Interesting Few Days...

Well we left Little Current on Tuesday afternoon but not before Skip repaired the hot water heater! I noticed the night before that we had no hot water on the boat so Tuesday morning, Skip took the  cover off the water heater and found where there had been an arc and burned one of the wires. So he made the repair and once again we had hot water. Yippee!
So we left Little Current and headed for Clapperton Island where we anchored in lovely Logan Bay. It was a windy night but we had a good hold and did just fine. The  next morning (Wednesday) when we left it looked like the day would be pretty decent. We hoisted the sails pretty quickly once out of the Bay and soon the wind was between 10 and 12 knots. And blowing in the correct direction for us to be able to take advantage of the wind. Well... that lasted maybe two hours and then the skies got overcast; the wind kicked up to 17/18 knots; and it began to rain. Thankfully it was not a hard rain but rain non the less.
Skip riffed the main and pulled the jib in a bit. We were managing very nicely. Except for one thing... the seas were 3/5 ft. and rolley! I hate that! No fun at all.
We took in the sails and motored the rest of the way to Turnbull Island. We were there about 10 days or so ago. This time, our anchorage was a bit different. We were the only boat in the cove so  we had our pick of where to anchor. We dropped anchor and waited and watched to make sure we had a good hold. We were both below and heard a very unfamiliar noise. We had drifted into a shallow area and hit rocks on the lake bottom.
Up came the anchor and we moved. This time we put both anchors out and Skip checked our position every two hours all night.
This morning, Thursday, when we left we headed to Meldrum Bay on Manitoulin Island. This was our first stop once we got into the North Channel a couple of weeks ago. The wind was great for sailing... at our back between 10-15. Excellent! We were sailing along quite nicely but we were right on the edge of which way the mainsail could/would go. About 3 times it flopped from one side to the other and then... it flopped again and I saw lines hanging where they should not have been. Upon further inspection, we realized that the line that holds the mainsail boom had snapped. The boom was laying on top of the cockpit dodger.
We turned into the wind and lowered the sail. That was scary 'cause the wind in our face was at 17 knots. Skip slipped once and all I could see was him flipping over the side! But he caught himself and was able to finish with the  sails and jerry-rig the boom and hoist it off of the dodger.
So here we are in Meldrum Bay for the night and tomorrow we're off to South Lake Huron. Tonight we'll have dinner once again at the Meldrum Bay Inn. Skip already knows he'll have the delicious Bumbleberry Pie!
Take care everyone and know that we miss everyone a bunch.
Love and Blessings,
Margo and Skip