{"id":14390,"date":"2025-08-26T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=14390"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:32:33","slug":"friday-august-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=14390","title":{"rendered":"Friday, August 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overnight at Buckhorn Yacht Harbour
\n44\u00b032’43.1484″N, 78\u00b021’3.4200″W
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Lots to talk about today!<\/p>\n

We left Bobcaygeon around 9:00am headed for Buckhorn Yacht Harbour Marina. We planned to buy diesel fuel there and fill up our tanks. It was the first place to buy diesel since we left Orillia. We had assumed it would be readily available, but it isn\u2019t as most local boats on the Trent-Severn have gas engines.<\/p>\n

Catherine\u2019s friend Joanne and her husband Randy live close by on Stoney Lake. Catherine and Joanne used to work together at Family Service London. When Joanne and Randy retired, they moved to their cottage which was only about a 20-minute drive from Buckhorn. They kindly planned to meet us at the marina and go for lunch.<\/p>\n

It was an overcast day with a few spits of drizzle but nothing to really worry about. The trip would take us about 2 \u00bd to 3 hours. We were about 1 hour away from our destination when I noticed that the tachometer for the portside engine had stopped working. At first, I thought it was probably a bad ground connection for the instrument. I would check that out when we stopped for fuel. The other gauges for the engine looked normal. I asked Catherine to check the tachometer at the lower helm, and she said it was not working either.<\/p>\n

About 5 minutes later, the port engine trouble alarm started to sound so I shut it down right away. I wasn\u2019t sure what the problem was, but we were in no position to try to figure out what was wrong. We continued the rest of our journey using the starboard engine only. It was no problem because we were travelling at low speed.<\/p>\n

We finally arrived at Buckhorn Yacht Harbour Marina and filled up with fuel. We decided it was best to at least stay overnight at this marina until we figured out what was wrong.<\/p>\n

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Buckhorn Yacht Harbour – photo copied from their website<\/p><\/div>\n

When the fuel tanks were full, we moved the boat over to a docking space where we were told that we could stay for the night \u2013 or longer if we needed to. I told the marina manager that we were meeting friends for lunch and that I would take a closer look at the boat engine after the engine compartment had cooled down.<\/p>\n

Joanne and Randy arrived at the marina around 1:00pm and we went for lunch with them at the Mainstreet Grill in Buckhorn, only a 5-minute drive from the marina. Catherine and Joanne enjoyed catching up while Randy and I got to know each other and talked \u201cguy stuff\u201d. It was a very pleasant and relaxing afternoon \u2013 especially after our somewhat stressful morning.<\/p>\n

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Mainstreet Grill in Buckhorn – photo copied from their website<\/p><\/div>\n

After we returned from lunch and the engines had cooled down, I went (i.e. crawled) down into the engine compartment and quickly discovered that the fan belt on the portside engine had broken \u2013 that explains no alternator reading followed shortly after by a trouble alarm. Upon closer inspection I found that the alternator bearing was also failing on that engine. More than a fanbelt would be needed to fix this problem!<\/p>\n

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Port Engine Alternator and Broken Fan Belt<\/p><\/div>\n

I had the marina send a mechanic over to our boat to check things out. Ralph, the mechanic, confirmed that the alternator needed to be rebuilt or replaced. He also checked out the starboard engine alternator \u2013 good decision \u2013 the fan belt for that engine was badly worn and almost ready to break, plus the bearings for this alternator were noisy.<\/p>\n

After discussing the issue with Ralph, we decided to have both alternators sent off to a specialty shop in Peterborough to be rebuilt or replaced \u2013 whatever was the best choice. By the time we had made these decisions it was late in the afternoon and the specialty shop in Peterborough was getting ready to close. We were going to be at this location for the weekend and probably until Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Luckily Ralph lives in Peterborough. The specialty shop was contacted, and they said they would be ready to begin work on the alternators first thing Monday morning. Ralph would drop them off at the shop on Monday morning before coming to work and pick them up the next morning and bring them back to the boat with him. Our hero!<\/p>\n

Well, what to do for the weekend? As it turned out we were in a very good location. The marina was small but very well set up and in a really beautiful spot. The people were very friendly and helpful and they had excellent facilities for their guests. Super clean bathrooms and great showers! Plus it was easy for Joanne and Randy to find us.<\/p>\n

We were hoping to get closer to Peterborough to see our friends Barb and Bruce who were in the city for her sister\u2019s wedding. Catherine contacted Barb and informed her of our situation. Thankfully it was no problem for Barb and Bruce as Google Maps told them we were only about 45 minutes (by car) from where they were staying (and two days on the boat for us). They would drive to Buckhorn, and we could all go out for dinner at a nearby restaurant. Wow, what started out to be a gloomy day was shaping up to be a very special day instead.<\/p>\n

Bruce and Barb arrived at the Buckhorn Yacht Harbour Marina around 4:30pm and we had a great little reunion. They were anxious to see the boat, so we gave them the 5-minute tour and then settled down to comfy spots on the flybridge to catch up with all the goings on since we last saw them at their daughter’s wedding in Ottawa a few weeks earlier.<\/p>\n

We drove to the Burleigh Falls Inn, in \u201cdowntown\u201d Burleigh Falls (there is no village \u2013 just the falls across the road from the Inn).<\/p>\n

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A delicious dinner with Bruce and Barb at Burleigh Falls Inn<\/p><\/div>\n

We had a great dinner – I had a Yorkie, but no worries it was not a terrier \u2013 just braised roast beef served on an oversized Yorkshire pudding \u2013 very tasty!<\/p>\n

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My Yorkie – I’d order that again for sure!<\/p><\/div>\n

Afterwards we went back to Buckhorn and stopped for a few minutes to see an unusual giant rock formation just a couple of minutes from the marina. The rock formation is known locally as \u201cAdam and Eve\u201d because two huge granite boulders are just sitting on their own with no other stones around them.<\/p>\n

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Bruce and Barb check out Adam and Eve<\/p><\/div>\n

Today turned out to be pretty good \u2013 reunions with Joanne and Randy followed by Barb and Bruce \u2013 each included a tasty meal. We will sleep well tonight and whatever happens tomorrow, we will deal with it then.<\/p>\n

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Fun times for the gang with Adam and Eve – no snakes or apple trees in sight!<\/p><\/div>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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