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 [...]
Rama to Lock 6
We left Rama and crossed Lake Simcoe and up 6 locks across Balsom Lake at the top and to Rosedale lock hot but easy day .
To Fenlon Falls in the morning and met Rich & Patti and stayed to do laundry. Left in the rain the next morning and used radar to find the buoys . We met boating friends in Bobcaygian and received some handles for the boat to make things easier for Karen and then thru Buckhorn to Lovesick Lock for the nite and rained a lot of the day .
Left for Peterborough thru 9 locks and stayed for the nite . The next morning we started the 20 + mile river and Rice Lake and 5 locks to get to the lower side of Healey Falls for the nite .
2 locks in the morning and we bought fuel at street price in Campbellford and on thru lock 7 . As we left we saw someone we had met in 2010 tied up at his dock - Mark Dobsen , who is a scout for the Winnipeg Jets -formerly the Atlanta Thrashers . He came to see us at lock 6 at Frankford and had a great visit ..
