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Ashtabula Yacht Club is a serious sailboat club with just a small lagoon for powerboats. |
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There's a pretty good mix of racers and cruisers. These fish and parrot clothes pegs were spotted on a cruiser. As you can see, we had rain. |
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We stayed in Ashtabula for a couple of days, watching the wildlife |
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and walking downtown, which included |
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a trip to the chocolate/fudge store and |
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the ice cream store. We also had a lovely dinner at a friends house. |
We decided to break the trip to Cleveland (which would have been at least a 10 hour transit) into 2 shorter hops.
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Out past the lighthouse |
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and the flocks of cormorants on the breakwall. |
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We motor-sailed as we couldn't get enough speed with just the sails. |
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We watched as this nuclear power plant got closer and then receded. |
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At another cruisers recommendation we went into Fairport Harbour, using the chart for guidance. |
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A lighthouse and extension at the entrance looks similar to Ashtabula's entrance. |
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But the lighthouse is in much better condition and a resident told us that it is being fixed up to become a B&B. |
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Inside the harbour there is another, old, lighthouse and a museum. We didn't go as we were only there overnight and it was on the other side of the river. |
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It's a busy, industrial little port with piles of sand, gravel |
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and salt (mined nearby) |
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Tugboat and barge |
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serving this huge dredger, that we had to negotiate, in the middle of the river. |
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We could hear it working all night. |
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The herons will use any vantage point to fish from. |
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We docked at the Grand River Yacht Club (on the recommendation of a fellow sailor) |
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and friendly members welcomed us and docked us right in front of the clubhouse/washrooms. |
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There wasn't much to see on this, the West side, of the river, but this restaurant had also been recommended |
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as opposed to this huge bar/restaurant across the street. |
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The busy railway line came right down the street and beside the yacht club, with blowing horns and screeching wheels. |
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Lots of evidence that the shuttered buildings, for sale, had previously been part of a bustling shipbuilding community. |
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Not sure what to make of this strange coloured Canada Goose. |
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Supper at Brennan's Fish Restaurant was fabulous. I had perch, crab cake, scallops, shrimp, whitefish, vegetables and coleslaw. |
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Paul's banana cream pie was a monster and Sharon and I split a Key Lime pie. |
We all waddled back to the boat, absolutely stuffed.
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