IC(dubbihyaa)

    Whats with people all pronouncing "W" differently? Its (doubleU people)
Anyway here we are, in the ditch.
   Last time i said that, i was in a Honda Accord after the parking brake failed....
So why the ditch? The decision was a multifaceted one. The first one was lack of bail-out points.
If we started round the cape, and the forecast was wrong (they never are, right) we would have to ride it out.
The yacht can take a lot, Prisanna II was in 35' breaking waves, and survived with just a chute on a rode.
We however feel uneasy right now in anything over 6' waves. Another thing was i kinda wanted to see this IC(dubbaya) for myself. You hear boaters chatting about it all the time, and how its the "bees knees". My first day on it left an impression of hurry up and wait... and wait...

   It took 3 hours to get thru gate one. It was a simple train bridge.

   Further down we stopped at Top Rack Marina. A marina that promised if you buy food, you stay the night free. Not a bad deal right? Well before i complain, the fuel was the cheapest i have seen thus far. I am thankful for cheap fuel, and a nights stay. I could have done without the slight rudeness, and more so the food.....
   I typically get  filet, and fries. Not here, they do not serve fries. Why? no idea. the filet was delivered undercooked, and without sides, as they had nothing i wanted. I had even offered to have penne pasta in lue of sides. They refused.
   I waited the night, and i am an early riser, so i called the lock up ahead. I had 30 min to get there, then they were done for maybe a day. They needed to repair a valve, and required low tide. I made it thru.

   The lock keeper was a super nice, super helpful woman. she told us to tie up the the free dock, south about 1/2 mile, and stay until 8AM, as the second bridge would not open before that. We ran into a few more Canadians, ran with them for a bit, before they got away and we saw them again at the marina.
   One was very odd. he was swerving, side to side, in the canal. He passed us, and before he had passed, far too close, he swerved in front of us, nearly clipping our bow..... Anyway......