Wednesday - August 18, 2010

Yippee, the high wind alert was removed. We started up, moved to the fuel dock and got a pump out and ontinued west along the island. It was still blowing a bit and the channel was choppy which made for a bumpy ride. We cruised for 4 hours and arrived in Meldrum Bay at the end of Manitoulin Island. A little town, so we anchored in a Mackay Bay, about half mile from the town, in about 17 feet of water. Nice quiet spot. During the night, we had two big thunder storms. Of course in a boat, you are always worrying about being hit by lightning which potentially can do a lot of damage - blow all the electronic equipment including the electronics on the motor. I awoke at 6 in the morning to look at our anchoring situation in the dark. The boat was now in 9 feet of water. My immediate reaction was that the anchor was not holding. However as the light increased, I saw the boat had shifted direction form the south and was now pointing north with the transducer over on top of a ledge the other side of which was 17 feet.