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| Kingston Yacht Club Club House |
We did a light shop this morning before the 11:00am departure time from the Confederation Basin Marina. The wind was at least 10 knots when we did departed. We arrived at the
Kingston Yacht Club (KYC) 30 minutes later. The dock master wanted us to go in bow first on a dock wall, so we did. When we went to get power to the boat, there were four 30-AMP connections on each pedestal, but we found out that the two water-side outlets don’t work (and haven’t for some time) while the two dockside outlets work. Once we got water and electric set with the help of the KYC staff, we went into downtown Kingston for lunch and a tour of Kingston via a tour trolly which included a tour of Fort Henry.
Fort Henry is a massive fortification with dry moats, gun emplacements, rifle slits, and more. It with
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| On the tour bus |
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| Drill Reenactment |
four round fortifications called Martello towers, it defended Kingston, its ship building industry, and the Rideau Canal against an invasion from the United States. We got to see inside the fort, a troop inspection reenactment, a canon firing reenactment, and a small tattoo. The fort’s visitor center was very modern with interactive interpretive displays. When we returned to Splash Down around 5:00pm both our electrical cords had been disconnected and laying in our cockpit. Brian again asked the KYC staff and members for help in getting power to the boat. There was only a 30-AMP outlet available on the next pedestal up on the dock. To reach it with our cords we had to rotate the boat 180°. The 30-AMP outlet would power half of our power panel. There was no other external source of power to plug in to. Brian and Chris decided how to power both sides of the boat’s power panel from the single 30-AMP source and a 15 AMP source that inside the boat. By 7:00pm, all the essential equipment was running. Not ideal, but we made do. We waited until 8:00pm before we went for dinner at
Sir John A’s Public House (Chris’s treat!).
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Masonic Degree Shields at
Sir John A's Pub |
The unique feature of his pub, originally Sir John A. MacDonald’s law office, are the shields around the inside walls. They were found in a church attic where Sir John, a protestant, attended. These shields are the symbols of each of the degrees of the Free Masons. When we returned, we collapse in bed after our showers.
