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Today's blog post is about fthe advantage of being small at locks and our Couchiching Beach Park anchorage, and I pose the question whether canned corned beef hash exists in Canada! No, really, this is a serious question!
 
Pat you are looking for the wrong item: "Boeuf Sale'" That is the problem--According to the internet Walmart caries two brands of this....Now just find a WalMart store. The word "Sale' " means "preserved in salt water" in French. Now all you have to do is to pronounce it correctly!

Bon chance, mon ami
 
dotnmarty":c52ascr6 said:
Let's all celebrate the "Baxter pooped here tour" by eating some corned beef hash. I for one am really enjoying P&P's blog.
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Indeed, Marty - even more fun when the Andersons get off the boat for more than Baxter pooping.* Now, we are on a quest for corned beef hash. Orillia is a decent size town, with a couple of grocery stores, including a Walmart...

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* I still want to know if Pat picks up after the dog, and if they put the dog poop in their Airhead?
 
Pat,
I heard of corned beef hash....when I'm in the US. Never heard of anyone in Canada talking about it. It sounds almost as wonderful as "Spam". LOL You'll enjoy it even more when you have arrived back in the states and can get it again. Vive la difference!
Cheers
Ron
 
Ron on Meander":3lqh4i88 said:
Pat,
I heard of corned beef hash....when I'm in the US. Never heard of anyone in Canada talking about it. It sounds almost as wonderful as "Spam". LOL You'll enjoy it even more when you have arrived back in the states and can get it again. Vive la difference!
Cheers
Ron
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Well, Spam (Some Parts Are Meat) or a reasonable substitute is widely available here in Canada, as is canned corned beef. But NO corned beef hash! Oh, well, we can take canned corned beef and some potatoes and make our own hash! That is what I am planning on for breakfast tomorrow!

James - we bought a couple of hundred dog poop bags at Walmart, and of course we pick up after Baxter, even out in the wilds! And here at Herb Island, it is about as wild as it gets!
 
Pat Anderson":a43soepg said:
Ron on Meander":a43soepg said:
Pat,
I heard of corned beef hash....when I'm in the US. Never heard of anyone in Canada talking about it. It sounds almost as wonderful as "Spam". LOL You'll enjoy it even more when you have arrived back in the states and can get it again. Vive la difference!
Cheers
Ron
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Well, Spam (Some Parts Are Meat) or a reasonable substitute is widely available here in Canada, as is canned corned beef. But NO corned beef hash! Oh, well, we can take canned corned beef and some potatoes and make our own hash! That is what I am planning on for breakfast tomorrow!

James - we bought a couple of hundred dog poop bags at Walmart, and of course we pick up after Baxter, even out in the wilds! And here at Herb Island, it is about as wild as it gets!
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I assumed you would, Pat. Still wondering what you do with it? A garbage can would be the logical, but that isn't always available when you are at anchor. Airhead or just "save it" until you go ashore?

Herb Island? You are already in Georgian Bay? Are you sure you're cruising at 5 to 6 knots? :wink: And taking time to make corned beef hash?
 
JamesTXSD":19bc505f said:
Herb Island? You are already in Georgian Bay? Are you sure you're cruising at 5 to 6 knots? :wink: And taking time to make corned beef hash?
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Herb Island is past Big Chute Marine Railway and before Lock 45, so it is on the Trent-Severn Waterway. We wanted to have a full day to cruise after going through Lock 45 and entering Georgian Bay.
 
Pat Anderson":369m4rje said:
Herb Island is past Big Chute Marine Railway and before Lock 45, so it is on the Trent-Severn Waterway. We wanted to have a full day to cruise after going through Lock 45 and entering Georgian Bay.
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Thanks for the clarification, Pat. Enjoy Georgian Bay!
 
Not hitting rocks makes it a good day. We have sailing friends (with a deep draft sailboat) who think Georgian Bay is the best cruising to be had. :?

"Once in a lifetime", so enjoy it while you're there.
 
Pat, I looked up the chart of the route you took today on both Navionics and Garmin Blue map for the area where you had the problem. and then compared it to your trek on the illustration you posted (entire route), The "charts" on Navionics and the app are probably not as detailed as they are on the chart plotter (I didn't fire mine up to check). But they have far less detail in this area than many other places--there is probably a very good reason--not a lot of larger boats go there.

I suspect that most of the big yachts go "outside" all of those rocks, and then set a course for the destination anchorage. It is not have been any further, a lot less stressful, and probably faster? The route you took make Perilous Passage look like a straight line! I under stand the scenery--but did you really enjoy it with all of the rocks?

The dotted line is not really a line to follow. It shows the general direction. I can cite many examples where mariners followed the dotted line, and came to an unfortunate end.
 
thataway":16vtr8jt said:
Pat, I looked up the chart of the route you took today on both Navionics and Garmin Blue map for the area where you had the problem. and then compared it to your trek on the illustration you posted (entire route), The "charts" on Navionics and the app are probably not as detailed as they are on the chart plotter (I didn't fire mine up to check). But they have far less detail in this area than many other places--there is probably a very good reason--not a lot of larger boats go there.

I suspect that most of the big yachts go "outside" all of those rocks, and then set a course for the destination anchorage. It is not have been any further, a lot less stressful, and probably faster? The route you took make Perilous Passage look like a straight line! I under stand the scenery--but did you really enjoy it with all of the rocks?

The dotted line is not really a line to follow. It shows the general direction. I can cite many examples where mariners followed the dotted line, and came to an unfortunate end.
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I get all that! In case of any conflict, I follow the daymarks over the recommended course lines, which somebody said (maybe you?) date back many, many years. The recommended course line though this spot would indicate that there was SOME way to get inside at that location, and Perilous Passage (can I use that name as well?) was the best I could come with, since there was a paucity of daymarks at the most critical spot. At many less critical spots or channels, there are daymarks marking almost every turn, but not here. The big yachts still need some place to come inside IF they are going to see the scenery or anchor, perhaps they don't, because after this location, there are very few other places to come inside, and the passage inside from there would be somewhat difficult for the large yachts any way you slice it. Some of the passsages we navigated were really C-Dory and smaller sized.

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Unknown":16vtr8jt said:
Take note about the entrance to Macgregor Bay, D88 and Toad Island. Both BlueChart and Navionics aren't correct. Use Richardsons or the strip charts. BlueChart will miss entire sections of buoys in certain areas of Georgian Bay. Navionics is a little better. Hope this helps.
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