Day 7 - Oh Canada

It was a lumpy ride from St.Ignace to Harbor Island. The morning started out flat but the NW winds built to 15-20 kts and the waves to 2-3 feet. We are still testing our fuel burn to find the most cost effective speed to travel so we made the entire 43 mile trip at 6-7 ktsWe spent a quiet night on the hook (anchor) in Harbor Island. We went for a dingy ride around the two harbors on the island looking for wildlife because Harbor Island is a wildlife sanctuary. We saw two blue herons and two seagulls. We used our new anchoring device to keep the anchor chain from rattling and putting pressure on the windlass. The Mantus rig will hold a battleship in a typhoon as long as the anchor chain does not break. It was a flat calm evening so the Mantus rig wound itself around the anchor chain several times. The lines are so long they sat in the mud all night. Perhaps we will not use the Mantus rig when conditions are fair.We cooked using the generator and all systems worked well overnight while we were on the anchor.According to our Rachel our St. Ignace expert BC pizza stands for "Best Choice". Thank you Rachel.By the way the beef jerky I purchased in Manitowoc is not as good as the beef jerky from Rogers City. It is quite tough and chewy. I have to cut it in 1/4 inch by 1 inch strips to eat it. It is a very good value because we still have about half of it remaining.First world problem. How do you change the anchor light bulb on a motor yacht? I hope you have a lot of time to read this one. We have an anchor light on top of our barely accessible hard Bimini top. When we tested it we were in the cockpit and looked back and it was on. Joy. Then Dale looked from the back of the boat and it was off. Puzzling because anchor lights are 360 degree lights. Ours happens to be two 180 degree lights. Why do the job with one light bulb when you can use two? The anchor light is turned on at night when the boat is at anchor so other boats know where we are in the dark. So I gymnasticly climb up on the Bimini top through an unzipped window and removed the burned out bulb. Because this area is difficult to access I clean the windows while I am up there.Now the first world challenge. Where do we get a replacement bulb? We are only two miles from the Drummond Island marina. So launch your dingy from the hydraulic swim platform. Zip over to the marina at 25 mph. Go to the ships store. Drop off recycling on the way. Look through the collection of replacement bulbs. Of course they have every size but ours. I inquire at the desk and the helpful lady says "I am sure Val has that size bulb down at the sawmill that we use for a parts department. It is only two blocks away. I have walked city blocks but I did not realize island blocks could be so long. Eventually we find the sawmill and we find Val. But Val could not find the correct size light bulb for us. Back we walked to the dingy. Back we cruised to the boat. We hoisted the dingy onto the hydraulic swim platform, hoisted the anchor and we are on our way to Meldrum Bay, Canada with clean windows and no light bulb. Fear not gentle readers, we have a battery powered back up anchor light that we will use until we can find the replacement bulb we need.Today we will check in with Canadian customs in Meldrum Bay. There is a phone booth with a black telephone with no dial. You just pick up the phone and the friendly Canadian customs agent answers at the other end and basically says "enjoy your visit to Canada."No anchor light bulbs at the Drummond Island marina