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Belleville to Kingston
Start Date: July 6th, 2003 Location: Kingston
End Date: July 12th, 2003
On Our Own

Sunday, Daryl and Ann had to start their return to the land of the working. We were up at 6:30 (we used our alarm clock for the first time and it worked) to see them off. It was sad to see them go and now Karen and I are together full time. After doing some laundry, we left Belleville and sailed/motored/sailed/motored to anchor at Prinyer Cove. We met John and Margaret from Snow Goose who dinghied out to say hi. We hoped to meet up with them at Waupoos.

We decided to head for Waupoos on Monday although showers were predicted. We were anxious to see our favourite anchorage. We ended up motoring in light showers, with one downpour, and anchored opposite the marina. We had dinner and a movie (our first movie aboard was, of course, our favourite Shrek) and called it an early night. On Tuesday, high winds were predicted so we set the Spade anchor in the predicted wind shift direction. It is hard to tell which forecast to use - the Lake Ontario East or the Kingston. They are different, especially on the wind direction. The winds hit and did shift in one of the predicted directions - the direction the spade was set. We were reading 20-25knots with occasional gusts to 30. It sure gave the wind generator a work out. Another front was forecast for Thursday so we decided to give Kingston a visit. Also the water temperature at Waupoos was a little on the cool side for swimming. I do not get my bathing suit on until I see that Karen has successfully immersed herself. She is the best indicator of a safe water temperature for swimming that I have.

We had not visited Kingston in 6 years. On arriving, we found out that this was the busiest weekend of the season and Confederation Basin was full. This was Buskers weekend and all the boats had reservations. Fortunately, we found a spot on the day docks and were allowed to stay there for 20 cents cheaper/foot than at the regular docks - now I am starting to feel like a retired cruiser. We had a great time visiting Kingston. The Buskers were good performing on the street corners and on the main street during the evenings. Kingston has an excellent downtown area to wander about; great shopping, restaurants and a farmers market within a block of the marina. We wandered the farmers market and picked up some great really fresh vegetables. The butcher across the street agreed to freeze some meat for us for pickup the next day. The front came through as predicted and boats were stuck in the harbour for three days as winds were steady at 25 knots - there were white caps in the basin. Boats coming in had to tie up to the hotel wall as anchoring in the harbour is no longer allowed. This was definitely a good time to visit Kingston and Kingston was an excellent place to visit.

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