Sportsman’s Inn in Killarney, ON to Baie Fine Anchorage
Day #404: Happy Birthday to Mom Burdo. From last night I beat Mike at cribbage. Mike and I were up at 6:00 A.M. for coffee, brownies
(thanks to John on “Alysana”) and nectarine. At 7:00 A.M. Mike and I started to prepare the boat for departure. At 8:00 A.M. “Parrot Bay” off the
dock first. It was a tight corner as there was a boat parked behind “Alysana”
(thanks to Kurt from “Honey Badger” for the help). “Parrot Bay” out in the
channel when “Alysana” backed out of their slip. John did a great job getting
out. Beautiful morning sunny and 56 degrees. At 10:15 A.M. both boats entered
the Baie Fine channel. At 11:45 A.M. both boats were secure rafted together
with two bow anchors out in the “pool”. At 12:30 P.M. engines were shut down
once it was definite that there would be no dragging of the anchors after
traveling 25.8 miles (5,094.5 miles total for the trip). John, Gina, Mike and I having “anchor watch beers” on “Alysana” (Anchor watch beer is consumed during the time it takes to make sure the anchor has held and the boat is secure before proceeding with other activities). At 12:45 P.M. John, Gina, Mike and I piled into “Parrot Bay’s” launch heading to the area to climb up to Lake
Topaz. The four of us were joined by Kurt and Deborah from “Honey Badger” climbing
the rocks to Lake Topaz. At 1:30 P.M. the group reached Lake Topaz which is a
natural lake where nothing grows and it is a beautiful blue color. Mike, Kurt and
Deborah all jumped into the water. Once Mike got out of the water the two of us walked a bit higher to a spot that looked over the pool where the boats were
anchored Mike took pictures of the boats. The two of us then walked back down the
trail to the dinghy. The four of us headed back to the boats where Mike and I jumped into the pool. The four of us then got back together to have drinks on the
flying bridge. At 5:30 P.M. John, Gina, Mike and I jumped into the dinghy
heading to “rocktails” with a group of loopers “Honey Badger”, “Alysana”,
“Here’s an Idea”, “Bella Gatto”, “Gallus”, “Kitumba” and “Nomadic Spirit” on a
large rock formation in Baie Fine. At 7:30 P.M. all of the loopers headed back
to their boats for the evening. The plan is for “Alysana” and “Parrot Bay” to
head to Little Current to provision.
