August 2 – Kemptville
45°4′8″ N 75°38′9″ W

We left Hartwell Locks around 8:30am & headed towards Hog’s Back lock which was only about 30 minutes away. The locks do not start operating until 9:00am so there was no need to rush.

Our goal today was to get to Kemptville or Burritts Rapids. As we passed through the lock stations along the way we saw quite a bit of boat traffic in both directions.

Photo above: full house in the lock

We concluded that it was not likely that we would be able to get a dock space with electricity at one of the locks so decided that Pirates Cove Marina would be our destination for the day.

Photo above: Catherine & Barb on watch for approaching traffic.

The crew was full of energy after being on the boat for most of the day.

Once we were secured at our dock Catherine & Barb & Bruce decided to have a swim in the marina’s pool. I had noticed that after filling up Santosha’s fresh water tanks that she was listing a bit to starboard. So I went back to the boat to resolve that problem. It was a pretty easy solution – too much gin & tonic on one side of the boat, so if I had a nice big G&T to level her out.

After the crew had their swim we switched our focus to dinner. Bruce assumed the role of BBQ chef. New York strip steak & wild boar sausages were on the menu along with assorted cooked & BBQ’d vegetables. The meat was awesome (so were the veggies – kinda 🙂 ).

Cheers!