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DE Bay, NJ, Hudson, Erie Canal & Triangle Loop #2

We've been cruising segments of America's Great Loop since 2016...7,050 miles and 234 locks to date. We plan cross our wake on the Erie Canal and continue on to complete a second Triangle Loop into Canada. Read more
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    AICW Great Loop SegmentDE Bay, NJ, Hudson, Erie Canal & Triangle Loop #2Traveler

    To Home, day 7 + 8!

    July 29 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 95 °F

    We now tow at 60 MPH max, and 50-55 MPH was max for the awful mountainsides on I-81 through VA with no shoulders or escape routes. We also now limit our Planning Day to 400 rather than 500 miles...we have the time and the money for Hampton Inns getting in early before the parking lot gets too crowded for us to take up 10 slots.
    We have a lot of cleaning up and re-arranging to do before we leave for an ACL Alaska passage cruise mid to end Sept. Our best mods for this cruise were the Pecron suitcase inverter (4200W), the Airhead composting toilet (No pump outs ever again!) and the new custom Bentley helm seat in Yamaha gray and black trim. Our second Triangle Loop into Canada was amazing and beautiful with 75 degree days with 30% humidity in July.    Read more

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    Headed home day 6 & 7

    July 27 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F

    Lots of slow moving and careful maneuvers at 55-60 MPH on washboard roads with lots of surprises. Mostly an interstate with NO shoulders on either side. Slow and careful is the way to go. If we find a truck plaza before we need one, we take it...no way to know how far the next one is. AI has no idea and is always WRONG about this. I am NOT impressed that AI has no idea where the next truck plaza is when its been there for over ten years!
    We plan and pay for hotels based on satellite inspections of the hotel parking lot spaces. Some are shockingly full before the 3PM Earliest Check-in Time and some are not. But its miserable to have no parking on arrival, so we arrive early and leave very early. Making 55-60 to at most 65 MPH gives us the most confidence re safety and is working great. If we weren't retired that would affect travel plans.    Read more

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    Headed Home Day 4

    July 25 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    We chose 330 miles at a Hilton Tru based on lots of parking lot space and got there by 3PM. At 7 PM there is plenty of parking left, but you can never know.
    We had time for a nice long walk along Main Street before a massive salad dinner at the diner across the street... now we have a salad for lunch tomorrow as well!Read more

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    Headed home day 2

    July 24 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    Getting south a few hundred miles from Burlington takes a full day at 30-50 MPH max over rolling single roads with no shoulders and lots of slow farm tractors going 15 MPH. Sigh. Although very scenic hilly farmlands with the Lake in the distance.
    Even when we get back to civilization, we plan to tow at 60-62 MH on the Interstates and take a break every two hours.    Read more

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    Boat Loading and on the way!

    July 24 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    Un-eventful (that is unusual) boat single-step loading and re-configuration at the launch. We were by far the largest boat there and got lots of attention. We put that into the Plan as we always like to talk to locals about the Loop and cruising on an adequate trailer boat for long cruises. Having a blast! We plan to go very low and slow on return on the road for safety and allowing for Contingencies, which happen all too often.

    We choose a hotel based on satellite parking lot appearance and get there no later than 3-4 PM to grab a spot early to park this huge rig.    Read more

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    Burlington Day 4

    July 23 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    Decided on flying direct to PHL. Uneventful flight and Eileen's sister was able to pick us up and take us to our rig storage yard, which saved six hours vs Amtrak.
    This town has funky rig storage rules away from the best boat ramp and kiosk payment with only four slots. We felt lucky to get one on a weekday but did. We did lots of re-configuration and planning for getting the rig 1/2 mile to the large marina ramp.Read more

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    Burlington, VT Day 3

    July 22 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F

    Logistics planning for the trip back to Delaware City, DE where the rig is stored via Neighbor.com in a guy's backyard. Amtrak is cheap but 11 hours; direct flight to nearby PHL is $800. Another windy day with all cruisers stuck here. We enjoyed some more tourist walks and activities but are also ready to get home. We have intermittent plumes of Canada wildfire smoke but not too bad.Read more

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    Burlington, Day 2

    July 21 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    Yet another day of clouds and wind that keeps all boats rocking at the dock. The map shows us in a little peninsula surrounded by wildfire smoke. If needed, we can run the AC Fan (which filters incoming air) with closed windows but not needed so far.
    We enjoyed a long walk on a paved trail that follows the shore north along the lake plus another walk into town to check out the alternative boat ramp, which won't work well for us. There is a notice at the preferred ramp that the USCG will close it this weekend for an exercise, so we have to plan around that.

    Next to the marina stands the steel framing of an old dismantled 1860 power plant that was converted to run on wood chips rather than coal in the 1960's (this is Vermont, after all). When it was replaced by a modern plant the steel frame was retained, according to the cheerful enthusiastic murals, for reasons that make absolutely no sense.
    Advantages:
    Maintaining 1860 steel framing is expensive to taxpayers and provides jobs for the homeless, who have no other job skills other than complex grinding ops while balancing on beams five stories above ground
    Prevents that land from being used for anything that would be productive to or make money for Burlington, VT
    Beside a lovely RR siding with RR oil tank cars as far as the eye can see...it's way more expensive than pipelines; which are much safer and cheaper and result in lower consumer energy costs. NO ONE here would want THAT!

    Disadvantages:
    NONE! It's a WIN-WIN for everyone who Matters!
    When Warren Buffet (my favorite 'Olig-awk') spent trillions buying up and building RR oil cars because he foresaw that, we said 'maybe we should get on that bandwagon'...too bad we didn't.
    End energy rant.    Read more

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    Back on the Richelieu to Burlington, VT

    July 20 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Since these locks don't open til 0900 we were glad to be on the other side so we could leave early. We could easily squeeze under the 12 ft RR bridge and ran down the wide, scenic river at our minimum on-plane speed (in Heavy Cruise Mode) at 22 MPH with a few slow areas with marinas, complex turns etc.

    The US Customs visit had three other officials from other agencies who required opening every cooler and fridge, so we gave up some cherries and fresh veggies. One did a full inspection checklist of all USCG requirements including checking the pressure gauges on three larger than requirements fire extinguishers, oil placard etc. He saw that we had inflatable PFD's that we weren't wearing, and I'm shocked he didn't read the labels to ensue they met Type 3 standards (which don't have to worn to count).
    Then the Lake Sheriff's Deputy insisted on inspecting the Airhead system to make sure that any plumbing to an overboard port has been removed IAW NY and VT law. Although we knew about and complied on prior trips up there, you'll never get the old hose back on...plus now we're rabid Airhead devotees. He gave us a Sherriff Inspection sticker for our collection and we're on our way.
    The larger midsection of Lake Champlain got pretty choppy after noon with higher than predicted gusts making for a slow uncomfortable slamming ride. We finally got secured in the excellent Burlington city marina with an elaborate breakwater system, but boats are rocking from the wind (gusts to 40 MPH) although waves are attenuated. We walked around the city and topped up at the City Market, an interesting grocery co-op. There is a ramp adequate for a TC255 to load and an airport with direct flights to PHL, then either Amtrak back to Wilmington near where the rig is stored vs Eileen's sister picking us up if able. Then a seven hour drive back to Burlington and loading the boat for trailering back to Pensacola. We've been lucky that the smoke from Canadian wildfires has mostly avoided us!

    NEBOLINK LOG:

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    Chambly Canal Lock 3 to 9 at the end

    July 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    The canal runs beside the Richelieu River section that is not navigable..shallow and rapids. The speed limit is 6.2 MPH, enforced by them not opening the next lock if you arrive before you should. By the time we locked through the last one, the wind had picked up earlier than predicted with gusts to 30 MPH (though at our back). Since that lock wall gave us protection from the wind and another nice walking town with RR during duty hours we decided to stay right there on inverter power. At nightfall the wind stopped. We enjoyed another peaceful quiet night. In the morning cooking, coffee, basin bath water and fans with the fridge on the boat batteries, they were at 70%SOC and the inverter at 85%. Tomorrow we hope to get down to the US border or even to Burlington since only a few sections will require displacement speeds due to complex navigation.

    NEBOLINK GOLD LOG:

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    Montreal to Chambly on the Chambly canal

    July 18 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 66 °F

    Windy predicts enroute gusts to 35 about 4 PM, so we want to be docked before then. From Montreal, this involves cruising 50 miles North on the St L river, then 50 miles South on the Richelieu River, ending up less than 20 miles by land from our slip in Montreal! There weren't as many giant freighters as we remember and it was calm in the early morning. It was cloudy with intermit ant rain and we made good time at 22 MPH through rather boring stretches.
    In the Chambly locks, attendants toss down ropes for you to hold onto for the ride up, which is rough in the forward sections (where the fill valves are). It's all original 1800's infrastructure with hand-cranked valves and a hand-cranked swing bridge. A wall in the basin is one the few with 30A shore power ($12C). There is no commercial traffic. Unlike most, this is beside another charming historic Canadian village.

    NEBOLINK Log:

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    Montreal, Day 2

    July 17 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

    We regard Burlington, VT as being the end of our favorite part of this loop and it is fast approaching. Today we walked all around seeing the sights and enjoying the 64 degree brisk mornings and sunny 75 degree days with 29% humidity. Tormorrow is our 42nd aniversery and the next day is Eileens birthday. Since we will then be on some Canada farmland boondocks lock walls, we had lunch at a nice French restruant and walked 1.5 miles to procure enough Brie, fresh cherries and Australian Chardonnay for the next few days.Read more

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    To Lachine Canal, Montreal: 8 ft air draft

    July 16 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F

    St-A-DB Lock to Lachine Canal entrance is complex, and today, very rough with 35 MPH gusts that were mostly from behind but wet when they weren't. The entrance is even more complex and not on the chart...go VERY VERY SLOW IDLE until you figure out what you are seeing: ZERO docks where dozens are charted, weird 270 degree uncharted turns with local aids like 6 inch red floating balls strung together with lines blocking your intended path. We presume it must have been one hell of a winter storm to take out all that. There appears to be an alternate canal to the north of the correct one, but there is an uncharted road bridge over the east end with five foot or so air clearance. Just before entering Lock 5 (from the west) The attendant will measure your air draft with a pole. Unfortunately, the very nice solid stone visitor center and museum had to closed due to floor structural issues. All five locks have floating platforms with cleats that slide up and down on rails. Just hand your lines to the attendant and they’ll cleat them off. Your fenders need to be touching the water to be effective.

    Atwater Market is a must stop just before Lock 3 with an un-attended platform. Overnighting is permitted with permission with no utilities; Lock 1 is by far the longest. We stayed again at the very nice Montreal Yacht Club right in Old Montreal in a protected basin. You can spend several days at least exploring Montreal. Day 1 we wern’t affected by smoke from the Ontario wildfires.    Read more

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    To Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Lock and Village

    July 16 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F

    Great name for a Quebec village, don't you think? Flower pots hang from antique streetlights everywhere. We secured our 'mooring' along the wall before 2PM and ended up right in front of a town gazebo that offers free live music band trio each Wed evening in July, what luck! This is the epitome of the difference in cruising the back country in your own boat with total freedom. I hope the video of John Denver's”'Country Roads, Take me Home" in French is a first for you as it was for us.

    Corillian Lock has a huge 700 ton guillotine instead of a gate. Archimedes would be surprised. Very impressive!

    There was an air-conditioned private coin laundry on the Canal a few hundred feet away from our mooring (oddly enough, considering all the expensive taverns near it). We did a load of laundry for less than the cost of a single glass of wine at those lovely joints (we take what we can get when its close and cheap).
    Pics are really hard and slow to upload, even with Star link, where I run out of priority data plus Verizon with a 2GB limit per day on each of two phones on Mobile Hotspot.

    What Broke:
    The freshwater pump function died two weeks ago. It's such a pain to remove everything in that huge cabinet plus go spelunking into the bilge spaces with everything in the aisle until I can get a fix (avg 7-10 days) it's not worth it. So we have six gallon water jugs to re-fill on the dock and toss each after bout two weeks of refills.

    The Garmin Canada Lake-Vu chip went blank back at Hurst Marina. The Parts Manager had one in stock and claimed that if a Garmin SD card for Canada Lakes was bought in the US, it would not include all Canada data, and if it was bought in Canada, it would not include all Canada data, but in different areas. I gave him a look that enticed him to bring his SD card to the boat to install it himself , and BAM! we have no longer fallen off the face of the earth. He warned me that when the Garmin Off the Face of the Earth Feature (NOT a bug) next appears, simply swap back to my original US card. Who Knew?    Read more

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    Montebello, Quebec day 2

    July 15 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    Yesterday in western Ontario there were very high winds and dry conditions that led to the breakout of 49 different uncontrolled forest wildfires. The winds are spreading the smoky haze all over including here, as well as the PHL to NYC area with a smoky unpleasant haze. Current predictions are for two more days of this if the winds don't change. One change could include more upward lift that wouldn't planet the ground.
    The winds DID change to push the mess high up!
    We took a long walk on the Chateau estate forest trails, and paid $18 for an ordinary can of Deep Woods Off. It turns out we both agree it was well worth it since otherwise the dank still forest trail would have been intolerable from the skeeters. They seemed especially interested in getting under our eyelids and into nostrils. A stretch along the Ottawa River was very interesting and beautiful. In the middle of summer, that is.    Read more

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    Ottawa, Ontario to Montebello, Quebec

    July 14 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

    Back in 2019, we were incredibly lucky that the lock Master needed a boat under 28 ft to fit the space he had. This time we were even more incredibly lucky that we were the only boat on the blue line ready to lock down in contrast to previous weeks where boats were always waiting on the lower Blue Line wishing to lock up. With only us in tne lock it went very quickly since there was no waiting for other boats to get secured before entering the next chamber. That put us in the Ottawa river, which only runs a half mile North past the flight of 8 locks. Then it's about a hundred miles east to Montreal and the St Lawrence seaway . Previously we stayed at the luxurious Montebello Chateau marina, but now pricing has gone up to $7.50 per foot with a 30-foot minimum, so instead we stayed at the brand new docks at Montebello city marina for half the price. This is scenic vacation area and there are now low hills on each side of the Ottawa river. We walked village until Eileen found an ice cream shop that had soft serve ice cream. We’ll have two nights here before moving on. There are some nice walking trails in thick forests on the large Chateau property.

    The last lock at Ottawa was Number 281 for us! We're getting better at it. Even on a small boat, Ear-Tec Ultimate headsets help with my bad hearing, and I don't want to wear $7,000 hearing aids over the water.    Read more

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    Ottawa, Ontario day 2

    July 14 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

    It’s been surprising to us how few boaters there are on the Rideau Canal in mid July 2026 compared to mid August 2019 when we were last here. We see plenty of prime spots with power along the wall. Once you pay for your seasonal pass (which was around $330 Canadian for us) the only other charge is $12 per night if you use 30 amp power. Downside is there are no restrooms or showers, but we get past that with the AirHead and Basin Baths on the boat with hot water.
    Today we got our walk in doing the usual touristy things... we watched the Changing of the Guards, walked some downtown, and walked through the
    Byward market. Blocks away there are an incredible number of homeless people in the streets, who spend most of the day seemingly passed out and sprawled in uncomfortable looking positions. We haven't seen any down by the canal, but there are reports of stolen petty thievery of e-bikes, power cords, binoculars etc left unsecured and even boat untyings. We use a bicycle lock to secure the power cord and 50 amp adapter, and tie at least one dock line from across the boat so anyone who wants to undo it would have to actually board the boat, which most don't.

    We’re in position to go down the eight connected locks called the Flight of Eight in downtown Ottawa ending up on the Ottawa River, then moving east on the Ottawa River towards Montreal. It requires several hours to get through these locks, the busiest and most dramatic locks on the system. Hundreds of tourists are watching the locking process. They're watching the show and we are the show so don't make any mistakes.    Read more

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    To Ottawa Flight of Eight Locks downtown wall

    July 11 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    We had our choice of wall spots with power as most of the Looper fleet is ahead of us. We have to consider the Construction Holiday of 2 weeks from July 15, which is Quebec law but Ontario follows suit. That puts a lot more boats on the water and at the locks.

    Now we can see the Ottawa skyscrapers in the distance and its all displacement speeds. Since we thoroughly explored the city in 2019, we'll only take two nights here but add a second night at Montebello. It can take three hours or more to get through the flight of Eight.

    Nebolink log:

    https://reports.nebo.global/c39be3b5-c00c-4ce8-…

    Its still hot enough in the afternoon to appreciate AC until the sun starts to get low.    Read more

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    To Black Rapids, Lock 17d

    July 10 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    The lock just re-opened after being closed for high water. It has room for three boats on a low cement wall with 30A power. We get up before 5 AM and are underway as soon after first light as possible if there isn't any fog. We arrived before noon and all three were vacant. When we returned after lunch and our walk, the other two were occupied before 2 PM.

    NEBOLINK Log:

    https://reports.nebo.global/c39be3b5-c00c-4ce8-…

    We're getting closer to the Ottawa suburbs. It was a rainy day so we took an Uber (widely available) to one of the larger supermarket chains for provisions. We visited another huge supermarket nearby which turned out to cater to the large Asian population. It was interesting. They had a huge tub of live blue crabs, lobsters, and gallon jugs of Kikkoman Soy Sauce. We had lunch at an Italian restaurant which was very good. Every single one of the ten or so employees was Indian, but they sure made some good Italian dishes.
    There are now more houses, as well as mansions, along the canal, mostly on high bluffs. No wake zones are more frequent as are kayakers and small boats. This is another very pleasant stop, but not as 'countryside' with a large parking lot for visitors.    Read more

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    To Hurst Marina, about Mile 22

    July 8 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F

    When marina service techs in the midst of high season in a resort area tell you a part is expected in 3-5 days, they mean Parts Dept Days, which is 6-10 days, not counting weekends, holidays, days off, days on their own boat, or days when they intend to do something more fun than Parts work. On the other hand, Hurst is very well protected from canal wakes with a basin, they have a pool for water walking exercise AND a hot tub. AND a courtesy car if it's not in the shop this week, which it was (with 'no tires, no hood, and you wouldn't want to drive it that way.' Although some folks probably have. I told her that ONE TIME we borrowed a marina Courtesy Car that DID NOT have the Check Engine warning light on. But then I saw it was on but covered by black electrical tape. Sometimes Marina Management is SO subtle! Sing out if YOU have ever borrowed a marina Courtesy Car that did not have an illuminated Check Engine warning!

    We paid for two days assuming it would turn into eight. But at least there's a small pool.

    NEBOLINK log here:
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    To Burritts Rapids, Lock 17

    July 7 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Its amazing how those British army engineers built such complex stone infrastructure and even how they figured out where to build a dam and locks that would have the desired effects. Burritts Island is several miles long in the middle of rapids in the Rideau. They used the spine of the island to raise the canal 15 feet above the other side with dams and locks. The trail along it was our two hour walk. The Burrits Rapids swing bridge, like many others, has 10 feet vertical clearance, so without the radar dome we can clear it. We boated under it and walked over it.
    This lock also had power with one remaining 'iffy' pedestal so they didn't charge us for 'hydro', though it worked perfectly and it was nice to have the air conditioning on a hot afternoon. Near sundown, temps drop fast into the mid 60's. Washroom 'basin baths' work just fine in this climate, but not back home July after a six mile walk. The engines still don't have a hint of vibration under 1500 RPM/7 MPH.

    NEBOLINK log is here, and James will be happy that we didn't the 7 MPH Molly Brown Max just in case my mechanic calls him to verify my 'story'. Thanks, James!

    https://reports.nebo.global/c39be3b5-c00c-4ce8-…

    Three brave ladies are canoe tent camping along the canal lock parks for weeks in a tradition they've had for decades. Eileen instantly took to them when she saw that in the EXTREMELY LIMITED space in their canoes with the tents and provisions for weeks on the water, they each carried a 4L box of Jackson-Twiggs Pino Grigio. Making cruising fun is all about setting your priorities!    Read more

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    Kilmarnock, lock 24

    July 6 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F

    To snag a free lock wall mooring (with a Canada Parks pass) you pretty much need to be there by noon or 2pm to have a good chance, plus contact the lock by phone to see if there are any. This remote lock was full on the downside with two open on the up side; no utilities. We made good use of the inverter to run anything but the rooftop AC. It gets cool at sundown and upper 50's in at sunrise. Both the wooden lock and wood one-way swing bridge are hand cranked. We did have a half mile area to ensure the new props got us on plane...no problem. Our calculations now involve getting to the Ottawa Wall before noon on a weekend..Read more

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    Hurst Marina, M22, day 2

    July 5 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F

    As Gomer would say, 'Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!' Blake in the Parts Dept called yesterday at 3PM to say Both props are in and ready for install while wTo oure were in the pool. Matt (in charge) decided that if a Hurst tech used the PWC floating dock to drive the boat 50 yards over there and change out the props (rather than us) it would meet his insurance requirements and avoid the $350 travel lift fee! So that's what we did. To our surprise, Matt arranged for his most experienced (40 years) tech to do the dirty work.

    The props were on and ready to go by 0900. We decided to stay since tomorrow is forecast to have T storms and rain all day, which makes locking and docking pretty miserable on a trailer boat. Good decision.    Read more