When you live onboard a sailboat, keeping your batteries
charged is a constant concern.
Everything electric runs off the batteries. Lights, refrigeration, water pressure, navigation
instruments, cell phone batteries and the stereo all place demands on the
system. Big boats have generators and
when the batteries get low, they start the generator and charge everything
up. We don’t have a generator. What we do have is a new solar panel. While we have been in the North Channel, we have
had lots of sunny days and the panel has been able to keep up with all our
energy demands. This picture is the
number of amp hours we are receiving from our panel. So far, we have been able to sit at anchor
and produce as much electricity as we need to keep things running.
We spent the night of July 3rd in at Bedford
Harbor and watched a great moon rise over the island. We were one of two boats anchored here. We trolled all around the bay, but did not
catch any fish.
On July 4th, we left Bedford and headed into
Little Current for a pump-out and supplies.
Like Meldrum Bay, Little Current has undergone a big make over on the
waterfront. There are all new docks, new
bathrooms and great walkway that takes you to the top of the hill, very near the
grocery store. It cuts the walk to the
store in half. While we were there we
learned that a cruise ship was coming in on the 5th. Just before we were ready to leave, it came
in and docked. They brought buses in to
take the passengers to see a pow-wow at the First Nation (Reservation.)
From Little Current we had a great sail up the Wabano
Channel to a small secluded anchorage, called Sturgeon Cove. We were the only boat here our first night
and as I write this, it appears we will have it to ourselves again
tonight. It is tricky getting in here,
as the entrance is guarded by some nasty rocks.
We weaved our way through them, but had no trouble. The bass fishing here has been pretty
good. They like to hang out under the
boat and seem to love night crawlers.
Tomorrow night we are going to do a taste test and cook some bass and
some pickerel (Canadian for Walleye) and see what we like better. I will report the results later.
Today marks the end of our third week of living aboard. It is all good, but we are looking forward to
a week at Fireside Inn near Presque Isle, with family and friends.
D&L
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