Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Tobermory to Chantry Island (Southampton) Before moving on we spent a day waiting out the weather window in Tobermory. The wind was blowing 25 - 30 knots from the NW producing 2 metre waves. For the first time ever, we saw breaking waves running into Little Tub harbour. Wednesday August 16th saw us motoring through Cape Hurd channel on a course of 234 degrees true. The waves on the Lake Huron side of the channel were large and rolly after yesterday's wind. A lesson learned - we had difficulty navigating using the old charts that we had on board as they had not been updated and the numbers on the buoys did not match the numbers on the chart. However, 1030 hours found us due east of the Cape Hurd light where we set a course of 165 degrees true for Port Elgin. We anchored in the lee of Chantry Island (off the coast of Southampton), as the forecast was for 10 knot winds from the South, just in time to catch a sunset of National Georgraphic fame. Chantry Island is a bird sanctuary. We had no doubt of that as the noise of the birds from our location was incredible at sunset.

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