Originally we had planned to stay in Kingston, but with all the weekend boat traffic we stopped early at Gananoque. This meant that today our trip would be longer, but the weather was nice and the water was calm so we enjoyed the scenery as we made our way to Picton. We departed right at 7am and arrived at 2:45pm. The distance traveled was 48.3 nautical miles (55.5 statute miles), so our average speed was 7.2 mph. There is not…
Our departure time from Clayton was based on our need to add diesel fuel before we left US waters, so we departed at around 7:30am and filled up with fuel at the fuel dock in Clayton. We then enjoyed a beautiful 90 minute cruise up the St. Lawrence River from Clayton to Heart Island, home of Boldt Castle. Boldt Castle (http://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/) is a 1900s era castle that was built by George Boldt for his wife Louise. Unfortunately Louise died before…
The forecast for the morning was for minimal waves and light wind. There was no fog either. So we set off before 6am to take advantage of the situation. You never know how things will change over the span of a few hours. This was one of the longest open water crossings we have made. It took almost 5 hours to cross the lake. There was a small amount of waves, which wouldn’t normally be a problem except they were…
We departed from Pirate’s Cove a little after 9am. Our path took us a couple miles further on the Erie Canal and then we took a sharp right turn onto the Oswego canal. This canal took us to the edge of Lake Ontario. Along the Oswego canal we negotiated seven locks. These were just like all the ones we transited on the Erie Canal, with no surprises along the way. There are four ways to tie along the lock wall….