Last day in Georgian Bay
July 30, 2019 Tuesday Bustard Island group, ON to Sportman’s Marina, Killarney, ON 40.4 nautical miles.
45°58’11.7″N 81°30’54.2″W
45.969904, -81.515057
Elevation: 577 ft
This is our last day in the Georgian Bay. We’ve really pushed through it faster than we wanted to. We’ll be back again and stay longer. We just received notice of another 2 week lock closure near Chicago in September and need to catch the lock openings our we won’t be able to get to St Paul till next year.
Along the Way
I think I can see Russia 
Bustard Rocks 
Open water run. I know I can see Russia 
Rooster Reef and the Chicken Islands 
Chicken Islands
With the water levels as high as they are we were lucky enough to be able to take the channel behind Phillip Edward Island. At normal water levels we wouldn’t have been able to take this run as there is a narrow section of water that is barely four feet. We entered at Beaverstone Bay, crossed Mill Lake and exited out Collins Inlet.
This run was the most beautiful we’ve had in Canada. It had a little bit of everything but locks. Open water, island, narrow channels, trees, spectacular pink granite and plenty of rocks.
A short open water run and then into the Killarney Channel that connects the Georgian Bay to North Channel.
Open water, red granite and snow in the mountains(white granite and quartz) 
White and red granite 
Red Rock Point at Killarney Channel 
Docked at Sportman’s Inn, the George Island side. 
Tinkerbell, the ferry to town on the mainland
It’s a Sportsman’s Inn is an expensive marina especially given where we are and what it is. NO internet on the island side of the marina.
Sportsman’s Inn was a disappointing dive bar at $8 beer. Do they think this is New York City?
Worse yet, there was no bait store. Don’t Canadians fish? The ice cream store sells worms.
Aerorfab belly float plane with a reverse prop 
Big rock stacking 
Here’s and idea (water jugs to hold down tarps). Wonder how it works in winter.
Disappearing propeller boat (aka Dispro or Dippy) is a unique boat originally built in Port Carling, Ontario Canada. The unique feature is its disappearing propeller, in that if the prop hits an object it will retract into the boat preventing damage.
I came out of yes dear to see what all the noise was behind our boat. This saiboat came by with its foot just flapping in the wind. It was footloose, just flapping. I knew I needed to run for my camera. I was certain it was going to hit the boat dock and then it started going for the boats…
wind caught the sail 
OMG he’s going to hit the boat house 
whew. missed. 
OMG now he’s aiming for the boats 
whew. missed. 
circling around 
to get re-headed in the correct direction
Meanwhile another fancy free boat came along with the sail flapping…
sail a flapping. fancy free 
OMG now he’s going to hit this boat 
Whew. Near miss.
Neighbors
Cool 
Four of the Loopers from last night and a couple others
It was a noisy night with whistling in the wind sailboat lines and howling hounds.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
There are no mountainous landscapes in Ontario. The highest point is Ishpatina Ridge 2,274 feet above sea level in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario.
Nauti Words
Footloose and fancy-free: someone acting without commitment.
Origin: The bottom of a sail is the foot and must be attached to the boom. If it is not properly attached it may become “footloose” causing the sail to dance randomly in the wind and the vessel not to sail properly.
Try a different tack/change tack: try a different method or approach
Origin: The direction in which a ship moves as determined by the position of its sails and regarded in terms of the direction of the wind (starboard tack). If one tack didn’t bring the ship up properly, one could always attempt another.
Drolleries and Yuks
How long do chickens work?
Around the cluck!