EDT 2011, Toronto, Canada
Sailing downwind in light air. After the bowsprit changes, with the two headsails almost side by side, the sails are well-separated all the way.
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Tue Apr 5 8:33:37 EDT 2011, Toronto, Canada
After the bowsprit changes, on port tack, the two headsails touch at the bottom, but are separated farther up.
I have not yet moved the yankee jib sheet lead aft, but probably will have to. The yankee jib can now chafe on the lower spreader tip, so I will be padding that soon.
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