AquaFennatic Great Loop Blog: Gore Bay to Long Point Cove, North Channel, ON

Aug 6^th – After Maria read our blog she told me that I forgot to mention the deer and the fox that we saw during our hike. Also I missed mentioning the well deserved frozen yogurt that we enjoyed after our hike. I guess I should check with her and the monkey before I post my blog in the future ;)

Aug 7^th – It was a cooler day with fairly strong winds. We felt like we were starting to grow roots in Gore Bay thus we left early in the morning to anchor in John Harbour which is approximately 18 miles NW of Gore Bay. After we anchored we decided to move due to the winds and guess what ... we moved again because of the winds. All 3 spots were within John Harbour which is a large anchorage that seems to be a regular getaway for boaters that keep their boat in Gore Bay. Our 3^rd spot in the bay seemed to be the most protected from the winds and the gusts that we were getting from the west. I used the dingy to choose our final location in the bay based on the wind forecast for both today and tomorrow. There was only 1 other boat anchored in the bay and they were fairly close to us. Our anchor dragged a bit during the day due to the gusts, however I think it dug itself deeper so it should be good to hold us for the rest of our time here ... however we’ll be monitoring it closely. Maria felt like comfort food today so she made curry chicken with shrimps for dinner which is one of my favorite meals!

Aug 8^th – It was a beautiful sunny, hot day with LOW winds (finally). We went for a dingy run to check out some of the neighboring bays, however we didn’t get as far as we wanted since the waves from the North Channel were still larger than we expected ... probably due to all the high winds we’ve experience over the last number of days. I went snorkeling while Maria rowed the dingy behind me. We then decided to sit on the front of the boat to catch some rays and the breeze kept us comfortable ... without it we would have been Hot Hot Hot!

Aug 9^th – There was another Heat Alert today with a good breeze. We travelled 7 miles from John Harbour to Long Point Cove. I went swimming multiple times (the water temperature is 76 degrees F) and Maria went swimming as well ... that’s a clear indicator that it was hot. We went for a dingy ride to the North Channel Yacht Club which is in Spragge ... It wasn’t a very large place and accommodates mostly sail boats on mooring balls as well as on floating docks. On the way by we had to pass a mine which Maria thought looked like sand castles built by giants! Apparently there are great hiking trails in this area, however it was too hot to hike. This seems to be a very popular spot for sail boaters to anchor. We were only one of two power boats and there were 7 sail boats.