The Entertainer's WakeJourney from Ontario to Nova Scotia 2009

In case any of you haven’t notice there is a pattern developing aboard the ‘Entertainer’, it is tie up, grab a glass of wine and begin to cook.  Since today is #1’s day off the wine has really started to flow, I (#2) will type as it is dictated to me so you will all be able to understand what is being said.

I thought this trip would be so relaxing, which was true for the first couple of day, but now I am exhausted and yet I really don’t do very much.

I suspect it’s the weather, the fresh air, however the captain thinks it is our inordinate consumption of our misterio malbec.  I thought a little over a case would last us to montreal but we seem to be on our second case half way through.  I can’t believe how much the captain can drink!  The trent canal was indeed fun because of the narrowwater and continously changing scenery.  I found todays journey devoid of scenery as we were in a large body of water bouncing up and down in what I thought were large waves.  The captain however said “this is nothing you sissy”  at which point I went for a nap.  Now refreshed I find this wine is growing on me, since this is my day off from cooking.  All and all this is quit the adventure and I am looking forward to the next leg of our journey.

P.S high hon

P.S.S although the captain diplores making projections I think we will be in Montreal by thursday (friday if we fish)

P.S.S.S Marjorie, I is Dennis who is typing.

That is all from #1,  The captain speculates that when he refers to the next leg of our journey he is talking about the strippers tonight

Well hello again…I are the captain. Since the last time I spoke to you I have spent all of my time going to grocery stores for Ray as he is the fussiest cook I have ever known….for example last night we had chicken wrapped in bacon bathed in dill and garlic with a peach sauce topped with a cheese and then half a peach. When he served the meal he was soooo proud he said ” the colour is magnificent but the criss cross pieces of cheeze are not STRAIGHT…can you believe it?  With that we had roast potatoes and asparagus. We have had some trying weather….one person is still missing, we were lucky and did not get hit although the lightning was around us all night. We walked 20 blokes to get charts today so we are headed for Cape Vincent tomorrow. My crew is second to none and I am so pleased, I found some conditioner that makes my hair soft and since I sleep with Dennis he is pleased. Talk to you soon I hope.

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This should work, hopefully Jay can post a link to make it easier in the future but for now this is all we have.

Hope you enjoy them.

It’s almost 4pm and we are docked up at confederation bay marina in Kingston.  I have restocked on the beer and ice, given the boat a quick tidy and Ray and Rick have gone to see if they can find charts from kingston to montreal.  The weather was nice today except for 3ft swells coming into kingston. 

The swim last night was quit shocking, what a difference in water temp.  Internet seems to be easily accessable so hopefully i can convince rick or ray to describe our evening last night.

Sorry about the picture delay, I will hopefully have it fixed before we head out.  We had plans to stay at anchor but with the distance to the chart shop and the swells I believe we will be staying put.

6:30pm We have reached our destination of Picton. We had set out for here initially when we left Trenton, after hitting some big seas, high winds and the potential for severe storms we started to look for anchorages. We passed Picton and hoped for the best but eventually had to face facts and backtrack and are now in a calm, quite place. Locals were jumping from the conveyor loaders of the local quarry as we pulled in. The storm has passed but not with out taking a prisonor. We were to far passed Belleville when the mayday came in for a capsized catermaran. We believe we were docked up with them last night in trenton. Never heard but hopefully everyone is alright, it was reported that there were three swimmers.

Ray is on to dinner, you never know what’s coming but it’s always good. Time for a swim, cocktails, than on to sambuca and pie.