To arrive at Tie Island you leave the channel and proceed through the deep-water channel behind Northeast and Tie Islands. It is small and beautiful. We hooked quickly only to be rehooked by another boat and taken for a Nantucket sleigh ride. No harm was done other than a torn anchor bouy and, once it was over, we had a good laugh. 0nce again we were treated to a show by the gulls as we sat topside and watched a beautiful sunset.
Departing Tie Island
At 6:30am on August 6th we departed Tie Island. [Gail keeps saying she has gone back to "convent time" because she gets up so early and goes to bed sometimes before the sky is dark!!!!] As we cruised we used the sail to good advantage to balance the helm and the autopilot had an easier time steering in brisk wind from the port quarter.
Killarney hosted us for several nights while we waited for good seas and winds to travel the North Channel. It was founded in 1820 and lies on the north shore of Georgian Bay, north of Manitoulin Island, in the lee of George island. It was once a busy commercial fishing village and not until 1962 was the village accessible by road.
This is a boat unique to the Great Lakes, a Great Lakes Fishing Tug. This one has been converted to other uses, but the basic design is a fishing boat with enclosed decks to protect the fishermen from the severe Great Lakes weather.We saw this one in Killarney
We tied up at Gateway Marine & Storage. It was the perfect choice! The Marina had a bakery filled with yummy breads, pies and the most delicious sticky buns in the world. There was also a small restrurant that served all three meals. John thought the blueberry pancakes were the best ever. Their laundry was so easily accesable that even that chore wasn't difficult. No trip to Killarney would be complete without a trip to Herbert Fisheries' Mister Perch, the world famous fish-and-chip takeout restaurant housed in a bus at the public dock where you can dine at picnic tables overlooking the harbor.
Sunset at Killarney
0ne bonus for us was spending some time in conversation with the people who were docked next to us. They have a sailboat named Spitfire and their dingy is Tiger Moth.. John immediately recognized those names as names of planes and of course struck up a conversation right away. As they were talking about the area, it seemed that they knew an awful lot about the area and were more than willing to share their experience and knowledge. It turned out that they were the people who write the guides:
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