Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

7:00 We leave early for Vergennes before it is too late. Sail Flow predicts that the wind will be strong and that there will be peaks up to 31 knots beginning around 11:00. 

To go to Vergennes you have to take a small meandering river called Otter Creek, the access is through Field's bay which is, it seems, deep enough for the sailboats. 

Entering Fields Bay towards Otter Creek, we slow to a creep. It looks like Bellum is walking on tiptoe so we are cautious. 

But she still had a mad desire to soak Bellum's toes in the mud. We are stuck for the third time! 

NOT GOOD says the captain. This time, there is no one to give us a hand.

Then slowly, cautiously we turn back as we leave the room of a child that has just fallen asleep. We breathe again! Daniele's nerves are too distressed to try again.

Change of plans, we are now heading to Basin Harbor, we will get a mooring and we will visit the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. 

10:00 In our inflatable kayak, we go to what looks like the LCMM dock. Once on land, we meet the owner of the dock, oops it was a private dock, tells us where the museum is and allows us to leave our kayak there. 

A long and very interesting visit, there are several buildings to explore. Have a nice lunch at the Red Mill restaurant. We finish going around the site around 3:45 pm. The standard visit for the museum is two days but we saw everything in one day.

Ice Boat

Walking to Red Mill Restaurant

Blacksmith

Checks of use 
Engine block: 3 1/2 bottles
Transmission oil ok: 315.4 hours Tighten the packing. 

A boat come by and gives us a piece of paper for registering at Basin Harbor Marina.

6:00 pm Not wanting to maneuver to Basin Harbor by big boat or Kayak, we head back to familiar Kingsland Bay 

Good night!