Day 400 – at Roque’s Marina, Killarney, Ontario - August 9, 2012

Day 400 finds us in Killarney, Ontario.  We may be here for several days as we wait for the winds to blow themselves out.  There are gale warnings scheduled for both Lake Huron and Georgian Bay over the next few days and we prefer the security of a dock in those conditions.

Since Day 400 is a pretty big milestone, we’ll give an update of trip statistics, but first a few “where were we on…”. On day 100 we were on the Tennessee River in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee at Shady Grove Harbor.  On day 200 we were in the Florida Keys at Sombrero Marina in Marathon.  On day 300 we were on the Atlantic ICW at Morehead City Yacht Basin in Morehead City where we had just helped Once Around celebrate the completion of their Loop. And on day 400 we are where Georgian Bay and the North Channel meet in Killarney, Ontario at Roque’s Marina.

In 400 days we have traveled 5325 nautical miles using 3000.1 gallons of diesel fuel.  We have navigated through 115 locks (including two lift locks and one marine railway) and under 658 bridges.  We have traveled through 16 states and one Canadian Providence.  As we look at the chart we have on the salon wall in Boreas that helps us mark our Loop progress, we are astounded at where we have been and equally surprised that our Loop adventure is coming to a close.  

 
            Miles: 0           Bridges: 0        Locks: 0

church in Killarney, built in 1950 - not all that remarkable until you learn
that there were no roads here until 1962, so everything to build this church
was brought here by boat

the night sky in Killarney, picture taken from the back steps on Boreas