CODA Bahamas Bound 2024-2025

 Point Bay Marina Moorings

Charlotte, Vermont

September 5, 2024. 

Basin Harbor Resort Docks

Last sail on Lake Champlain this season.

Marc-  We went to for a short sail to entertain our friend Cheryl who was visiting from Massachusetts.  We enjoyed lunch at the Red Mill Restaurant at Basin Harbor.  Dockage for lunch at this fancy resort is free.  We contacted the marina manager on VHF and we were assigned a great dock spot next to the resort water sports center.  The high point of the day was putting on the colorful spinnaker and mainsail to return to our mooring.  

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 Point Bay Marina Moorings

Charlotte, Vermont

September 10, 2024. 

Trip Departure Day.  

07:15  Marc-  I am alone at the start of this trip on a calm Lake with clear weather.  No problem getting underway aboard CODA.  This boat has many systems and a certain simplicity in its design that makes it safe to get around.  The clean wide decks and the dual controls as well as the solid guardrail are just the start.  The boat is a very stable platform at 28,000 pounds.   I checked the engine and dropped the mooring line and off we went for Orwell and our scheduled mast lowering at about noon.  I thought we wound average 6.5 knots and would arrive in five hours more or less.  We arrived at 12:15.  This even though we had to stop and wait for the cable ferry to pass at Ticonderoga.

Passing under Champlain Bridge at Crown Point 

(note:  large tug and barge at the Champlain Lighthouse pier - part of the new power cable laying project connecting Hydro Quebec Power to New York City).

CODA docked at Chipman Point Marina after a very efficient mast lowering.

We will be staying here for several days to load the boat and await White Seal that is having a mast lowering on Saturday.  Both boats will then head down the canal.