Abandon Journey

Gidday all, we are in Port Elgin having left Tobermory this morning (Tuesday) at 10 AM.  Our travelling partners, (Terry and Cec) who are headed for Ohio, were monitoring the Canadain Marine weather broadcasts and thought that it would be good to head out and go as far as Kincardine, about 80 - 90 miles.  The Cdn forecast read winds at 15 knots out of the NW, waves less than 1 metre.  Well I also look at NOAA, the US marine service, and they said winds out of the NW 15 knots increasing to 20 with gusts of 25 knots; waves 2-4 ft increasing by noon to 3-6 ft.  Well as I said, we left at 10 AM and the waves were about 3 ft.  As we progressed down the coast and further from any refuge, waves increased to 3-6 but it did seem more 5-6 than anything else.  As we approached Douglas Point, it seemed to get worse and a shower was directly in front of us.  We decided to slow up so that we would not run smack through the middle of that disturbance but we were bobbing like an abandoned cork.  Linda and I said that we were going to head for Port Elgin and our new friends readily agreed.  So here we sit.  The Cdn forecast was absolutely wrong and useless.  Linda's forearms and fingers are sore from hanging on so tight.

Wednesday still looks good by both forecasters, so we are going to Grand Bend to visit with our friend Bonnie and Linda's cousin Leon, who is vacationing on the beach there this week.  We may have to stay a few days to do some recovering and partying.

So long for now.
Tom