Great Loop

 August 26 The North Channel The Shorebilly is getting a lot of nicknames ... Cream (as in the cream in the center of the Oreo Cookie), Beef (as in "Where's the beef?" from the old Wendy's commercials), Snaggle Tooth (because I am shorter than the others), Baby Bear (as in the Three Little Bears).  So why do I always get the hump (as in the center seat of an old car that has the hump running down the middle)?  Jolly Roger Too (Big boat on the left) vents his exhaust from the generator to the Starboard (right side of the boat).  Never Home vents his to the port (left side of his boat).  By doing it this way, I don't suck fumes all night.   Never Home Before I get into all the things we have done on the North Channel, I have to tell you with a very sad heart that we have lost Never Home on the trip.  Most likely, they will not be back.  Unfortunately, they had to take off to handle a family situation.  They were fantastic companions that brought great joy, friendshi

 August 17 The Georgian Bay Trouble in paradise!  My Admiral, Personal Chef, Barber, and all around wench is now refusing to take my orders!  All I did was ask her to start the engine.... Well, if you aren't smiling now ..... There was this sense of depression leaving the Trent Severn Waterway because its beauty and wonders were so captivating that you never want it to stop.  I assume most Canadians feel this way annually as they have to put their boats up for the season.  This turned out to be unfounded for as great as that was, the Georgian Bay was even more so.  We have now spent 10 days here and it seems like 10 minutes. To orient you, here is the Nebo log since August 6th showing our route. So what is the Georgian Bay.  I am (again) going to steal (errr ... quote) from Wiki: Georgian Bay is about 190 kilometres (120 mi) long by 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide. [3]  It covers approximately 15,000 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi), making it nearly 80% the size of  Lake Ontario . [4] [