The INSANE 30,000 Islands to Bustard Islands (Beautiful Georgian Bay!)

This is EXACTLY what we have been waiting for while cruising Georgian Bay. Amazing crystal clear water, spectacular rock islands, and a world class destination of the Bustard Islands. We hope you enjoy this little slice of paradise as we cruise to the Northern Georgian Bay.
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🎥 Episode #312 | Filmed on August 9th, 2022
🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Alexander Passage, Georgian Bay
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[@12000Jetlag]

Being a Great Lakes boater, The Georgian Bay area is one of the most beautiful areas in the world. A big plus is the fresh water is not near as damaging to your boat as salt water.

[@SchoandJo]

It really is!

[@helenoillemyatt6583]

Can hardly wait to see your next video. My family owns an island just across from the Bustards at the mouth of Bad River. My grandfather bought the island in 1908 and family still use it every summer. I spent my summers as a child there. Heaven. I am 77 now.

[@realtruth716]

You are a lucky person..god bless

[@tmac709]

The Georgian Bay is a beautiful place to visit. 🤠

[@carolwestermann5309]

Drone footage was awesome. Beautiful country♥️♥️♥️

[@brucelotimer7242]

Thank you once again for sharing your adventures through our favourite cruising grounds. It's always interesting to see it through the eyes of others even after 50 years on these waters. The cruisers' lament...so many places, so little time. You just might have to come back to see all you missed. 😉

[@nickgooderham2389]

As someone who has spent a lot of time on the water, I really enjoyed seeing the aerial perspective provided by the drone footage. Hope to see more!

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Nick!

[@prestongeorge4199]

That was a good saying “plans are written in the sand at low tide”

[@ninawang806]

what an amazing experience. looking forward to watch your next episode.

[@mb-br6lc]

Another amazing video

[@HopeOfJoe]

Absolutely lovely✨🌊💨🛥⚓️🌞✨

[@michaelgarrity6090]

It certainly is some gorgeous country!

[@karenprice5439]

That wS was a awesome video.. we have never went to that area.. lt looks so beautiful but have to watch for rocks..be careful.....🇨🇦🇨🇦⚓⚓

[@suzanneaydelotte801]

The 30,000 islands area was so pretty! The drone shots were incredible! Jen, I’ve said it before…I’m with you on the choppy waters!

[@chrism1164]

Beautiful! Beautiful photography/Drone shots/Scenery. Good music choices. Great video!

[@vernholmes7940]

Great episode and incredible drone footage. What a place! Enjoyed Ollie in the captains chair.

[@SchoandJo]

Thank you so much, Vern! We all know who runs the show, behind the scenes, Ollie!

[@mikepech6822]

I'm really glad you guys did the Bustards. The trip there and out can get a little dicey with our weird weather lately. But the valium will calm the seas for you. lmao. They are worth the trip. We stayed there for a week one summer because the weather wasn't the greatest. I'm not a fan of 6 to 12 ft waves lol. When the waves break over my flybridge, it was time to stay put and sample some beer and wife's cooking lol. I have been accused of being crazy, but never stupid. As you noticed, it was a nice place to get stuck. Plus to add to the scenery, a bunch of young people anchored next to us. Aside from the bikini fashion show, they were awesome neighbors. Got alot of slaps from my wife lol. They joked and said hey lady, he's just old, not dead. But you through your travels, you have also have met alot of super nice people on this loop.

[@SchoandJo]

We definitely have met some incredible people on the loop! We 1,000% agree, waiting out the weather in the Bustards was amazing!

[@sailinglatis]

Great way to start my rainy April morning awaiting launch on Georgian Bay. Thanks for sharing your journey. 🇨🇦

[@SchoandJo]

Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@johnschieffelin3226]

Looks like a stunning area.

[@SchoandJo]

Absolutely was!

[@dianne.simms28]

There was a time where Lake Huron poured like Niagara Falls into the Georgian Bay. I think the episodes are on "The Nature of Things" with David Suzuki....really interesting..I wished you had your life jackets on once you got out in open water..( remember? I used to work Ch 16 for the Coast Guard - occupational hazard on my part 😑) The small craft channels will also comfort you in knowing the larger ships will not transit in that area.

[@petermchenry8185]

You should get a trawler steady sail. A few family members had trawler with these sails to slow and reduce rolling.

[@SchoandJo]

We had one! But never really set it up… was something we wish we tried once but never got around to it!

[@richardbanks6025]

Question, knowing what you now know about the Great Loop, would you have done the loop with that information?

[@nancyharris4913]

Calling 'rock!' was something that is a terrible memory for me. I understand that stress. We rented a houseboat on Lake Couchiching (on your Trent-Severn canal route) and went into a small bay with a boat without much steering capability. We ended up in shallow water with scattered large rocks. Me and our young son were on rock callout duty. We were sure we were going to crash the hull or the motor. We survived and returned the boat intact.

[@drewsky5577]

Welcome to glacier land guys.

[@barrybeatty6139]

Georgian bay never gets old

[@SchoandJo]

Totally agree!

[@ldirk58601]

Just stunning! I love Canada!

[@SchoandJo]

Us too!! Thanks for watching Lynn!

[@richardbanks6025]

Thats" pretty calm for Georgian Bay, hope you never encounter a storm

[@SchoandJo]

That's exactly what we aim for when planning weather. Let the "great days" turn into "ok days" instead of "ok days" turning into "rough ones"! Also, it's all dependent on where the waves are aligned to your boat, beam seas being the worst for us. This sea state would have been almost nothing on the bow, and pretty enjoyable on the stern.

[@IanJohn-m3u]

What tablet do you use to display your navionics at your helm, do you have any problems viewing it in sunlight

[@seeyoudowntheroad6894]

My grandfather owed a niine acre island near Birch Island. It was sold to him inexpensively by the government in the thirties with the requirement of putting a cabin on each plot. My mom inherited one side of the island and we spent our summer vacation there. Unfortunately, she had to sell it later. But it was a beautiful way to spend our summers. Those underwater rocks are called shoals. And we spent a lot of time on "bow watch" if we were going into unmarked areas.

[@SchoandJo]

What a fantastic way to spend summer while you could, sounds like you have some great memories.

[@niemi5858]

The 30,000 islands are considered by some to be the best fresh water cruising grounds in the world. My wife and I had friends along for a week long cruise here. My friend's wife contemptuously asked "How do they know there's 30,000 islands, did someone actually count them"? I answered "The cartographers thought that was too odious a task to contemplate so they did random sampling and were able to extrapolate the approximate number". The poor gal didn't get the humour.

[@SchoandJo]

😂

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

Nothing more Canadian then the call of the Loon it is summer in cottage country.

[@SchoandJo]

Have to 100% agree!

[@holgerlafrenz2895]

Most of the water levels in the Great Lakes are determined by ice/snow melt especially from the north. Over the last three years levels have dropped 18 inches.

[@BobEstler]

Question, what kind of boat music do you listen to?

[@karlbass7895]

You keep finding gorgeous spots! Question... how much of that yellow floating line do you have that you use to stern tie to shore?

[@Sailor376also]

Navigating the Georgian Baye shore is not easy. It is a navigational challenge? Nightmare? I have done parts of it with a sailboat, fixed fin keel. The figures I have heard,, including the Lake Huron shore all the way to the Sault, 30,000 islands and another 50, 000 islands/reefs just below the surface. 250 air miles from Port Severn to the Sault and 12,000 miles of coastline. If I might suggest,, Stay at the Killarney Mountain Lodge, tied at one of their berths. Dinner, walk the town,, and a further suggestion,, Baye Fin,, motor all the way back to the Pool. Take your time,, where the lake narrows approaching the final long skinny, stay right. Listen to the loons and wolves in the night. If you hike the trails,, be aware,, bears and moose like the trails too. 2 meter draft is the absolute maximum that should go all the way back.. Use your inflatable to inspect. You need excellent charts and believe them.

[@Pawsonthebay]

What is the purpose of tying off to the rocks ?

[@helimx]

So the boat won't swing. 3 points of contact

[@realtruth716]

Go slow when the water drops 30,000 islands turn into 60,000 islands🤣