Zatarra Cruise - Fairport to Cleveland

We were up and off the dock by 7:30am. Past the salt piles that look like a colourful moonscape,

the herons,

the old lighthouse and

the soon to be B&B out on the breakwall.

It was a bouncy ride coming out of the entrance, setting our sails and missing this Laker that was turning into Fairport.

We were able to sail all the way with Cleveland emerging over the horizon, gradually going from ghostly shapes to clear buildings.

We furled the jib before coming through the East harbour entrance

and dropped the mainsail once we were safely behind the 2 mile long breakwall made of these strange concrete shapes.

Paul putting the sail cover on. He prefers to be "ship shape" before docking.

Even behind the breakwall there was enough wind to sail.

Just past the municipal airport

we turned into this entrance between a park and a Laker (part of the Science Centre)

and docked at the "Rock'n'Dock" behind the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We paid for 2 nights (our most expensive dockage yet) and wondered if it would be too noisy. We could hear music from the RRHF, a restaurant/bar in the park, a harbour cruise party boat and there were planes and helicopters going into the airport.

Sharon and I walked up to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

to find out when it would open in the morning and do some shopping, figuring it would be very busy the next day (Saturday).

Lots of vinyl as well as CDs.

We were happily surprised that, although it was pretty noisy in the evening,

it quieted right down by about 11pm.