CODA : Burton Island State Park
31 July 2025
Burton Island State Park, Saint Albans, Vermont.
CODA : Burton Island State Park
31 July 2025
Burton Island State Park, Saint Albans, Vermont.
CODA : Burton Island State Park
30 July 2025
Burton Island State Park, Saint Albans, Vermont.
CODA : City Bay, North Hero
29 July 2025
City Bay Anchorage, North Hero, Vermont.
CODA : Treadwell Bay, Point au Roche Start Park.
29 July 2025
Treadwell Bay (Northeast cove), Point au Roche State Park, New York
Marc- It was an easy 9.6 miles trip from Valcour over to Point au Roche Park. The only excitement came when passing the intersecting ferries at Cumberland head while Coda was on auto pilot. I maintained course and just adjusted the speed to fit right between the two ferries.
The only negative on arrival was a warning from the New York State Park website indicating that the beaches at Point au Roche State Park were closed due to an algae bloom and cyan-bacteria. That is enough to keep me out of the water. I stuck to hiking the many trails with Charlie Hillman and his faith dog Luca. The other advantage to hiking is the shade from the trees keeps the temperatures downs.
CODA : Valcour Island.
28 July 2025
Butterfly Bay, Valcour Island, Peru, New York
Marc- The sailboats started out of Shelburne Bay this morning at about 08:00 to take advantage of the 20 knot breeze from the South and to avoid potential thunderstorms that might arise in the afternoon. I t raining at the start and intermittently all morning. I raised the Genoa and decided that would be enough for me to handle single-handed. All was fine until we passed Juniper Island and entered the broad part of Lake Champlain. There were four foot waves created by the long open stretch of water with a wind from the South of this intensity. Coda handled everything very well despite the Captain not enjoying the occasional roll of the boat. By 10:00 the wind had diminished as well as the waves and the visibility had greatly improved. I was quite excited to see the New York shoreline and the Adirondacks again. It appears that the Southerly wind sent the forest fire smoke back North into Canada.
Butterfly Bay was full of Canadian boats at anchor when we arrived at 11:00. Fortunately boats started to leave just as more of our boats arrived. We all fit in the Bay and had a short trip to the beach. Our first beach excursion was a trip to tour the Valcour Island Lighthouse. It is a fully functioning lighthouse that is well maintained and is open for tours every Sunday in the summer from 13:00 to 15:00. The lighthouse did not disappoint us with its great views from the cat walk at the top of the tower and the many historical displays in the 3 floors below. Unfortunately the late arrivals were not able to take the tour since the Lighthouse closed early due to an approaching thunderstorm (it missed us by turning South).
Will has organized a poker game that requires all boaters to visit other boats to pick up a card. You pick up five cards and then your hand is presented at the Poker prize event at Burton Island. I made my way to visit 5 boats today. It was nice to meet everyone.
CODA : Shelburne Bay.
27 July 2025
Shelburne Bay, Southern anchorage, Shelburne, Vermont
CODA : Cruise Week begins.
26 July 2025
Town Farm Bay, Point Bay Marina mooring, Charlotte, Vermont
-Marc: Cruise week is always something that I look forward to every year to spend time with my family on beautiful Lake Champlain. The all volunteer yacht club puts together a tour on the lake of various anchorages and some marina stops in welcoming ports of call. This year's cruise is off to a good start with a fleet of 21 boats that have signed up to attend some or all of the trip.
Our first night out is kept simple with a short one hour sail over to Converse Bay. Coda dropped her mooring at 16:00 and first proceeded to nearby Kingsland Bay to check on Lucy III on a friend's mooring. We are trying to give the boat more exposure for sale.
Steph and I arrived at Converse Bay just in time to have dinner at 05:30. There were 7 boats anchored when we arrived. There was no problem anchoring in 39 feet of water except that I let out a total of 150 feet of chain and rope combined to have the proper ratio for scope of 5:1. No worries and certainly no weeds to foul the anchor at that depth. I went over to assist Will and others helping to install a new anchor windless on Honeymoon.
A cold front came through in the evening providing with lower temperatures and lower humidity.
CODA : Home at last.
28 May 2025
Town Farm Bay, Point Bay Marina Mooring Field, Charlotte, Vermont
CODA : Vermont at last: the last of the Champlain Canal.
27 May 2025
Chipman's Point Marina, Orwell, Vermont
CODA : Waiting for water on the canal portion of the Champlain Canal.
26 May 2025
Fort Edward free docks, Fort Edward, Hudson River, New York