Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Baby bear

On Tuesday we had a great sail from Port Dalhousie to Wilson, NY.  We had hoped to go to Niagara on the Lake Sailing Club, but they were full, and since the sailing conditions were good, we carried on to Wilson, NY.  We docked by the state park, and checked into the US, then contacted the marina to look for a place to stay.  We had stayed at the Sunset Bay Marina last year, when we visited the Island Yacht Club.   The marina was sold and is now owned by Bootleggers Cove Marina. We got a spot between 2 huge power boats, and I felt like baby bear, stuck between mama and papa bears.  It turned out that the one to the left of us is owned by the brother of the woman who runs the Sunset Grille restaurant, and the marina.  I guess it's something of a family business, as they also own the Boat House restaurant at the other end of the bay.  Plans are to make improvements to the facilities, and to build a distillery on-site.  Interesting.  Not sure how this impacts IYC, but we certainly didn't see many sailboats at the marina.  
Wednesday was quite windy, and since we had already planned to stay a second night, we walked to the grocery store to check out what was new in town.  The laundromat has reopened - hurray!  I took the opportunity to do a couple of loads.  I spent the time reading, and trying not to listen in on the group of ladies who were using the laundry as a meeting room.