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After many weeks of preparations we finally cast off from Goderich.

Mike & Pennie Meadows are traveling with me from Goderich to Port Stanley.

Mike & Pennie are members of Goderich Yacht Club & we have known each other for many years. However, this is the first time we have travelled any distance together on the same vessel. Should be a great adventure!

We left Goderich at 8:00am on Tuesday morning & as soon as we were out of the marina we noticed that there was a fog bank moving down the lake towards us from the north. It caught up to us after we had been underway for about an hour but it was not too heavy as we could still see at least 1 kilometer all around us.

This was a pretty easy course to navigate. Once we were out of Goderich Harbour it was a straight line for about 60 nautical miles to the Bluewater Bridge in Sarnia. We encountered a couple of freighters at anchor while approaching the bridge.

We arrived at the Bridgeview Marina around 5:00pm, arranged for a slip and then settled in for the night.

This was a great start to our journey.

Tomorrow we head for Windsor.

Cheers!