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 [...]
Kingston nightmare
No fun times in Kingston ----- on or about Aug 11 Karen fell in the boat and banged her head and a couple of days later she asked me to check her head . There was a bump which was red . She seemed OK so we kept going as she has fallen a lot of times in the past 10 years . On Aug 15th she fell in the boat hurting her back . The next day she was fine and locked thur the last 4 locks at Kingston Mills with no problem BUT as we started down stream she tried to get to the seat on the boat and she had problems and fell and was a little unsure of herself . As it turned out she had a urinary tract infection which caused her INR to rise and made her unsteady on her feet --- we thought it was the HEAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At that point I decided she needed to see a doctor . After we docked I told Karen I was calling an ambulance and she did not object !!!!!!!!!
Karen was in the Kingston General Hospital for 13 days because a DR. said she could not go home on the boat . I could have taken her out if I had not been honest about how we were going home .
Telling the truth has got me into a lot of trouble over the years !!!!!!
On Aug 28th a lady with a sore back was air transported to London !!!!!! at Ontario tax payers expense -- how sad ............
Karen is now at home under Dr. Franklin's care !!!!!!!! Today her rt knee is sore .
We will be back on the boat soon .
