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 [...]

May 19th to june 17th

10 July 2019
Wayne Franklin
Hi ,
On May 19th we polished the rub line 2 times , looks great . I returned to the boat in storage and drained the antifreeze from the port motor and filled it with water and soap in order to flush out any oily residue which was detected in a sample last fall .
On May 30th I installed a new shaft seal on the starboard shaft and the realigned props were installed and the boat went into the water.
We drove home . The next morning we were up early and packed Lori's jeep to the roof and after my dental appointment we headed back to the boat, cleaned everything including the carpet and unloaded the car. I flushed the port motor twice and refilled with new antifreeze . On the 2nd we cleaned more and then Mikki and Fred arrived and we went out for a ride . Lucky as I found out some things were not working . The 3rd was spent on final touches and fixing a few things . On the 4th we made final touch ups and drove to Port Huron for some boat parts and shopping . Then back in Sarnia we met John and Sandy for lunch at Patty Flaridays . We had a great visit and then home as the neighbours were coming for pizza and wings at 6:30pm .
We had 1 day to get ready to fly to Winnipeg for my 50th year reunion from university as we were leaving at 4am to drive to Hamilton .
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