42°39′57″ N 81°12′49″ W

We departed from Erieau at 8:00am and headed for Port Stanley.

The temperature was still cool but the winds were light & blowing in a favourable direction.

Once we were underway we were basically headed straight into the wind & small waves which creates a bit of a hobby-horse effect ride for the boat. It was just strong enough that we had to hang on tightly when moving around the boat & it also took a bit of effort to stay seated. Mike suggested that even staying seated was a good “core” workout.

Mike & Pennie & I took turns watching the helm so we could each have some time to read or have a nap.

Even though the ride was a bit rough it was pretty comfortable laying on our bunks & I managed to snooze for about an hour.

About halfway to Port Stanley the wind died down & much to our pleasure the waves dissipated with the wind & the last few hours of our journey were a lot smoother.

Port Stanley became visible on the horizon about 90 minutes prior to our arrival. When you are traveling on a slow moving boat once you are able to see your destination you think the journey is nearly at an end but when you are traveling at only 6-7 knots it seems to take forever to travel those last few miles.

We entered the harbour shortly before 3:00pm.

Port Stanley has a drawbridge just in front the marinas. It opens every 30 minutes so our timing was good.

We were booked to stay at the Kettle Creek Marina & our slip was the very first one past the bridge.

Mike & Pennie has the fenders & lines all set up so we were tied up on our dock in no time at all. As you can see from the photo below, our dock overlooked a 3-hole championship golf course!

We were all too tired to play golf but we did take some nice seats in the sun & had a cool drink to celebrate our safe arrival.

Sadly, this day was the last part of the journey with Mike & Pennie. They were scheduled to be home the next day so rather than cooking on board we went out on the town for dinner.

Cheers!