Iceman Cruising
| Vessel Name: | Iceman46 |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Sea Ray Sundancer 400 |
| Hailing Port: | Ecarte Marime , Port Lambton , Ontario, Canada |
| Crew: | Wayne Franklin and Lori Tratnjek |
| About: | yearly cruising of between 1000 & 2000 kt miles thru Lakes Huron & Georgian Bay and/or Lake Erie and/or the Eire Canal , Hudson River , Lake Champlain, St. Lawrence River , Ottawa River, Rideau , and/or Trent-Severn Canal systems |
07 January 2021
October 21st & forward
I returned to the boat on the October 21st and with Gerald's help the batteries were removed and I cleaned under the battery cases and applied a layer of gel coat. I also looked for a way to run power from the new to be installed inverter to the power panel in the boat cabin. It took quite a while but [...]
31 December 2020
September 14th to September 21st
We left at sunrise for Kincardine and had good seas and were able to cut straight south instead of following the shore line for protection as we had done last year. We visited with Rick and Cheryl and left before sun up in order to miss an early afternoon wind direction change that never happened !! You've got to love weather forecasts !! We were in Sarnia before noon and stayed for a week. I rented a car and we drove to Ingersoll for Lori's car and visited friends a bit before heading to Ecarte Marine for winter storage.
29 December 2020
August 27th to September 13th
We got an early start crossing Rice Lake and up the Otonabee River to Peterborough by 1pm. We plan to stay a week as we enjoyed our stay before and were always on the move. Shopping , walking , dinghy rides and of course wings at Riley's on Tuesday night. The local boaters were always on the dock in [...]
26 December 2020
August 23 to August 27th
On the 23rd we headed for Napanee for a couple of nights and hoped to see boaters we met last year. Not much going on here , few boats and the town was not busy . We walked a bit both days.
26 December 2020
August 19th to August 22nd
We up early and left for Kingston Mills Locks in order to arrive for the first lock . We had to wait about an hour and then locked down through the 4 locks and into Lake Ontario basin at Kingston and we headed for Picton arriving at 2pm and Marianne picked us up and took us to their place. We were there [...]
Newboro to Kingston
We arrived at Newboro lock in some more great warm boating weather and stayed Wednesday and Thursday - went up town for lunch and a little look around and were not sure about the weather Thursday am as it rained from about 6:30am till 10:30 and then we left for Chaffeys Lock . These two locks are very picturesque and great visiting and people watching places. The upper pool at Chaffeys is a favorite swinning spot . Friends Maggie and Grant came to the boat in the evening for d drink annd a visit. They live near the next lock 2 miles away.
We may see them today as we move to Davis Lock . Maggie and Grant and two other couples came by on their way to Jones Falls lock and stopped on their way back and then came back and picked us up and took us to their place for the afternoon .We had a great visit . We stayed for another day and today travelled to Jones Falls locks ( 4 ) and to Upper Brewers lock for the nite and hope to travel to Lower Brewers lock tomorrow and to Kingston on Thursday so I can take Karen out for her Birthday !!!!
Stayed at Lower Brewers for 1 nite and met some great people including Chris and Nancy who cooked breakfast before we left for Kingston where we arrived in time to go out for dinner to celebrate Karen's big day !!!
