Sacket's Harbor to Cape Vincent

Day 4; August 13, 2017

 You can monitor my trip at the link: Second Wind's Progress Live

Yesterday, I was excited to get to try a fancy sausage gravy and biscuits at the Tin Pan Galley but yielded to the huge French Toast entrée instead. So, this morning

Tin Pan Galley

we had to return to that fine restaurant so that I could get my breakfast staple.  And I was not disappointed.  The quantity of gravy wasn’t so huge but serving included two eggs and a pile of hash browns.  I wasn’t able to finish it all.  Janine had a cheese omelet which, like my meal, was too much to eat.

Back at the boat, we fired up the motor, backed out of our slip and headed out into the Lake in route for the St. Lawrence River and the village of Cape Vincent.  The Cape is really right at the entrance to the river.  The wind was light from the

Tin Pan Galley's Sausage Gravy and Biscuit breakfast

northwest, the direction we were traveling for the first half of our trip so we spent an hour and a half motoring. 

The breeze finally increased a bit so with our heading more north, we put up the sails.  However, the wind was so light we could barely make 2 knots headway so we went back to motoring until we swung more to the east.  We again raised the sails and with a bit stronger breeze, we were able to move along between 4 and 5 knots.  That is a respectable

One effect of high water on the great lakes

pace for this boat especially in relatively light winds.  I pushed the jib to the opposite side of the main holding it out with the whisker pole and ran wing and wing (wung out) for about 5 miles.

 

We dropped the sails and motored behind the breakwater that protects the water front of Cape Vince looking for the DEC Fisheries Research dock.  Our guide book advises that the use of the dock is free if the DEC folks are not using it. Finding the dock, we were amazed that there were no other boats tied up there.  Sure enough, there was

Second Wind at rest at the DEC Fisheries Research dock

a sign welcoming boaters to use the facilities.  

We made our landing in a fairly uneventful fashion and immediately created lunch.  I allowed myself to break to my cache of Spam for a sandwich made with mayo on a tortilla.  IT WAS WONDERFUL!  Janine had tuna for her entrée.   We are living well!

Along the way, we have been staying in touch with our friends Rob and Sharon Grant whom I met last year on my trip down the

Fisheries Research Bldg - and old gristmill circa 1856

Intracoastal Waterway.  They live in the town of Clayton, NY, which is just a few miles downstream from Cape Vincent.  They agreed to come to Cape Vincent and join us for dinner. They arrived at Second Wind at around 5:00 and joined us in a glass of wine before we headed out for one of the only two eating establishments in this small town.

Our waterfront seat on the patio at Captain Jacks provided us with a nice view of the St. Lawrence. This eating place was at the opposite end of the spectrum from Tin Pan Galley.  The food was good as was the service. We were entertained by the musical sounds made by the sheets of corrugated steel of a dilapidated boat house that were

Tibbett's Lighthouse

waving in the breeze. 

After dinner, we took a drive down the coast to the Tibbetts light house.  This beautifully maintained structure was built in 1837 and is now maintained by a light house society and the town of Cape Vincent. The location of the light is critical because it sits at the mouth of the funnel that leads into the St. Lawrence from Lake Ontario.  They also have maintained the light keepers home and fog horn building.

We said our good evenings to the Grants at around 8:00 and made plans to head tomorrow for Clayton where we plan to spend a couple of days near them.

Sunset over the St. Lawrence River from Cape Vincent