We are now a motorboat

Arrived at Midland, Ontario, yesterday afternoon.  We spent the morning anchored somewhere just off the Small Craft Route along the southeast shore of Georgian Bay, waiting for the rain and possible thunderstorms to stop so we could make the jump across the bottom of Georgian Bay.  The weather turned out much better than expected - it was "fair to Midland." [why does he keep coming up with things like this ???]

s/v Ihana, mast down and fendered

Today we had the wonderful crew at the Bay Port Yacht Center (in Midland) build a cradle to hold our mast, boom and mainsail, after they took down the mast. See picture of our boat with the mast down and cradled, and fenderboards for the canals.. We need to have the mast down for our next adventure - the Trent / Severn Waterway from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario. This bypasses most of Lakes Huron, Erie, and the Detroit area - takes us north of Toronto for 240 miles and 44 locks!  More on this later.

Last night we took the dinghy across Midland Bay to downtown Midland, for shopping and a nice chinese dinner.  It was a 10 minute commute by boat, saving us a 20 minute walk ...