Retiring and will be leaving the forum soon

[HBarlow]

Jay,

I have long dreamed of a boat cruise like the one you just did. Please describe in brief words origin point, rivers and lakes traveled, and destination in order. I'd like to review it on a map or maps.

 

[JLEONARD]

Jay,
I have long dreamed of a boat cruise like the one you just did. Please describe in brief words origin point, rivers and lakes traveled, and destination in order. I'd like to review it on a map or maps.

We started in the Connecticut River in Portland Ct, then south to Long Island Sound. West to New York City, then thru the Harlem River to the Hudson River.
North on the Hudson past Albany and Troy, NY to the Erie Canal. West on the Erie to Three Rivers Junction (23 nlocks) then north on the Oswego canal (7 locks) to Oswego, NY. We crossed Lake Ontario to Kingston, Ontario, Canada, then went west via the Bay of Quinte to Trenton, Ca. which is the start of the Trent river and the Trent-Severn Waterway. This system has 44 locks and winds its way west and north thru Rice Lake, Otonobee river, several small lakes, Lake Simcoe, and ends in Port Severn, Ont. We then went into the Georgian Bay and followed the small craft channel (on the east side of the Bay) to Killarny, and then into the North Channel. After 2 plus weeks there we started back from Little Current, Ont and basically retraced our path stopping at some different places on the return trip.
You can find the waterways and watch locks operate via a google search. Some of them are particularly interesting such as the Peterborough hydraulic lock and the Big Chute marine railway that lifts boats over a hillside.

 

[JLEONARD]

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[HBarlow]

Thanks for the information. You are obviously a skilled marine navigator.

As soon as I have time I'll get out the maps and study your cruise. I don't live near water any longer so don't own a boat and have now gotten too old to realistically dream of such a trip but the fantasy is still firmly planted in my mind.

If I lived near water I would own a C-Dory 22' cruiser. I have loved those boats since I first saw a magazine test article about one in the '80s.

 

[JLEONARD]

You are obviously a skilled marine navigator.

Well, I didn't hit anything and I found my way back home even though some of the breadcrumbs were missing. LOL

 

[cerberusiam]

Well, I didn't hit anything

There ya go, that is more than Joseph Hazelwood can say. :-laf

It is all about perspective.

 

[Greenleaf]

I get lost walking though the woods in search of abandoned Canal locks..... even ones I have visited in the past. Well... ... ..... you can't actually SEE them when they are in the woods. That is what makes it worth while though,,,,,,, I guess. Not much fun stopping by someone's home and asking them if you wan walk though their back lawn to take a picture of an old canal lock. Though I HAVE done that too



Got lost yesterday... . should have had peanuts or bread crumbs/something. I would have eaten the peanuts.

 

[JLEONARD]

Yes peanuts.



Well my retirement ended monday as I went back to work for the steering company for 6 months as an hourly contract engineer. It is now called Global Steering Systems. I am the product engineer for GM I shafts.

This will let me fill the coffers back up for next summer's cruising!!