Little Current

On Friday, July 24th we left Baie Fine and headed for the town of Little Current, but there was "no room at the inn". We anchored a few miles away at Heywood Island, where there were 40 boats anchored. They had forecasted high winds and rain for Friday night / Saturday morning. The anchorage did protect us from the winds and we did experience some rain Saturday morning. We then headed over to Little Current and were able to dock at the Little Current town docks. We will stay here a couple of nights to re-provision as we were out at anchorages for 9 of 10 nights. This is a cute little town with all the amenities. We met some other loopers and had dinner with them at The Anchor Inn. It is so interesting to learn about their experiences and the looper adventure.

Dinner with Knot Home, Sir Tugley Blue, Pearl,

Melinda B and Sno Daz.

 

The name Little Current is a misnomer, there is nothing little about the current. They have a buoy in the channel shaped like a "little boat" that tells you what direction the water is flowing and another that you watch to see how far it is leaning to gauge the current strength. There is a swing bridge that operates on the hour and from our dock at the marina we could watch the boats line up to go through just prior to the top of the hour.

On Sunday we checked out the shops in town and then met our friends from Knot Home and Sno Daz for a drink. We met a few more loopers that came into the marina. Something Special is a gold looper that completed the loop in 2012 and they are starting it all over again. We listened to VHF 71, a cruiser's net, that gives you weather and news updates. They also have a call in from the boaters. The boaters give their boat name, where they are and where they are headed to. The mornings we listened they were averaging about 140 call-ins a day.

The main street in Little Current.

 

The swing bridge opens at the top of the hour for

15 minutes to let the boats through.

Marina view 

The buoy with the bottom shaped like a boat for

current direction.

 This buoy shows you the current strength.