Bobcaygeon, ON, CN
We have decided to turn around and return to Alexandria Bay, NY on the St Lawrence River for the rest of the summer. While we are not going to continue any further, we are going to stop at a couple of known places and a couple of places we thought we might want to stop on the way out but passed by. We’re also going to eat in a couple of restaurants we missed that we’ve heard good things about.
We spent three nights on the fuel dock at Gordon’s Yacht Harbour marina in Bobcaygeon. We can’t thank Angel and Carlo Allegri enough for being so accommodating and helpful while we hogged up a portion of their fuel dock. They purchased the marina at the beginning of the 2024 boating season and have raised the standard. By all accounts they have turned the marina into a wonderful little boat haven at Bobcaygeon. Smaller Looper boats can easily get a slip for a couple of nights while larger boats like Knot Supersonic are limited to the fuel dock overnight. They have a BBQ grill, bathrooms and showers, a small store with some marine supplies and ice cream, and a courtesy car!
That said, Carlo met us when we arrived with the name of a diver and told us to stay on the fuel dock as long as it took. While there, we struck up some conversations and it turns out Carlo Allegri was a professional photographer who had careers with Associated Press and Reuters. You can look him up so check out his work! That said, he loves boating and loves owning the marina with his wife, Angel. Carlo’s father, Roland, also spends time on the dock. He was born and raised in northern Italy and is old enough to remember some of the events of World War II, including watching allied aircraft shoot their guns and then running to collect still warm shell casings from the ground! He then lived in several European countries, Bermuda and Canada in the food and beverage management area of the hospitality industry culminating in Toronto for nearly 30 years. They both have plenty of stories.
Also have to give a shout out to Mike Rioux who owns the diving company and Kawartha Propeller who turned our prop around. Mike and Matt showed up to the marina at 6:30 AM on Tuesday. Matt dove on the boat and found no damage except for curled blades on the port propeller. This would indicate that we either hit sand or a submerged stump. He pulled the prop and delivered it to Kawartha Propeller who straightened the blades and rebalance the prop that afternoon. Mike and Matt showed up the next morning at 8:00 AM, reinstalled the prop and we were finally off the fuel dock by 9:30 or so.
We’ve included a few more pictures of Bobcaygeon, including Knot Supersonic on the fuel dock at Gordons which is within 200 yards of Lock 32. What a great stop with such compassion by Angel and Carlo for boaters with a problem.
