Cruise page three
The alert Captain is always studying the weather, tides, wind,
and currents.
Hey! There's no tides here. ...and not much current either.
And precious little wind.
Diane getting used to "Island Time"
Sailboat from Toronto floating comfortably in the cove. The
landing
in the background on shore is a dinghy landing where the self-registration
kiosk is located.
View from our cockpit
(Those rocks are close and a lee shore, but remember that
mooring.)
The island has lovely hiking paths
Island sunset.
The water is clear and cool. It seemed to be quite a bit colder
than the water in the lake or bay.
The island on the left is Netley Island (private--big mansion,
boat houses, etc.).
Lots of islands, pine and spruce trees, pink granite...and
water.
View from Camelot Is. toward Sunset Is. and Endymion Is. These
islands are in Canada. The land on the far right is Grindstone Island, New
York State. Our mooring in Camelot Cove is about 100 yards from the international
border.
Pan (scroll right
to see it all) looking northeast from Camelot Island. The beautiful shades
of pink and gray of the granite does not show up, alas. The islands are named
"Dumfounder Island" and "Astounder Island." Others have
names like "Deathdealer Island" and "Scorpian Island."
They are named after British warships from the War of 1812. Note also the
two national park moorings (available).
This is a rough map of the area of our cruise.
Hay Bay is at the second "e" in "Deseronto"
Prinyer Cove is on the long peninsula east of Picton.
Camelot Island is just south of Gananoque. Between Gan and
Clayton.
Here is another map showing our route.
Here's a zoomed out map
Links
Links to some other Lake Ontario sailing websites
This is a useful website with info about many of islands
and
destinations in eastern Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence
Do you sail a Hunter on Lake Ontario, Bay of Quinte, St.
Lawrence?
Why not join?
Contains a whole grab bag of useful and entertaining info
and
pics, links, etc. etc.
Onpassage.com is a one-stop resource for cruising yachts
worldwide; it provides information for the experienced blue water sailor as
well as for those who are planning their first passage.
