September 10, 2017. Georgina and Milton Islands.

We spent some time visiting with the people from the power boat on the other dock. Sharon and Chris, from Ottawa, told us about a kayaking opportunity on the Rideau Canal from Kingston to Ottawa. This is definitely going on our list!

I scrubbed the top of the boat this morning, since she's going in the barn as soon as we get home. Jeff, the owner of the boat next to us (and Sharon's brother), told us about a better product to clean and protect the non-skid surfaces on our boat. After I was done scrubbing I went for one last swim in the St. Lawrence River.

We motored out of Georgina. It was time to raise the main sail, but Yi Chia was not feeling well, so we put her on the tiller, and Bill and I got ready to raise the sail. Unfortunately Bill did not give her any instructions. Within a few short moments she ran over a buoy!

Fortunately it came between the ama and the main hull, hitting the net but not tearing it. We also did not tell Yi Chia how to stop the motor so I hightailed it back to the stern and hit the red button. No damage was done. It was most fortunate that we were going upstream, so when I killed the motor we drifted back off the buoy. Lesson learned: give instructions and do not assume anything!

We got the sail raised and headed west, back toward Kingston, our destination unknown. Either Cedar or Milton Island.

There were a lot of little homes on the islands we passed. I love this place!

The air was light so we unfurled the the screecher and Bill dried it out in the warm sunshine.

It was open water so Otto got to drive while we did other things. Gotta love the technology of auto-pilot.

When we got to Milton Island the only open docks were quite busy, but there was room for us. As we pulled into the dock, the people who reached out for the docklines looked familiar--it was Kimberly and Jerry. They were the ones we met last weekend, who moved to the Boatel after docking near us our first night out in the islands. There were 2 boats full of parents and children on the other dock, but they left pretty quickly.

The nearby kayak docks were closed, as were some of the trails and all of the campsites on Milton Island.

We waved goodbye to Kimberly as their boat and their friends' boat left. Now we were alone on our dock. We prepared the last of our food, opened our last bottle of Ontario wine, and set up the camera to take our photo. We discussed lessons learned, but decided we did pretty well over all.