August 27, 2018

I played in the MS Research Golf Tournament sponsored by Cavallaro's Steakhouse, and played at the Thousand Islands Club. Since there was a lot of money at stake, we went out as eightsome so that we could keep the score of the other foursome. We played a scramble format and shot a 62 for our team. The low team shot 57.
Here are a few pictures:

This is a pic of our foursome, Rich, Harry, Dan, and Bill

 

They had Special drink bars set up on several holes

 

Here we are teeing off on the 12th hole.

 

There were a lot of Turkeys on the course, not including us of course.

August 25, 2018

The Thousand Islands Club owners, Mike and Julie Chavoustie,  hosted their annual Boaters party at the club. They invited all of the marina boaters and their guests to attend and provided a great buffet and hired the Bad Husbands Band to play. We all had a great time.

The A Dock Boaters:

 

 

Marina Owners Mike and Julie Chavoustie

 

The Mayors of the Dock: Rick & Gary

August 21, 2018

I am finally up to date, and will continue to post to the blog more frequently to stay up to date.
As you know, we are at the Thousand Islands Clun on Wellesley Island across the St Lawrence River from Alexandria Bay. Here are a few pics of the TI Club. It is a beautiful facility with a great restaurant and bar. There are several hundred boat slips, shower and laundry facilities. The grounds are scenic and well kept. Here are a few pics to give you a feel for the facility:

This is a pic from the end of our dock looking up toward the Restaurant.

'

 

This is looking from the end of our dock towards the large covered dock in the middle of the marina

 

 

From the end of our dock towards the outdoor fire pit and garden area. There are several covered parking slips in the distance with additional boaters parking behind.

 

 

Here is Lulu heading down the dock on a mission. She makes this trip 4 or 5 times a day. She sometimes stops to bark at one of the few boat dogs along the way. Sometimes she barks or gives a little growl when the dog isn't even there.

 

 

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures.

Here I am with Katja Pogacar who is practicing at the T I Country Club in anticipation of attending Q School to join the LPGA. She is from Slovakia and has played on the European tour and played for Ohio State woman's golf team. She was delightful to talk to, and willingly had her picture taken with several of us old hackers. She played the men's tees and shot a 72 this morning. She spends the rest of the day hitting practice balls and a couple of hours on the putting green. Practice makes perfect.

 

Katherine and I played a scramble format when she visited earlier this season; we shot a 72 together.

It took two of us to match Katja's morning score

 

 

We have not had a lot of rain, but we did have a heavy rain that flooded portions of the course. Here are two views from the Golf Club Restaurant of the fifth green. The course drains well and was open the next morning. The golf course in across the street from the marina.

 

 

We had lunch at the Bonnie Castle Resort while this young man was Flyboarding. A hose is connected to the jet ski and provides the thrust to propel him in the air. Looks like fun for my Grandchildren.

 

 

 

August 19, 2018

The Thousand Islands Bridge celebrated its 80th Anniversary on August 19 on the Bridge grounds with a car show, concert by the 10th Mountain Division US Army Band from Fort Drum, displays, free ice cream, and food vending.  Here is the Anniversary Logo:

 

Drawing of the Bridge as it winds through the US into Canada.

 

 

 

Approximately 70 percent of the cars in the Car Show came from Canada. The Bridge authority handed out flyers to the cars returning to Canada from the Syracuse Nationals held a few weeks ago. What a great way to market your show! Here are a few of the cars from the show:

60's Chevy Impala

 

C-10 Chevy Pickup Truck. This was a great driver from Canada.

 

Another Canadian vehicle with a Cobra under the hood and on the ground in front.

 

Unique Cummins Diesel Tow truck 

 

Ford Galaxy 500

 

Ford Model A Sedan

 

 

August 15, 2018

We took a trip across the St Lawrence River and docked at the Alexandria Bay town dock. There was a very large Yacht tied up to the dock for two days. I've never seen a yacht this size at the town dock.

Here is EASTNOR docked in front of the large yacht on the Alexandria Bay town dock. I estimated it to be approximately 120 ft. We go over to A Bay for lunch occasionally - as long as we can find space on the town dock.

 

I had to take a picture of this car riding down the main street in Alexandria Bay with the Great Dane's head sticking out of the sun roof.

 

 

There are several Amish settlements in the area, and we see Amish carriages in Alexandria Bay occasionally. We saw this carriage at the Dollar General in A Bay.

 

August 10, 2018

Here is one of the largest Yachts that I have seen docked at the Marina. It was 112 feet and drew around 6 ft of water. It looked like it had a crew of six people, and was at the Marina for three days.

 

 

 

August 4, 2018

The Annual Clayton Antique Boat Museum Show was held August 1st through the 4th. I  volunteered to work at the show on Saturday and was assigned to the gate from 8 AM to 11:00 AM. The show consisted of a flea market, a boat auction, and many displayed antique boats. Here are a few pics:

August 1, 2018

District 6 of the US Power Squadrons, Americas Boating Club, held its annual Rendezvous at the Clayton Yacht Club located across the bay from the Clayton Antique Boat Museum. We were fortunate enough to reserve a slip at the Yacht Club. We attended with our boat on Wednesday and Thursday, and returned on Friday. We left a day early because I had volunteered to work at the Antique Boat Show on Saturday.

The 1904 Brigantine Black Jack passing the Yacht Club in the shipping channel.

You can see how close the shipping channel is to the Yacht Club. However the Yacht Club is protected by the point that extends toward the channel. We had great views of the passing ships.

 

On Thursday night we had a Chicken BBQ followed by Folk Singing with Melissa and Bill Sieling. Melissa sang a song that she had written about America's Boating Club.

There were lots of these consumed during the evening. I'm glad I had my boat there - no need for a designated driver.

 

 

July 21, 2018

The Marina sponsored a Christmas in July event that was initiated last year by several of the boaters on my dock. Boaters dressed in Christmas costumes, and many of the boats were decorated in Christmas lights. Lulu won a prize for her Mrs. Claus costume. She is now so stuck up that she barks at all the other dogs as she walks down the dock. The Marina restaurant put on a nice buffet in a separate room for our event. Here are a few pics from the event:

Lulu getting her Mrs. Claus costume on. The hood presented a little problem staying on.

 This boat won first place for its decorations

 This boat had Snoopy's airplane on top

 Decorated boats

 Our decoration in EASTNOR's cockpit. Lulu with her Christmas Tree.

 Brenda with Lulu on her lap

 Our boating neighbors

 Brenda and Bill with Ms Lulu. Bill is supposed to be Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer!

 

July 24, 2018

Last year I got a $4500 quote from Horizon Marine for waxing and buffing my boat over the winter. A friend, Dave Taylor, suggested that I get a quote from The Bonnie Castle Marina. I ended up taking my boat across the River to The Bonnie Castle where they Compounded and waxed the hull and superstructure,
When the boat was hauled out of the water, it was obvious that the bottom paint needed some attention. So they power washed the bottom, primed all of the bare spots and painted the bottom. They took the boat out of the water and put it inside of the building in case it rained. We picked up the boat on Friday July 27th. It looked Great! Final price for all work was $2106. I'm glad I took it to them.