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Trip to Hopewell Bay, Ont

Foster — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:16:47 +0000

Foster — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 21:14:30 +0000

	18 July 2014	Cloudy/haze	65 F	SW	5
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
	Fill both water tanks
11:05 AM	Depart Big Sound Marina
12:00 PM	Depart Sound Boat Works
	50 Gal/side $1.46/L, dink gas/oil 2.5 Gal, pumpout
12:35 PM	Through the “Hole in the Wall”
1:30 PM	Anchor at Kilcoursie Bay
	near Parry Sound, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 1.5 hr		ave 4.5 kts	5.4 gal total	10.7 nm
1179.9	1161.1	816.3	top 8.1 kts	1.98 mpg

Foster — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:12:23 +0000

	13 July 2014	Cloudy/haze	70 F	W	10
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
1:45 PM	Depart Henry’s Fried Fish
2:00 PM	Isabella Islands	1,800 RPM	8.3 kts	3.0 gal	10.0 nm
3:20 PM	Anchor to fish while we wait for bridge
3:45 PM	Through Swing Bridge at Parry Sound Island
4:00 PM	Dock at Big Sound Marina
	Parry Sound, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 2.3 hr		ave 6.0 kts	8.00 gal total	14.3 nm
1178.2	1159.4	816.3	top 8.6 kts	1.79 mpg

Foster — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 23:09:58 +0000

	12 July 2014	Clear	75 F	SW	15
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
	Ran generator at night and morning for hot water 816.3 hrs
10:10 AM	Up anchor at Hope Island
11:30 AM	O’Donnel Channel	1,800 RPM	8.4 kts	3.5 gal	11.4 nm
12:30 PM	Dock at Henry’s
	Frying Pan Island, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 2.5 hr		ave 7.6 kts	11.6 gal total	19.1 nm
1176.0	1157.1	816.3	top 10.5 kts	1.65 mpg

Foster — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:08:26 +0000

	11 July 2014	Clear	65 F	West	10
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
	Ran generator at night and morning for hot water 815.0 hrs
10:15 AM	Depart dock at Beausoleil Island
11:15 AM	Sawlog Point	1,700 RPM	7.9 kts	1.7 gal	7.4 nm
12:15 PM	East end of Hope Island	1,800 RPM	8.2 kts	4.3 gal	15.4 nm
12:35 PM	Anchor Hope Island, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 2.25 hr		ave 7.6 kts	9.6 gal total	17.1 nm
1173.5	1154.7	815.0	top 8.7 kts	1.78 mpg

Foster — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:56:42 +0000

	9 July 2014	Cloudy	55 F	West	15 kts / 30 kt gusts
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
9:00 AM	Pumpout and Depart Brandy’s Island Marina
9:40 AM	Dock at Beausoleil Island
	Beausoleil Island, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 0.75 hr		ave 3.5 kts	1.0 gal total	3.1 nm
1171.3	1152.5	813.0	top 7.3 kts	3.1 mpg

Foster — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:50:15 +0000

	6 July 2014	Clear	74 F	South West	10 kts
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
9:20 AM	Up anchor – clay bottom
10:15 AM	Clear Lock #45 Port Severn – last lock!
	Were not ready for the twisty course at the base
12:00 PM	Dock at Wye Heritage, lunch at Henry’s South
1:00 PM	Leave Wye Heritage, lunch was good
3:50 PM	Dock at Brandy’s Island Marina
	Honey Harbot, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 4.9 hr		ave 5.9 kts	14.2 gal total	31.4 nm
1170.6	1151.8	813.4	top 10.6 kts	1.53 mpg

Foster — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 23:34:48 +0000

	4 July 2014	Clear	67 F	West	5 kts
	Generator Start Switch Bad, put temp switch in place.
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
10:45 AM	Depart dock at Big Chute
	Minor delay while we search for Belle
11:15 AM	Off the blue line and into the carriage
11:30 AM	On our way down! This is very cool!
12:00 PM	Burrows Bay			0.8 gal	3.6 nm
3:50 PM	Dock at Starport
	Port Severn, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 3.0 hr		ave 3.4 kts	3.6 gal total	7.1 nm
1165.8	1147.0	810.4	top 13.6 kts	2.0 mpg

Foster — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:22:21 +0000

	2 July 2014	Clear	80F	West	5 kts
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
10:00 AM	Depart Mariposa Landing
11:10 AM	Depart Fuel Dock at Bridgeport
	Pumpout and 250 Liters into Starbord (both tanks have +250L
11:45 AM	Lake Couchiching	2.100 RPM	9.5 kts	2.5 gal	6.6 nm
12:30 PM	Clear Lock #42 – Couchiching			4.6 gal	11.7 nm
12:50 PM	Rain starts
2:45 PM	Lock #43 – Swift Rapids
3:00 PM	Rain stops
3:50 PM	Dock at Upper Wall
	Big Chute, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 6.0 hr		ave 5.3 kts	21.0 gal total	31.4 nm
1164.3	1145.5	810.4	top 13.2 kts	1.5 mpg

Foster — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:38:54 +0000

A short trip to get us out of the marina.

	29 June 2014	Clear	81F	West	5 kts
Time	Location	RPM	Speed	Fuel	Distance
10:05 AM	Depart Mariposa Landing
	Lost a red bumper went back to get it.
10:56 AM	Anchor at Big Chief			2.0	4.7 nm
4:10PM	Anchor Up at Big Chief
4:55 PM	Dock at Mariposa Landing
	Orilla, Ontario
Summary	elapsed 4.2 hr		ave 4.4 kts	7.6 gal total	9.2 nm
1159.4	1140.6	810.4	top 14.0 kts	1.1 mpg
	Just a chance to get out of the marina
	Fillrd front and rear water