Stats for July 29th

Origin:  James Bay, Ontario

Destination:  Killarney, Ontario

Distance:  19 statute miles

Speed: just under 9 mph

Time on the move: about 2 hours

 

We changed plans pretty quickly when we woke up in James Bay with very little power left on our boat.  It is clear that something isn’t working between our generator and our inverter.  Somehow they aren’t communicating because the generator isn’t repowering the inverter like it should which basically means we are out of power and need to head to a marina for shore power.  Our plans were to head to Beaverstone Bay to anchor a few more days, but Killarney has the nearest marinas, so away we go!

 

Our trip was beautiful with rocky islands everywhere.  Picturesque!  Absolutely gorgeous.  You just can’t capture the beauty with a million pictures, so excuse me while I try again and again.

There are several marinas in Killarney and we were lucky to sneak into what has to be the most beautiful marina I’ve ever seen!  It is like a resort–straight out of Dirty Dancing or something and it has FREE laundry and a POOL!!  Woo Hoo!!  Mike and I can’t believe our luck.  Killarney Mountain Lodge is amazing!

What is even better is that we heard from another looper family right away that they are meeting a third looper family in Killarney later that day.  We all met up at the annual town festival and it was great to meet other looping parents and let the kids play with other boat kids.  These people are a wealth of information and will pretty much be on our same schedule  in the weeks/months to come, so it is amazing to meet them and their kids!!  We are waiting for the Wilson’s to meet back up with us soon and we’ll have 4 looper families together–8 adults and 10 looper kids!!  It’s amazing how sometimes a diversion from the plan turns out better than expected!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset and live music at the lodge–this guy was amazing, playing all those instruments and several others.  He had the place dancing and singing all night!!

When we first arrived, we tried to get ahold of some mechanics or electricians to help with our inverter problem and it seemed everyone was busy, out sailing, etc, so we just sat on it for a while and enjoyed the lodge and amenities.  The marina is right on a channel, so lots of boats pass through, but it is also very peaceful and beautiful here.  Rocks everywhere and everyone enjoying outdoor activities.  Everywhere we go seems more beautiful and magical, somehow.  Killarney is amazing!

It was sooooo lucky that one of the other Looper parents, Ben, is very knowledgeable about boats.  After a quick call to a contact who has helped Mike with the inverter previously, it took Mike and Ben about 2 minutes to fix our inverter issue so it is working just as it should.  I understand that they had to loosen a screw to make the generator operate at a lower output frequency so that it would communicate with the inverter.  Whatever that means–fixed sounds perfect to me!!

 

We are off today (7/31) to an anchorage close by with at least 2 of these families to test out that new inverter connection.  Looking forward to more fun with friends on the water!  Probably no data connection for a few days, but I’ll have lots of good pictures to share when we return!  Thanks for following!!