{"id":275,"date":"2010-07-23T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sv-ananda.com\/friday-june-25\/"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:30:57","slug":"friday-june-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Friday, June 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=11150\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W120&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1277443362&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6-25-2010 1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?resize=389%2C292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-1-Port-Stanley-Drawbridge.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a>We departed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Port Stanley<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"> at 8:30am. We had to wait for the drawbridge to open before we could head out on to the lake. We were bound for Port Colburne at the east end of Lake Erie and the entrance to the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Welland<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Canal<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">. The winds were light but we were able to put up the sails and get a bit of help from mother nature. The marina at Port Colburne was great. It is the biggest marina I have been in so far. There were a couple of idiots a few docks over blasting their sound system loud enough to provide \u201cmusic\u201d to the entire marina. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Marina<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"> staff had having trouble to get these idiots to comply. Finally the Marina Manager arrived and put the offenders in their place. Everyone else in the marina applauds and savours the silence. Ananda\u2019s hot water tank was pushing hot water back up in to cold water lines. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Marina<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"> staff shuttled me to local Canadian Tire store to pick up plumbing supplies to resolve the problem.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">During our passage to Port Colborne Chris and Dan found life on board very demanding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?attachment_id=11152\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W120&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1277467990&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6-25-2010 2-Chris-Hard-At-Work\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?resize=406%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knotsnplots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6-25-2010-2-Chris-Hard-At-Work.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We departed\u00a0Port Stanley at 8:30am. We had to wait for the drawbridge to open before we could head out on to the lake. We were bound for Port Colburne at the east end of Lake Erie and the entrance to the WellandCanal. The winds were light but we were able to put up the sails [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-down-east-cruise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ppZJ-4r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11153,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/11153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}