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Gull surveys his domain as we pass a rock off the north end of
Schreiber Island.
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Intrepid explorer, Ed, takes a bearing as we stop on a tiny island
somewhere just north of Bedford,
to answer Al's call of nature, look around, wait for Blue Mist,
and have a beer.
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Explorer Ed in full regalia: hand bearing compass, binoculars and
beer.
Note the thermal lift beginning to show above the La Cloche Mountains
to the NW.
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No good landing spots but, when you've got to go, you've got to
go. In any case, the winds were light and rocks fairly flat (but slippery
and slimy), so we pulled Rocket's bow up onto one a bit and tied
a bow line around a heavy-looking rock before going exploring.
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The west end of the "island": not a good spot for bare feet. Good
thing Uncle Al was wearing his Birkenstocks!
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The counter-clockwise "tour" is almost complete, the beers are
done, and we're ready to proceed.
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The lake breeze came in with its usual 12 - 20 knots of SW wind
and in what seemed like no time at all, we had passed Bourinot and Amedroz
Islands and luffed up to closehauled, aimed at The Sow and Pigs (above)...
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...to try to go between Secretary Island and the south end of Croker
Island (above).
Our destination du jour, the Benjamin Islands are mostly hidden by
Secretary Island on the left.
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A closer view of the south end of Croker. Note the greatly increased
evidence of thermal lift to the north and west!
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