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
26 December 2020
26 December 2020
19 December 2020
15 December 2020
15 December 2020
13 December 2020
13 December 2020
11 December 2020
01 October 2019
11 September 2019
10 September 2019
04 September 2019
02 September 2019
Recent Blog Posts
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 [...]

Summer 2011 - July 18 to August 13th

14 November 2011 | Sarnia & Area
Wayne
On July 22nd we celebrated Karen's birthday with friends on the boat . On the 24th we went to Port Huron for shopping and a booze run and returned to Sarnia on July 26th . Kirk & Reagan and the twins stayed over on the 27th . On the 28th Mark & Nancy arrived with Dom & Cory and Kids for a cruise on the St Clair River and dinner at the marina that evening . Great day !!!!
We had company again on the 29th and friends Laura & Claudio from Ingersoll surprised us on the 30th .
We had a rest from company for the 1st week of August . Friends visited us on the 6th & 7th .
On August 9th long time friends and my companions bringing the boat back to Canada from Florida , Hank and Anne Eisen came for a day on the boat , cruise and dinner . Great day ...
On August 10 we crossed the river to Port Huron for 2 days and then cruised to St. Clair marina down stream from Sarnia and were met friends for Friday night . Dinner and played cards and socialized . Returned to Sarnia on the 13th.
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