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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June 1, 2026
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Pensacola home to Kingsland, GA
June 1 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
A leisurely day of trailering starting at 0430 (McD breakfast) averaging 15 MPG 20,000 pounds of boat and trailer at 60 MPH, making 500 miles per day with total diesel cost under $250 per thousand miles. The boat gets 2 MPG, marina E0 gas is expensive, so cruising a thousand miles costs $2,500 rather than $250.

Some owners stay overnight at state parks for $17/night…just plug the shorepower cord into a RV adapter and plumb your grey water into a bucket on the pad. We’re too lazy to re-configure so stay at Hampton Inns that have an especially large parking lot or a dead-end lane beside them.

What Broke:

Ford recalled the F350 for a backing camera connector that can fail from water intrusion and a Trailer Module that can rarely fail on startup. However, it will take {p}x712/16? Weeks to get the parts, so we decided to press on. A Trailer Module failure means no trailer brakes or lights, so if it happens we’ll have no choice.Read more
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Georgia to NC
June 2 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Lots of traffic congestion and several crashes, esp. around the large cities. We fuel up only at truck plazas, since we are almost as long as a tractor-trailer rig.
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NC to Delaware
June 3 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
We planned to launch at a state park ramp across the creek Delaware City Marina, where an annual mini AGLCA meeting is held. After launching and securing the boat for three transient nights we towed the trailer to a guys back yard 30 miles away for $120/month on the Neighbor.com site. Extra Space Storage charges $500/month. We had to maneuver around some chicken coops, but figure it was worth it with a $50 Uber back to the boat. We always use Neighbor.com for rig storage on one-way Segments and have never had any problems, esp when the owner is at home.Read more
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Delaware City Marina, day 1
June 4 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Offers a good value, like most municipal marinas. The fourth annual meeting of Loopers who have finished the Chesapeake Bay section and ready to head into the Delaware Bay south to NJ. The group met at Kathy's seafood restaurant in a private room and had a great time We explored Ft Dupont on our own (guided tour also offered) and walked around the city.
We're trying a new storage system using 6 gal stackable hinged clear containers that fit in the aft cabinets well. Unlike a giant bin, we don't have to remove everything in the bin to get to what you need, which is always on the bottom. Working well so far.

What Broke:
The Garmin VHF 200 ship radio went dead. Troubleshooting started with the fuse. It was lit up by a LED; a Blue Seas feature. Sometimes it can be hard to see a blown fuse segment. I don't have an explanation for it, but it's never happened before and works fine after replacing the fuse.

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-easyID-Fuse-Kit…Read more
TravelerGood idea for storage
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Delaware City Marina, day 2
June 5 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Lots of visiting an exchanging boat cards and Loop stories. Marina staff stacks the boats so closely that there will be way to leave until the boat in front you or behind you does, which will require some coordination. The city sponsored their first Farmers Market, which was cute but very small. Foster holds a 4 PM Captain's meeting with valuable tips on crossing the bay. Like "Don't stop in the nuclear plant Security Zone and take pictures." There was Live music on the deck after Docktails and a bring a dish supper that was way more than enough. There is a nice walkway dow n the canal to the Bay.Read more
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Down Delaware Bay to Cape May, NJ
June 6 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Smooth sailing for 62 miles down the bay to NJ, with some Atlantic Ocean swells but no drops on the windshield. If there are drops on the windshield, I always look at the marine forecast to see if we are in a Small Craft Advisory (just kidding). We limited our speed to 25 MPH due to seeing floating logs in the water. You never know if a floating small branch is attached to a non-floating underwater log beneath it.

We stayed at South Jersey Marina due to good protection from wind and wakes and floating docks (which make getting on and off the boat much easier in areas with big tides and therefore very high docks). It has the most luxurious shower/bathroom facilities we've ever seen!
We got our six miles in by walking to a touristy farm. The market featured Gouda Cheese With Beer and Jalapeño Eggs. On the Inside Passage of British Columbia, Colby would have to motor for over an hour (at his Maximum Cruising Speed of 5 MPH) to get to the nearest First Nation convenience store that carries those items. even then, they may be out, especially if Bill and Mike got there first.
There are lots of nice homes and flowers and a ten-block area of creameries and tourist shops. We shared a soft style ice cream and each bought a 250 flag T-shiret. The church has been raffling off a new car each year since Eileen was a kid. She says one of the nuns always win the raffle, but that's 'just coincidence.'Read more
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Cape May NJ day 2
June 7 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Enjoying playing tourist here! But it's not as crazy as Mackinac Island (if you go, stay at Mackinac City marina and take the ferry over to avoid the awful ferry wakes).
We're planning to take the shallow (4 feet) slow and crowded NJ ICW to Ocean City since the Atlantic marine forecast has seas over our 2 foot No-Go criteria.Read more
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Cape May to Ocean City, NJ via the Awful NJ ICW
June 9 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
We found the NJ ICW to be as Awful as advertised except perhaps even more so. It's advised ONLY for drafts under 4 feet, but at low tide we bumped unmarked, uncharted shoals in the channel at under 2 feet. We never exceeded 7 MPH, with no damage and didn't have to get out to push. Channels are often only a couple of boat lengths wide, and local fisherman will anchor longwise right in the middle and refuse to move, even on weekdays. Don't even think about going out on weekends. It seems like 99% is in a No Wake Zone and the other 1% is barely 2 feet deep at high tide.
We found another marina with floating docks and walked over the bridge (with an 18 inch side walkway)...a bit scary. Most Loopers are far north of us and marinas only need a next-day notice to secure a transient spot for our little boats.Read more
TravelerBeen there, done that 🤩
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Ocean City to Atlantic City on the dreadful NJ ICW
June 10 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
There are more discourteous boaters on the 150 miles of the NJ ICW than on the 1,400 miles of Florida ICW. Violating Rules of the Road is an art form that requires practice to be 100% proficient at it, and boy, some of these folks are. Another exhausting day of 270 degree hairpin turns in 4 feet of water half a boat length from protruding docks at 5-7 MPH, but hey! only one green fly got in the cabin.
We explored the 4 miles of world-famous Boardwalk in the heat (102 degrees under the Bimini) and made arrangements to meet Eileen's sister and Bill tomorrow. We're also making plans and options for the 50-mile trip out into the Atlantic Ocean that is required to get to New York Harbor and the Hudson River.
What broke:
The SONAR/CHIRP depth finder is only accurate intermittently after our forth bottom bump, but it's positioned well above the lower unit cavitation plate so we wouldn't a expect it to be affected by those misadventures.Read more
TravelerAnd NJ is one of the few states that requires mandatory boater education. Doesn’t seem to help 🙃
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Atlantic City, NJ Day 2
June 11 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 93 °F
We walked back down to the Boardwalk again for our daily exercise and met Pam and Bill for a nice lunch near the marina. It's wakey during the day, but we're not on the boat then. We're using the new air conditioner a lot and hoping it don't end up on the What Broke list.
We're discussing multiple options for the ocean leg, complicated by the timing...it takes 6 hours to go 35 miles by the ICW at 5-7 MPH, but only 1.5 hours in the ocean at cruising speeds.Read more
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Barnegat Inlet, Bayview Harbor Marina
June 12 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
'Barnegat' turns out to be a Dutch variation on 'breaking waves', which is what it would be without the jetties. The distal half of the south jetty is submerged, so don't run over it like the boat in the Travel-Lift did.
Tomorrow looks like the best day to venture out into the Atlantic Ocean (which must be done to get to NY by water). We like the blue Windy app best for versatility and ability to compare models. There are multiple worldwide weather models, but don't make the mistake of liking 3 weather apps that are based on the SAME model, since you are not getting different opinions.Read more
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Atlantic City to Barnegat Inlet, NJ
June 13 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
This was a much wider waterway, and much more enjoyable. We averaged 23 MPH overall. There are much fewer hairpin 270 degree turns and docks protruding into the waterway.
A 40 mile day was still a bit long, though arrived at our marina before 1230 PM even after a wrong turn that added 20 miles. We had a beautiful sunset and a great steak dinner on the Nuwave induction skillet (limited to 900w).
NEBOLINK log is here (scroll down 3 pages). We took an accidental detour into Great Bay, which was very scenic and calm.

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

Barnegat Lighthouse has a nice mini meuseum (air conditioned in 91 degrees). We wanted to see the Inlet close up before running it tomorrow. That segment takes us into the Atlantic Ocean 60 miles to round Sandy Hook before NYC so we are watching the marine forecasts closely.Read more
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Barnegat Inlet into the Atlantic to Sandy Hook, NJ
June 13 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
After watching the marine forecast for this part of the coastal Atlantic Ocean for several months, we knew that there are very few days that don't violate our NO-GO criteria of waves 2 feet or less, comfy perod, and wind under 20 MPH and gusts under 26. When a day like that is predicted, it often is later changed for the worse. So we were delighted to have a 24 hour weather window to slide into the Atlantic and run down the coast on the 20 foot contour line with under 10 MPH winds from the NW and SW (SW is ideal and rare). Only a few splashes on the windshield from wakes and a slowdown outside Manasquan Inlet, where VHF chatter reported a runaway partially floating dredge pipe f heading out to sea, position undetermined. And we didn't have an unpleasant meeting that results in a Bad Boating Day. We define a Good Boating as one where no one is seriously injured or killed, and total damages after deductibles and co-pays are less than a Boat Unit ($1,000). We've only had one in 46 years so far.
We stopped in Sandy Hook Bay Atlantic Highlands city marina, which has a good breakwater, but no floating docks or finger piers. The outboards preclude a stern in tie and the anchor pulpit makes bow in awkward and having to step OVER the high bow railing. Some 71 year old folks couldn't do it. Choose the Great Kills Yacht Club instead with their Looper POC. I thought it was up the Hudson, but it's only 10 miles away... my bad. NEBOLINK log shows mostly over 20 MPH; wind data is from the nearest airport, not on the water. The town is quaint and charming.
The upcoming large bodies of water (Lakes Ontario, Oneida and Champlain) are not as likely to have a two week weather delay as the Atlantic (even in sight of shore), as in the video of the Atlantic City Ferris wheel). 250 very interesting water miles to date. Marina E0 gas has averaged 5 to a max 6 dollars a gallon though we budgeted $8/gal (it still might exceed that in Canad
We extended to a second night because Windy predicted gusts to 30 MPH. We're taking advantage of the pause for grocery and boutique shopping as well as planning for the next few days, including getting to Halfmoon Bay marina tomorrow for two nights.Read more
TravelerAhh. The respite from struggling the weather. Sure makes the calm water days even more delightful
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Sandy Hook NJ to Halfmoon Bay NY, Hudson R SM 36
June 14 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
The forecasted front was slower coming through, so we got a lot of salt geysers slammed on the windshield and a stressful but safe cruise up a snotty Hudson River with 1 to 2 foot white capping chop on the beam. The shores are less developed than we had imagined and very scenic among the surrounding hills. We've previously spent two weeks exploring NYC so didn't need that.Read more
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Halfmoon Bay on the Hudson, Day 2
June 17 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
We enjoyed the more mellow weather, low humidity and 50 degree cabin temp this morning so we turned on the heater in the middle of June with humidities as low as 27%. We had to abandon two 25 ft premium dock lines when Eileen couldn't reach them on a falling 6.5 ft tide...no big deal when a fill up of 150g of E0 marina gas runs $800.
Many of the boats waiting for the weather to improve arrived toda for 26 total.
We took an Uber to Croton dam park and had a nice walk. The dam is the send largest hand hewn stone structure after the Pyramids.
Prior to arrival, the dockmaster sends a PDF email that is the best marina introduction we've ever seen. There was an enjoyable docktails meeting on the deck overlooking the Hudson River...very scenic. The humidity is very low; we've using the heater every morning and the AC every aftertoon.Read more
Traveler Such a pretty spot
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TravelerWhere there are high tidial or other causes of water depth changes, we always looped the lines back to the boat without tieing them off at the dock.
6/19/26Reply
TravelerLive and learn, and we've learned more from Bob than anyone!
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Half Moon Bay to Mills-Norrie State Park Marina
June 18 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
We knew wind and wave conditions would be knocking on the door of our NO-GO criteria, but the wind forecast (the Blue Windy app) was south gusts under 25 MPH until 1100, then picking up to 30 MPH with river waves under 2 feet. We chose this marina because it was the only one in this neck of the woods with some protection from South winds and waves. Although we were tied up before 1100 it was a rough ride overtaking 2.4 ft breaking slop. Within a few hours the forecast changed to Gusts of 40 MPH (35 sustained is a Gale Warning) as pictured. No pictures en route because it was just too rough and I needed Eileen's help in watching for floating logs hidden in the chop. We luckily avoided about six.
Eileen thinks the SP Turtle Crossing sign is cute. I imagine a mom and 12 babies could hold you up there for hours.
We have an (online only) reservation here for tomorrow night to allow us a full day to explore the FDR gardens, a famed cafe and walk the Pedestrian Bridge over the Hudson back at Poughkeepsie.

https://share.nebo.global/voyage/31c41b94-6b29-…

What Broke: NEBOLINK Gold unit is no longer reporting full voyage details as an Email to me. Likely an Operator Error button push somewhere.Read more
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Mills-Norrie SP marina Day 2
June 19 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
It took a lot of research to find this gem, which I've never read about on about on the looper Forum. Only $24/night including 30A power, superb protection, new all-tile and SS climate controlled bathhouse with twice the rooms Half Moon Bay has. Also a ramp adequate for a TC255.
Historically, barges then railroads then roads followed the river valleys, so all Hudson River marinas have some train noise, but here it's minimal. We're glad to pay for an Uber to Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie and have protection from wind, wakes and current. The 5-6 foot tides rush all the 150 miles to Troy before the Troy Dam and Lock stop them.

The only bad thing I'm going to say about Juneteenth is that it spoiled a long-anticipated 90 minute guided tour of the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) due to the Friday Federal Holiday (I forgot). Our Consolation Prize was lunch at Lola's Cafe, a local CIA chef grad. My BLAT, (bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato) sandwich with peanut noodles was great!
Then we Ubered over to the FDR 1,000 acre estate, home, visitor center and Presidential Library and Museum. It turns out that FDR founded the very first one of those! It did NOT look like a billion-dollar pregnant Klingon Gulag, like some do...see pic.

We walked around Hyde Park and across the Hudson River Pedestrian Bridge (an old abandoned RR bridge), the longest in the world at 1.28 miles. The wind blew as predicted with gusts to 40 MPH and flags flying straight out. There's lots of history in the area, which we always enjoy.Read more
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Hyde Park NY to Donovan's Shady Harbor Marina
June 21 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Donovan's caters to Loopers and they return the favor with good reviews. Although it's right into the Hudson River, both locals and towboats mostly go to no-wake speeds and there's no traffic at night except rare tows. They even have a small pool. Blue Windy again predicted bad wind gusts in the usual late afternoon/maximal heating timeframe of noon to 4PM so we headed out at 0700 in good conditions. NEBOLINK data here:

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

Seems I got full data back, so that is no longer in the What Broke list, Hooray!

We set out on a narrow country road with 18 inch shoulders towards a grocery store, but turned back due to Google craziness. We found a trail to the river and hiked that. There is very good wifi, but it's limited to a grand total of 3 hours per day, even it it's turned off, so we resorted to Starlink, which always works great.Read more
TravelerNice to have good weather forecasts.
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Shady Harbor to GOLD at Waterford, NY
June 21 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Shady Harbor to GOLD at Waterford, NY

In August 2019 we ended a segment of the triangle Loop into Canada at Waterford New York, which marks the completion of our Loop. We traded the white (In Progress) AGLCA burgee for the gold (completed). It’s a nice stop with a cute town, long walking trail and supermarket nearby. We had some celebratory food and wine and enjoyed the farmers Market with live music.
We chose to travel on a Sunday to avoid the worst of the commercial water traffic around Albany New York. It was smooth sailing up the Hudson River and a very pleasant cruise. One of our favorite parts of the loop is the triangle Loop into canada. we can reach that by cruising the East area Canal to the cutoff at Oswego into Lake Ontario and then Kingston at the beginning of the Rideau canal to Ottawa, Montreal, then down the Richelieu canal to Lake Champlain. NEBOLINK details:

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

On our walk we discovered an old small cometary and a trail down to the Hudson River. The town wall is right next to Lock 2, which will be our 235th...and a lot more to come. A LOT of rain/thunderstorms is forecast for tomorrow so we elect to stay another night. Heavy rains can dump a lot of debris in the canals, sometimes close locks to navigation, Iand lockmasters don't lock with lightning in the area. I bought a T shirt that has a picture of the gates and caption "I Got Locked Up At Waterford."Read more
TravelerCongratulations! Completing the American Great Loop is an achievement. Not sure if you beat the record for the longest time to complete....but we are sure that you are in the running. LOL
6/22/26Reply
TravelerHi Joyce, we might have beat the record for CONSECTUTIVE 10 years, but due to medical issues etc not TOTAL years, oh well it's all fun!
6/24/26Reply
TravelerCongratulations on completing your loop! 🎉
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Waterford to Amsterdam, NY
June 23 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
36 miles of scenic cruising and again avoiding the 25-30 MPH winds associated with maximal heating on some days. Cool mornings and warm days with low humidity w are just what we like compared to home. Both Amsterdam and Scotia city marinas have some issues with water skiing contests (speed limit is 45 MPH) with boaters complaining of them getting too close and causing wake damage. The new manager with a lease on the city marina cafe(Dan) is a hoot! It's closed on our arrival day of Tues, but he came over with his (presumed) wife who went over the specials for the night with the five boats tied up. It was delicious, Very generous portions for great prices and $2/ft including power with 4+ AC bath house and laundry. Highly recommended. Historically, the trains followed the river valleys after the historic barges, so there is always train and road bridge noise but it never bothers us with fans on.
It's amazing how much riverfront is virgin forest...no condos or development on the riverbanks for 90% of the journey...so surprising for what we assumed to be NY!

NEBOLINK log is here:

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Traveler Nice. We missed that one
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Amsterdam to St Johnsville, NY
June 24 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
The blue Windy app predicts gusts to 30 MPH in the afternoon on the nose, which generates chop that can hide logs etc. We were underway at 0730 for 30 miles and docked at the St Johnsville city marina by 11 AM just as the wind was picking up. 31 miles and a pleasant cruise averaging 23 MPH. The Mohawk river is wide here and it's easy to avoid other traffic. Very little commercial traffic. There is a Tom Cat adequate boat ramp that could make this a candidate for a segment loop. We walked into town, which is suffering the common post industrial effects of many others after an anchor large carpet company shut down. We got gas because all these small marinas only have one pump, so if it's offline you need to make it to the next one. The $1 per foot transient rate is average for the area and an embayment provides partial wake protection. We have a $120 freshwater Tow Boat US in addition to SeaTow on the inland rivers. We've been air conditioning during the heat of the day, but at night it drops into the 50's and we often run the portable heater for a while before breakfasts.Read more
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Brewerton Day 1 and 2
June 27 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We moved across the canal to Winter Haven Shipyard to attend the AGLCA Member Appreciation day and free pizza. AGLCA executive Director Kim Russo remembered getting a tour of Cat O’ Mine back in 2023 at a Panama City FL fuel stop. The pizza and company was great. We were the smallest Looper boat there by 15 feet. We did some trip planning and look forward to getting back to the Rideau Canal at Kinston, ON but first we have to cross Lake Ontario, which can be rough. I’m having problems uploading pics so plan to break out the Starlink. It’s been hot during the day cools off after sunset.Read more
TravelerHot here in Michigan by Pat Clow. Over 100 degrees yesterday….glad the AC is working!
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St Johnsville to Ilion, NY
June 28 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
As usual, we leave early and like to be settled in at the next marina by lunch or at least early afternoon. At $1/foot per night the best stops can fill up by 3 PM and leave little choice regarding what's ahead. By 5 PM there were no slips left. This stop is very close an Aldi for easy re-provisioning. Most all NY and NJ grocery stores charge for bags so bring your own and a compact backpack or two.Read more
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Ilion to Rome, NY
June 29 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
An easy segment with a few spots under 5 feet. The Rome free city dock has no power, the shower and RR is half a mile away. This is the first time using our new suitcase all-in-one Pecron 4,200w lithium-battery/inverter to power the boat instead of a shore power pedestal on a dock. It also has multiple MPPT inlets for solar panels, an automatic transfer switch, auto detection of any charging etc etc. We simply plugged the pedestal end of our boat power cable back into the boat through a window and into the Pecron with a 30A RV adapter. It's about the same size as a Honda 2300, but with no gas or carbon monoxide risks, plus perfectly silent. Importantly to us, it requires no modifications to the boat electrical system and can be easily removed for more home backup power in the off season. There is no such thing (yet) of a true drop-in lithium replacement battery with an inverter, BMS, etc but this is as close as it gets at this point. Now we can transfer the biggest 12v energy hog (the fridge) to either the Pecron overnight or the totally independent boat Group 31 x 3 batteries plus solar or engine alternator recharge. Dinner, fans, fridge, breakfast + all the usual 120v loads brought the Pecron down to 40% of capacity. It recharged in 90 minutes to 100%. If you don't want to plug in the whole AC panel there are four 20A outlets you can use. You can also recharge it underway by 12v lighter plug (limited to a slow 150w rather than 1800w) but at a max 6MPH on these canals one thing we got plenty of is time.

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Lock 17 is unique in using a giant guillotine instead of the gates originally designe"d by Archimedes. Mr Locke is wrongly given credit for that, but on the other hand imagine what a pain it would be on the VHF;
"Archimedes 45, Archimedes 45, this is Cat O' Mine, downbound."
"Archimedes 45. Just wait for the damn green light."
"Archimedes 45, Cat O' Mine copies wait for the damn green light."

This is also one of the few that REQUIRES a portside tie, so it only holds half as many boats unless some agree to raft. As (always) the smallest boat we requested rafting and Ella B agreed to host us. To make things more interesting, there is a huge log in the chamber blocking most of it. It's been in there for three days, and the lockmaster says he's thinking of charging it rent. The inrushing current sent it banging into multiple boats but no damage.Read more
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Crossing Lake Ontario at 25 MPH to Kingston, ON
July 1 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We made 22-25 MPH and pulled into Kingston, ON Confederation Basin marina by noon. We felt lucky because there is no guarantee a trailer boat can cross 52 miles on that large lake on any given day. All three of our weather sources forecast 0.7 to 1 foot seas with SE to S winds under 15 MPH, and that's what we got. We had some cat sneezes on the windshield when I had to hit a wave at 90 degrees rather than offset, but overall a great ride.
We checked into Canada Customs by phone and got a Report Number to display. That was a nothing-burger compared to some Canada entrances we've experienced.

By 4 PM there were Tornado and severe storm warnings as a vicious front charged through. It was pretty scary. A group of four slow boats that left two hours before us had to bail out at several islands and anchor.
Yet another advantage of a trailer boat is a short air draft. The old LaSalle Causeway Bridge has very limited open hours, but we can pass a 14 ft section easy. We explored Kingston on our last segment here in 2019 and took three days to do the tourist thing. We like the 'Hop on Hop off' double decker buses for big cities. We're in a heat wave advisory but the new AC works great.
This is the start of the section we've been most looking forward too. The water is clear, days are warm and nights cool with low humidity. We walked around town and the waterfront trail and to a supermarket for provisions. We generally add groceries and laundry about every 4 days when available. All our clothes except outerwear each fit in a clear bag smaller than a brown paper bag.Read more
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