We did not get an early start this morning but our start was accelerated by the fact they needed to use the gas dock. The other boat that was on the dock with us left about […]
Pretty quiet morning today as we were the only boat at the Young’s Point Lock. It was a peaceful night and there was no noise from the cottagers. The fishermen at the dam start real early. […]
Canada Day in Peterborough was quite something. They started by setting up small booths in the park and billed it as a multicultural event. ½ of the booths were food from various nations, Thai, Russia, Poland, […]
We looked at the weather and it started out sunny and the clouds increased during the day. There was a chance of rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. We noticed when we came out […]
Not a long travel day and the weather was pretty good. We were traveling with a catamaran from Stamford Connecticut and a sailboat from the Rideau Canal Area in Quebec. Both of these boats had their […]
There was an old car show in Trenton on Sunday evening. It was nice to see a lot of the old cars and some were works in progress. Not a huge show but nice just the […]
Good forecast for the winds today so we could make the crossing of Lake Ontario. I checked my 4 different services and they all agreed that the NW winds of Friday would change overnight to South […]
Back on the water again. The canal has been open for 2 days and we were getting work done. The props were reconditioned, the shafts were checked, the seacocks on the mains were serviced and the zincs […]
Great morning today, Saturday June 15th. It was a little chilly but the sun was out and the forecast was great. The only problem was that we were sitting in a section of the Erie Canal […]
Strange day. The Locks were closed from 07 to 19 and we were just above Lock 17, in the closed section. They closed it because of the rain and high water with strong currents. Todays forecast […]