Good-bye to the Chi-Cheemaun

 After watching the ship load down by the bow, we hurried  along the dock to the stern to watch them cast off the lines.  In spite of sailing on it to Manitoulin many times in the past, we had never had the chance to watch the ship sail away from Tobermory.  It brought back lots of memories!

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Lines for a ship this size are serious steel hausers; they have to watch that no-one gets hurt.

And then all of a sudden, the ship beside us was moving - fast!

The ship reversed out into the bay while the bow was closing as it went.

Turning to the left as it moved, we watched the bow slowly close.

By the time it had turned the bow was closed.  We remember being on the ship and hearing the bow close with a big clang.  And off the stern the propellers churned the water as it shifted from reverse to forward

And then the Chi-Cheemaun sailed away into the distance, taking our memories with it, for this year at least.