Big Chute to South Bay Cove Marina, Honey Harbor

Date              August 5, 2011

Day               38

Departure     Big Chute Marine Railway Lock 43  8:15am

Arrival          South Bay Cove Marina, Honey Harbor 1:45pm

Miles             20.9

Cumulative   837.9

Remember in the last post I said we heard "noises" in the night?  Well, we had visitors on board during the night.  Luckily, no food was left out and our doors were closed.  The forward hatch above our bed was open, but it does have a screen.  Here is evidence of the visitor, looks like it was a raccoon!

Raccoon feet!!

Our carriage has arrived!  It will carry us out of the water, over the road and down 57' to the water on the other side!

Erika Lin is entering the Big Chute.  We will be the only boat in the lift.  They position the boat so that the propeller and rudder will hang off the rear of the carriage.

Entering the Big Chute

Bob making sure the sling doesn't get placed over the propeller shaft

Exposed for everyone to see!

 

Being carried up and away

Here we are at the top of the lift, 57 feet above the water below!

This is looking back up from where we just came from

Almost there, the carriage has just reentered the water.  While we were in the lift, the lift operator took a look at the propeller for us.  Every thing was in good order, what a relief!

This is a common site in Canada, narrow channels!

They were right, it is narrow

Beautiful Georgian Bay

South Bay Cove Marina.  We will be here today and tomorrow.  The top of the canvas bimini of Erika Lin can be seen at the top left corner of the picture if you click twice on the picture to enlarge it!