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CRUISING THE
GEORGIAN BAY
Kenneth McNeill Wells
Published by Kingswood House, 1961
157 pages plus 23 pages of aerial survey maps
(First edition pictured here)
- by Bruce Conron
In the 1950s, prior to the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS)
producing its first editions of the detailed, large-scale 2200
series of strip charts (three or four accordion-folded sheets in
a folio) tracing an inshore course with soundings in feet on a
red line measured off in statute miles called the Small Craft
Route from Severn Sound to Killarney - 2203 (1964), 2204
(1966), 2202 (1970) and 2205 (1975) - the expanding fleet of
sailors cruising Georgian Bay relied on small scale, inconsistently
updated charts.
For one dollar in 1965, my father bought a venerable chart for
the entry to Killarney and the North Channel (2286), surveyed
by Staff Commander J.G. Boulton, R.N. in 1885 - one that the
CHS continued to reprint and correct annually from Notices
to Mariners until 1978.
Captured by the Bay's natural splendor after the Second World
War, proceeding to accumulate some years of local knowledge
aboard Moonstruck I and II, including that of Lake Huron's
eastern ports of call, Kenneth McNeill Wells (1905-1988), a
journalist and onetime beekeeper who lived during those years
in rural Medonte township near Coldwater, set sail aboard his
ketch The Sea Owl, accompanied by Lucille Oille (1912-1997),
his wife and noted artist.
The outcome from three summers' logs was Cruising The
Georgian Bay, published in 1958, with a revised and enlarged
second edition in 1961. Coincident to that, thanks to the initiative
of boater Neville Keefe in 1959, manager of the Georgian
Bay Development Association in Midland, a Department of
Transport survey began to trace a route (the SCR) with a least
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depth of six feet through the 30,000 islands, commencing at
Parry Sound. His book was a well-timed primer for countless
small craft cruisers.
The author's meticulously detailed sailing directions are now
redundant thanks to the extensive, well-maintained buoys, beacons
and range marks initiated or refurbished during the 1960s
and 70s, and indicated on the series of strip charts mentioned.
But what remains fresh to enjoy and discover is his fascinating
colour commentary to electronic navigation and CHS Sailing
Directions - Georgian Bay (CEN 306, 2nd
ed., 2015).
If you have an interest in cruising the Bay, or if your preference
is to remain on its shores, Wells' timeless prose will entertain
you, revealing the romance of its history, telling you about
the people who have made that history and left their mark,
with his flair for describing the mystique of its enduring natural
beauty. And there is his sense of humour. An example is his
disdain for a " prissy cartographer " on the naming of a pair of
rocks before the south approach to Indian Harbour.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Yachting May 2022

AT THE HELM: EXAMINING THE EVOLUTION OF BOATING ENJOYMENT
SPECIAL FEATURE: HOSTING ONBOARD - THE EVOLUTION OF BOATING ENJOYMENT
CANADIAN DESTINATION: COWICHAN BAY
POWER REVIEW: X SHORE EELEX 8000
SAIL REVIEW: VIKO S35
THE PORT HOLE: MAY 2022
DIY/TECH: CHOOSING A MARINE SURVEYOR
DIY/TECH: UPGRADE BY ADDING THRUSTERS
CROSSING THE LINE: NEW KNOTS FOR A NEW WORLD
Canadian Yachting May 2022 - Intro
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - AT THE HELM: EXAMINING THE EVOLUTION OF BOATING ENJOYMENT
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - SPECIAL FEATURE: HOSTING ONBOARD - THE EVOLUTION OF BOATING ENJOYMENT
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - CANADIAN DESTINATION: COWICHAN BAY
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - POWER REVIEW: X SHORE EELEX 8000
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - SAIL REVIEW: VIKO S35
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - THE PORT HOLE: MAY 2022
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - DIY/TECH: CHOOSING A MARINE SURVEYOR
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - DIY/TECH: UPGRADE BY ADDING THRUSTERS
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Canadian Yachting May 2022 - CROSSING THE LINE: NEW KNOTS FOR A NEW WORLD
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