We are staying at the Port Dalhousie Marina until Tuesday. Weather will be much better then and we had plenty of chores and odds & ends to take care of so we are not just sitting around on our hands.

We went into town yesterday afternoon and stumbled upon the famous Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. These are races of 1, 2, 4, and 8 person rowing skulls. They race on a course that used to be the old Welland Canal.

The regatta, sometimes referred to simply as "Henley," was established by RCA (then known as the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen) shortly after the association's creation in 1880. The regatta was hosted by different clubs in Quebec and Ontario until it settled in St. Catharines in 1903. It is, in effect, the Canadian club championships and has grown to become the largest of its kind in the western world. The Royal Canadian Henley regatta is held each year in early August on the Henley Course on Martindale Pond in the former village of Port Dalhousie in St. Catharines. The course is recognized as a FISA category 'A' rowing venue.

We watched a variety of final heat races and it was all quite fun.

The rest of the 'downtown' area has a few tourist shops, pubs and restaurants. While sitting at an outdoor bar drinking a cold beer, we could hear a duo performing in the bar across the street. It was, without question, the absolutely worst singing performance we have ever heard. We could not stop laughing it was so bad. Look for this dude on American Idol next season!