Gulfcoastjohn
New member
Hi Friends!
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, we really appreciate them. We now have 2 years of retirement experience where we can finally have more than 2 weeks off together. Every cruise gives us more experience re what we enjoy most, whether our ideal cruise day is 20 miles vs 100 miles (an easy 3-4 hours in a TC255).
Our family reunion was re-scheduled, so we have made this adventure much more ambitious…a loop of the historic canals of New York and Canada, plus parts of the St L Seaway and Lake Champlain. 750 water miles and over 100 locks over 30 days or so. We plan to end up at the west end of the Erie canal 150 miles from our launch marina (so we can then pull out and trailer closer to the Miss Brat Gathering at Alton Sept 5).
We plan to launch July 28 at Pirates Cove (Active Captain 4 star) on the Erie Canal; has an adequate ramp for the 255 and trailer storage for $5/day per manager Paul, and stay as transients that night. We have nice suites reserved at 3 military bases enroute there and the security is unbeatable on base.
Then north up the Oswego canal, 50 miles across Lake Ontario, enter the 1,000 islands, sashay up the US side of the St L to Heart Island/Bolt castle, pick our way over carefully to the Canadian side, check-in to Canada at Kingston, up the Richelieu to Ottawa, then to Montreal, north to Sorel and enter Chambly canal down to Lake Champlain, south to the east entrance of the Erie canal at Waterford, then west to the end of the Erie canal (passing by Pirates Cove Marina launch point) then up the Niagara river to Rich Marina at Buffalo (deep steep ramp out of the river current), and transient slip to Enterprise back to Pirates Cove to retrieve the rig.
Then load up and on to Alton, which is only another 800 miles!
Red Knot, left voicemail; if you can’t join us, do the 800 water mile Cumberland/Tenn river “U” cruise and end up only 120 Enterprise land miles from your launch marina and rig. We put in at Defeated Creek marina, better ramp for a TC255. See
http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... highlight=
esp Floyd’s video at page 11.
I didn’t have time to get a proper RT FCC license so we probably won’t be broadcasting our AIS position while in Canada. But we’ll post every now and then!
Come by if you’re close or toot if you see us on this adventure!
Cheers!
John and Eileen
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, we really appreciate them. We now have 2 years of retirement experience where we can finally have more than 2 weeks off together. Every cruise gives us more experience re what we enjoy most, whether our ideal cruise day is 20 miles vs 100 miles (an easy 3-4 hours in a TC255).
Our family reunion was re-scheduled, so we have made this adventure much more ambitious…a loop of the historic canals of New York and Canada, plus parts of the St L Seaway and Lake Champlain. 750 water miles and over 100 locks over 30 days or so. We plan to end up at the west end of the Erie canal 150 miles from our launch marina (so we can then pull out and trailer closer to the Miss Brat Gathering at Alton Sept 5).
We plan to launch July 28 at Pirates Cove (Active Captain 4 star) on the Erie Canal; has an adequate ramp for the 255 and trailer storage for $5/day per manager Paul, and stay as transients that night. We have nice suites reserved at 3 military bases enroute there and the security is unbeatable on base.
Then north up the Oswego canal, 50 miles across Lake Ontario, enter the 1,000 islands, sashay up the US side of the St L to Heart Island/Bolt castle, pick our way over carefully to the Canadian side, check-in to Canada at Kingston, up the Richelieu to Ottawa, then to Montreal, north to Sorel and enter Chambly canal down to Lake Champlain, south to the east entrance of the Erie canal at Waterford, then west to the end of the Erie canal (passing by Pirates Cove Marina launch point) then up the Niagara river to Rich Marina at Buffalo (deep steep ramp out of the river current), and transient slip to Enterprise back to Pirates Cove to retrieve the rig.
Then load up and on to Alton, which is only another 800 miles!
Red Knot, left voicemail; if you can’t join us, do the 800 water mile Cumberland/Tenn river “U” cruise and end up only 120 Enterprise land miles from your launch marina and rig. We put in at Defeated Creek marina, better ramp for a TC255. See
http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... highlight=
esp Floyd’s video at page 11.
I didn’t have time to get a proper RT FCC license so we probably won’t be broadcasting our AIS position while in Canada. But we’ll post every now and then!
Come by if you’re close or toot if you see us on this adventure!
Cheers!
John and Eileen