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 [...]
July 22 - July 27th
We were up to the Foreign Exchange for some US money and then left Ottawa at 8:58am heading for Black Rapids . We arrived and there were only 2 boats , more French !! AND just starting and will not end til we get to Kingston . Our water tank was all but empty so I asked the lock master if we could fill up and he said no . We have always been able to . So we hauled water in pails and jugs and filled the boat that way . Where there is a will there is a way .
We were off the next morning to Burritts Rapids we hope . On the way there we were passed by 9 French boats up on plane within 20 ft of us rocking us and another boat and the Kawartha Voyager - a cruise boat was also rocked very badly - VERY Bad Boaters !!! We arrived at Burritts Rapids . We visited with some loopers and stayed overnight.
We were off in the morning hoping to stay in Merrickville but there was no room so were told we could tie up on the blue line with power at Kilmarnock lock . Great place out in the middle of no where and were later joined by Mark and Parisa for evening docktails , great visit .
The next day we headed for Smiths Falls and laundry and tie up for 2 or 3 days - laundry done we did find a place to tie up . We met Scott and Meredith again and went to " My Place " for supper . Outstanding !! Movies at night .
On the 26th we walked to Walmart , Cdn Tire and Independent shopping and joined Scott and Meredith and 4 other loopers for pre supper drinks . I had seen Mark and Parisa in the morning and got the wifi password so we had movies .
On Saturday we walked to the Museum and market 2.1 kms away for something to do . We are leaving tomorrow hopefully for Lower Beveridges lock .
