Sailing a Wooden Ketch Around Georgian Bay

Описание: Cruising the pure, clear waters of Georgian Bay is something we've been doing for 30 years, most of that time on Drake III, a 1947 46 ft ketch.
On this trip we didn't visit Collingwood at the very south tip, but sailed counter-clockwise around most of the Bay, anchoring in many favorite spots.
Drake III is very original, very stock-1947. The planks and masts are all original. No fancy electronics or modern conveniences. No autopilot. But the design lends itself to self-steering, and being a long skinny boat, she has a very comfortable ride in the swells.
Details: built as a one-off in Montreal just after the war. Cypress on white-oak, live-oak keelson. Sitka spars.
No records exist, but the design is very close to those of Commodore Ralph Munroe, resembling the Advanced Sharpies he evolved in Florida from 1890-1920. Similar to "The Good Little Ship" by Vincent Gilpin.
LOD 40 ft. LOA 46 ft. Bean 10 ft. Draft: 40" with centerboard up, 80" board down.
Long shallow ballast keel of cast iron, pierced for the centerboard pivoting on a bolt in that keel.
Engine 2-cylinder Farymann 23 hp diesel
Can be sailed with a squaresail, and also a main backstaysail.
Simple but practical accommodations: icebox, origo stove burners in the old Shipmate stove frame. 5' 11" standing headroom at the cabin rear. Can sleep 6, but much better limited to 4. No hot water, AC, or generator. Oil lamps if required. A temporary small woodstove can be added for Fall trips.
Glassed decks, but not hull.
The mizzen is a driver-sail, not a balance sail. When the main has one reef, the mizzen is taller, and the rig is schooner-ish.