Henry's Fish Restaurant and Marina,
situated on Frying Pan Island, is the first sign of civilization after leaving
Bay Port Yachting Center. A 0600 start with a spectacular sunrise was
made to avoid bad weather forecasted for the afternoon. A 34-mile cruise
north, first in open water then in narrow channels of 50-ft deep water, crystal
clear with rock islands dotting the path filled with northern pines and blue
spruce evergreens. The open water run was what locals call
"sloppy". There was practically no wind, but these 3-4 foot
rollers would come out of nowhere and toss our boats around. Once we
turned into the channels and started weaving through the islands, the ride
improved greatly.
The weather never came as forecasted, so we enjoyed a fair weather afternoon after a great fish lunch at Henry's. The crew of Viridian ordered Battered Pickerel Fish and Chips. We catch chain pickerel in Alabama, and they are just as good no matter what water they are pulled from. All of the customers at Henry's arrive either by boat or by seaplane. The planes would land in the channel and taxi up to the pier and 3 or 4 people would get off then the next plane in line would do the same thing. All afternoon the sound of seaplanes taking off and the arrival and departure of boats made this is a hopping place. As expected, they usually have a full house both at dinner and supper. It is a busy place, and the boats tied along the floating finger piers rock and roll until the traffic dies off at sunset.
We met some other Loopers here who had started in Florida, and we enjoyed hearing their stories of their voyages so far. After we told all the tales and ate all the goat cheese and beet crackers, we snuck off to Miss Norma and enjoyed some homemade peach pie, made from fresh Canadian peaches purchased at a local farmer's market. It's a tough way to live out here on the water with all this food and drink at every turn. But we will try to survive and make do with what we can until we get back to civilization.
The weather never came as forecasted, so we enjoyed a fair weather afternoon after a great fish lunch at Henry's. The crew of Viridian ordered Battered Pickerel Fish and Chips. We catch chain pickerel in Alabama, and they are just as good no matter what water they are pulled from. All of the customers at Henry's arrive either by boat or by seaplane. The planes would land in the channel and taxi up to the pier and 3 or 4 people would get off then the next plane in line would do the same thing. All afternoon the sound of seaplanes taking off and the arrival and departure of boats made this is a hopping place. As expected, they usually have a full house both at dinner and supper. It is a busy place, and the boats tied along the floating finger piers rock and roll until the traffic dies off at sunset.
We met some other Loopers here who had started in Florida, and we enjoyed hearing their stories of their voyages so far. After we told all the tales and ate all the goat cheese and beet crackers, we snuck off to Miss Norma and enjoyed some homemade peach pie, made from fresh Canadian peaches purchased at a local farmer's market. It's a tough way to live out here on the water with all this food and drink at every turn. But we will try to survive and make do with what we can until we get back to civilization.
That's the news and here's some views:
We are here
Today's passage from Bay Port Yachting Centre to Henry's Restaurant and Marina, Ontario
Dash Away
Viridian
Good Morning!
A View From Viridian
Just put my hat on
Lots of Rocks
Nice place for a picnic
Henry's World Famous Fish Restaurant
And the plane loads of people kept coming all afternoon
Viridian tied to the finger pier
Now imagine you hear the loon calling
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