Burton Island State Park Dock, Burton Island VT
Marc- Another beautiful day here in paradise. Partly cloudy and 78 degrees with a light NE wind. We enjoyed breakfast at the Island Store and then hiked around the Island. Steph rented a bike. Lots of flowers in bloom here. Time to relax and read.
Burton Island State Park, Burton Island,VT
Marc- We departed Deep Bay at 09:30 to make the 11:00 Grand Isle drawbridge opening. We arrived with 15 minutes to spare. There is a lot pf construction going on with the new bridge being built. A barge is blocking half of the channel and it is beneath one part of the draw bridge span. The other part is open for passage. Unfortunately the temporary bridge has an opening that is not in line with the new opening forcing boats to jog to the left when coming through. No worries the passage is entirely capable of being done.
Lucy III sailed over to Burton Island averaging 5.3 knots with only the genoa. Burton Island is beautiful this year and not crowded There are only three sailboats here.
Deep Bay moorings, Deep Bay, Pointe au Roche State Park, NY
Marc- We said bon voyage to the crew of Fiddler’s Green this morning as they headed South on the Lake. Lucy III departed at 09:00 for Deep Bay. We motored over to. Cumberland Head and then sailed North to Deep Bay where Will helped us tie up to a special mooring. The Park has yet to set up the moorings with lines so we supplied pur own.
Overcast with intermittent rain showers.
Marc- Departure from Anchorage at NorthBeach in Burlington at 08:30 with sunny skies and light South wind.
We motorsailed about 14 miles to Valcour Island NY and then the NE wind kicked in.
Nice
We did see the end of the parade and a very busy downtown. The marina also had the Naked Turtle Cafe to enjoy. In the evening the fireworks were excellent from our slips.
Shelburne Bay anchorage, Shelburne,Vermont
Marc- Sue, Steph and I loaded up our travel bags and headed off in our dinghy for Lucy III Beautiful morning with variable winds. Michael and Doreen Gilmartin met up with us at the Marina with their puppy Quinn aboard Fiddler’s Green.
I noticed that the mooring field was weedy while pulling out about an hour into the three hour trip the engine started to run warmer than normal. I will check for weeds blocking the intake. We anchored near other DIYC boats at the bottom of Shelburne Bay and Fiddler’s Green rafted to us We soon went ashore in search of ice cream at the Shelburne Country Store It ended up being a four mile round trip hike but the maple creemees were fantastic.
3 July 2022
Marc- Sunday we were off at 08:30 to Burlington’s North Beach. We arrived to find a nice location near the Westernmost part of the beach. By the end of the day there were at least two hundred boats anchored.
We walked into Burlington for a few items and wonderful Lake Champlain Ice Cream. Burlington did its Indépendance day celebration one day early and it included a concert and fantastic fireworks. This spectacular day was even better when Brian Gilmartin and family come to visit. We watched the fireworks from Fiddler’s Green.
Point Bay Marina, Charlotte, Vermont
Marc-Steph and I did the final loading of food supplies today. This was a 90 degree day with high humidity and rain die tonight. We opted to stay another night in our air conditioned Vergennes home. Meanwhile the fleet left for nearby Converse Bay.
