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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭✭
    LaRea said:
    @rando

    Tania said you     need to hit the horn each time you see them touch the boat.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stop 2 Gorge Harbour





    Stop 4 Pendrell Sound








    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,878 mod
    >> Tania said you need to hit the horn each time you see them touch the boat.

     @ian I should get a spray bottle of water like you use for training cats.       :D 

    Another POTD.  This big freighter passed us in the Welland Canal.  The Welland requires a minimum of three people on pleasure crafts, so we hired a local guy called Roger.  He has worked the canal for 40 years and knows everything about it.  For example, this freighter was still in the lock when we got there.  Roger said to tie up at the wall because it would take about 30 minutes.  Sure enough, it was almost exactly 30 minutes.  He said the lock is 80 feet wide and the ship is 78 feet wide.  

    We did the entire canal in only 8 hours which is really good time.
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @LaRea does age matter for the three passengers? Just curious.
    2008 330EC
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,878 mod
    @aero3113- The Welland requires one person at the helm and two line handlers on deck because the locks can have a lot of turbulence.  I don't recall seeing an age restriction, but the line handlers need good skills and physical ability.  It wouldn't be safe to use a small child.  Also it can be a very long day (12 hours or more depending on commercial traffic).  

    This is Locks 4-5-6 ... three connected locks that climb 120 feet up over the Niagara Escarpment (the same geological feature that forms Niagara Falls).  



    This is inside one of the locks.  Lock workers up at the top throw two lines down to the line handlers.  It takes 20-30 minutes to fill the lock.  Need to have good fenders!


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks @LaRea
    Great pictures!! ⚓️
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 31
    @LaRea can you get from the Chesapeake area to the Great Lakes without going around and through the St Lawrence? Forgive my ignorance. I still dream about buying @Dream_Inn ‘s neighbours 390 and sailing it up. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭✭
    You go west along the Erie just after Troy NY.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,878 mod
    edited August 1
    New York City, Hudson River, Erie Canal, Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario.   

    @YYZRC - you could get from Annapolis to Lake Ontario in a week if you really wanted to make time.  


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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,748 mod
    YYZRC said:
    @LaRea can you get from the Chesapeake area to the Great Lakes without going around and through the St Lawrence? Forgive my ignorance. I still dream about buying @Dream_Inn ‘s neighbours 390 and sailing it up. 
    You let me know and I can get you a private showing and great price!  I just went out to dinner with the owners last night.  They would love to sell it!  It is truly turn key!

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • RiverRunnerNBRiverRunnerNB Member Posts: 14 ✭
    Dream_Inn said:
    YYZRC said:
    @LaRea can you get from the Chesapeake area to the Great Lakes without going around and through the St Lawrence? Forgive my ignorance. I still dream about buying @Dream_Inn ‘s neighbours 390 and sailing it up. 
    You let me know and I can get you a private showing and great price!  I just went out to dinner with the owners last night.  They would love to sell it!  It is truly turn key!
    LOL. @LaRea and yourself are making this sound way too easy. Enablers! :D   
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,878 mod
    In that boat, six days with good weather and willing crew:
    Day 1, Annapolis to Atlantic City
    Day 2, Waterford
    Day 3, Schenectady
    Day 4, Little Falls
    Day 5, Brewerton
    Day 6, Oswego

    I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying.   :D  @ian will back me up on this.  
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 2:28AM
    Stop 5 in Tenedos Bay.

    Looks like we'll stay here for a few days longer since Roscoe Bay and everything else is getting really full from the Canada Long Weekend. 





    Quick dinghy/walk to the lake today as well. 




    1997 Bayliner 3988
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭✭
    LaRea said:
    In that boat, six days with good weather and willing crew:
    Day 1, Annapolis to Atlantic City
    Day 2, Waterford
    Day 3, Schenectady
    Day 4, Little Falls
    Day 5, Brewerton
    Day 6, Oswego

    I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying.   :D  @ian will back me up on this.  
    Is $2 a mile at 8kn or $8 a mile at 20kn….. :D

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Daddy saved the day!
    Everly, my 8 year old dropped her dolls pocketbook with all of its accessories off the swim platform. She didn’t tell us till a few minutes after it happened and she was very upset. Luckily it had a metal chain on it and I was able to use my magnet!


    2008 330EC
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,878 mod
    Hilarious ... the doll has a wee little laptop and phone!   :D
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LaRea said:
    Hilarious ... the doll has a wee little laptop and phone!   :D
    I hear @aero3113 is militant about doll screen time. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,878 mod
    Also doll hydration and sun protection.  Dolls need to model good behavior.  
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