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When we left Bear Drop at 1100 there were large confused seas and a WSW wind on our nose and we had to slog it out for the first hour as we made our way across the open waters of North Channel to Meldrum Bay on the south Shore.  Happily the  wind and seas dropped and the cloudy skies gave way to sun so the last three hours turned out to be very pleasant. We arrived at Meldrum Bay at 1515 and the place has changed quite a bit since Marcy, Will, Andrew and I visited it on our first trip to the North Channel in 1984. There is a new breakwater protecting the harbor from N winds and more docks. But they still do not have potable water at the docks. The Meldrum Bay Inn is open once again and has very good food which we can attest to since we ate there tonight. My fears about the cell phone proved correct as despite two days drying it out, it will not turn on. Oh well, one more problem to solve. Tomorrow we are off to Drummond.