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 [...]
Coboconk to Orillia
We Left Coboconk about 9:30am and found a little more water leaving and then it rained a bit across Balsom Lake . We took our time in the long canals to Kirkfield lock and across Canal Lake - 6 ft at best - and stopped at lock 40 for the night . Another boat stayed as well and we got to know George, Amy , Georgie and McKenna and the followed across Lake Simcoe the next day in 5 - 6 footers to Orillia. We then spent time with them in Orillia . George ,Amy and crew left at 7:00am Tuesday to cross Lake Simcoe and the water was flat in Orillia, but not so in Simcoe and they faught 4-5 ft all the way back to the south entrance of the Trent off Lake Simcoe . I called last night and they had travelled all the way to Rosedale.
Karen & I took a tour of the down town and did a little grocery shopping then took it easy. Peter (lock 6) called last night and will pick us up at 4:00pm for some shopping and out for dinner.
Today will be a few repairs and laundry and the out with Peter as Joan has gone to the Niagara region. Had a great time at Peter's and had a great home cooked meal . Peter drove us back to the boat about 8:30pm -THANKS Peter !!!!
Thursday at 6:50am Deane picked me up at the Marina to go to Rotary's am club in Orillia. Great time and fellowship. Upon returning to the marina I did laundry and readied for our neighbours visit on the boat.Some last minute grocery shopping in the afternoon.
Up early Friday and got everything moved and stored that we just leave around on the boat .
Cindy , Greg and Dana arrived after 11:00am
