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>And, ditto the above for the 1000 Islands area.

	I can not recommend the 1000 Islands area enough. I love it.
	Lots of sites to see and a variety of places to stop. One word
	of caution is that (at least on the american side) the towns
	only make money in the summer. Therefore, their prices are VERY
	high (especially restaurants).

	Sailing the 1000 isle area can be an interesting experience.
	There is approx. a 1 to 3 knot current in the seaway and in
	light air conditions with big steam ships cruising through this
	can lead to some periods of concern. Make sure you have plenty 
	of fuel with you when you leave the dock (and that the engine is
	in fine working order).

	I have several places that I like to visit. I always stop in
	Kingston Ontario. This is a nice town. Lots of shops to check
	out, etc. Gananaque is also a nice place to check out as well.
	On the American side, Alexandria bay is probably one of the more
	popular areas in the summer time. There tends to be more night
	life here than anyware else that I have visited up there.

	BTW, there some islands that you can stay at. I usually spend my
	first night at Calumet island. There a couple of small docks
	there but you need to get there early to secure one. I usually
	end up anchoring off shore, but it's deep enough to pull the bow
	up to shore to step off(our boat draws 5 feet).

	I'm not sure where the best place is to charter a boat. We sail
	out of Henderson Harbor, N.Y. There is a place that charters
	boats in Henderson (R.C. Yachts). They have some very nice
	C&C35's as well as some nonsuch boats as well. This may be of
	interest to you since Henderson bay is a VERY pretty area. Also,
	Henderson is only a 1 day sail from the 1000 island area (1/2
	day with good winds!)

	If you decide to take this route I would suggest that you sail
	around Henderson bay and stop in Sacketts harbor and visit the
	local museum. They have an interesting display of items from the
	battle of 1812. BTW, in mid July they have a fireworks show in
	Sacketts and a re-enactment of the battle of 1812 with cannons
	(on shore) firing live (grapefruits) at 3 ships as they make
	passes by the shore.

	Finally, the winds. From what I have seen, Spring and Fall are
	the times when you can count on the best wind. In the Summer,
	the winds tend to be light with a distinct on shore breaze in
	the morning and off shore breaze in the evening.

	Hope this helps.

Bob Schneider
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