{"id":6911,"date":"2018-06-28T18:19:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T22:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2018-12-21T16:55:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T21:55:33","slug":"june-25-erieau-to-port-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6911","title":{"rendered":"June 25 – Erieau to Port Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We departed from Erieau at 8:00am and headed for Port Stanley.<\/p>\n

The temperature was still cool but the winds were light & blowing in a favourable direction.<\/p>\n

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 \u201ccore\u201d workout.<\/p>\n

Mike & Pennie & I took turns watching the helm so we could each have some time to read or have a nap.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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We entered the harbour shortly before 3:00pm.<\/p>\n

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Port Stanley has a drawbridge just in front the marinas. It opens every 30 minutes so our timing was good.<\/p>\n

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We were booked to stay at the Kettle Creek Marina & our slip was the very first one past the bridge.<\/p>\n

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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!<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

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