July 13-15,2017 In and out of Africa near Britt, Ontario
The owner (Graham) of Wright’s marina in Britt worked with Bob for hours on July 12th, to no avail except for two things, when the system was rebooted we wound up in Africa. Cool! Two, e also pretty much determined the problem was with the “hub” for our system.
So this is the Hub – to me a mess of wires feeding information to and from our Navigational System. Graham was able to locate a replacement part on Thursday, July 13th in Barrie (2 hour drive from Britt) but too late in the day for us to drive there before the business closed for the day. Frustrating!
No problem. I’m easily amused with a walkabout the marina. I liked the water lilies near the end of the dock as well as the grill, picnic table, chairs and small garden for each dock.
Note the boards to the right and left of the railings have been sized down so as to accommodate electrical cords and water hoses. Clever way to prevent boaters from tripping over the lines.
The garden (and closer view) for the next dock over. The “tender” was Brooke from a seasonal boat named “Mary Mary.” Along the serpentine piece of driftwood she had written out the words to Mary Mary quite contrary.
Butterfly garden near the washrooms which contained milkweed complete with monarch eggs and caterpillars.
One of the few monarch butterflies I’ve actually seen up here. The scent of the milkweed flowers was just delightful. The roadway out of the marine was teeming with milkweeds. Made for a pleasant walk.
Nautical bench at the other end of the marina.July 14th (Happy 10th Anniversary to our daughter Steph and husband Byron!): We were fortunate to meet a fellow Looper who lent us his car (no car rentals available up here). We left at 6am and drove 2 hours to Barrie, Ontario. On the way we noticed the sign for the Bobby Orr Hockey Hall of Fame in Parry Sound.About the only thing interesting at the store front for Transat Marine was this interesting boat fastener work of art. We picked up the new Hub, stopped at a grocery store to re-provision and got back to the marina by 12:30.
Graham was way too busy to help us install the Hub, so after spending hours on and off the phone to the Tech support guys at Furono, the system was up and running by 7 pm. It had been a pretty nasty day in terms of weather and force 10 installation frustrations, but at the end of the day, the rain stopped, the sun came out and we enjoyed a rainbow.
We also had a boatload of fun with the folks on C’est le bon (“this is the one”) Terri and Hal from Texas. Hal played the guitar and after a few glasses of wine we “sang up every song that driver knew.” Saturday, July 15 – Sunshine!!!! We fueled up, pumped out and left by noon.Goodbye Wright’s Marina. Leaving the coast of Africa for more remote anchorages in Georgian Bay!
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I’ve had so much enjoyment tracking your trip so far. It amazes me how trusting fellow boater can be to lend complete strangers their car!! You two look so totally honest!! Lol!
Where will you pick up the Mississippi? Let me know if you will go through Keokuk, Iowa. A friend of mine, Kurt Keokuk, is an honorary member of the Keokuk Yacht Club! Don’t think that provides any special privileges but it would be fun to know if you’re going there! Please PM me on Facebook if so.
So your nav system is actually IN the Bay now? Geez, D .. no elephants, no zebras? I thought Africa would have been more interesting. But I loved the milkweed. Did you harvest any more eggs? How is you ‘pillar doing? Have a wonderful week.
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I’ve had so much enjoyment tracking your trip so far. It amazes me how trusting fellow boater can be to lend complete strangers their car!! You two look so totally honest!! Lol!
Where will you pick up the Mississippi? Let me know if you will go through Keokuk, Iowa. A friend of mine, Kurt Keokuk, is an honorary member of the Keokuk Yacht Club! Don’t think that provides any special privileges but it would be fun to know if you’re going there! Please PM me on Facebook if so.
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So your nav system is actually IN the Bay now? Geez, D .. no elephants, no zebras? I thought Africa would have been more interesting. But I loved the milkweed. Did you harvest any more eggs? How is you ‘pillar doing? Have a wonderful week.
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