Sailing Georgian Bay: October 2013

I have now taken the boat out of the water and it's snugly tucked away in my back yard. The summer seems to have passed far too quickly. I did not make all the trips I had planned and thought about last winter. Most notably I did not make it to Beckwith Island which is a small island in the chain just north of Penetanguishene between Christian Island and Giants Tomb. I have heard the beaches there are breathtakingly beautiful, rivaling some of the beaches in the Caribbean. O well, there is always next year.

I did however make it out to Steers Rock which resulted in an all day motoring trip as there was little to no wind that day and it was pointless raising the sails. I had heard from sailing friends in Midland that there was some exceptional bass fishing around the Island, however I caught nothing. I was fortunate however that the conditions were favorable to visually detecting shoals and rocks in the water as I found it quite challenging picking through some rather treacherous areas where it became quite apparent that the lake bottom was quite prepare to "eat my boat" if I was not paying attention.

Here are some highlights of some of the things I did do and places I visited: