We started at sunrise in Montreal today. While leaving the Old Port, we hit a personal speed record of 11.2 knots in Saphira Blue as we passed under the bridge at Pont Jacques Cartier. Essentially this means the current was almost 4 knots benind us. Either that or there was a bunch of Mermaids helping us along. Today was supply day. After a stop for fuel we hiked into Longueuil for groceries. Paroisse Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue was just around the corner so we…
Lots of waiting around again today for bridges and locks. During a 2 hour wait for locks, we explored the Lachine rapids. Montreal Old Port is beautiful at night. The lights dance across the bridge while images light up the clock tower.
An early start to try and get to Montreal ahead of schedule. It started out with us breaking a speed record as we hit 10kts through a narrow section with a strong tail current. We were soon foiled by the lifting bridges. We waited a total of about 3 hours for 2 bridges to open. They open the bridges as needed for commercial traffic but pleasure craft have to wait until commercial traffic comes along. We made it through the…
We made awesome progress today through three locks (Iroquois, Eisenhower and Snell) despite a significant sailor’s bane. AWA – Apparent Wind Angle – the angle of the apparent wind with respect bow…. ie. standing on the bow. AWS – Apparent Wind Speed – the speed of the wind when standing on the bow – 0.0 is a BAD number for sailing TWS – True Wind Speed – Wind speed with respect to the water you are floating on (which may be moving…
Fantastic little town. Very quiet in late September despite 28C temperatures. Probably very active in the summer months.
We set off from Tuscarora Bay NY bound for Alexandria NY. Beautiflly warm night! Gentle breezes and calm sailing expected for the next couple of days.
Looks like we are trying again for the cast-off date. September 20th….. or there about. So much work….. We have packed our 3000 sq ft house into a 300 sq foot boat in exchange for a much larger back yard! The Life Raft, EPIRB and AIS Recovery systems have all been installed. (all items we do not plan to use but are necessary for a well found boat). Many of the items we have brought on board may be unneeded…
It has been a long arduous task to package up our land based life. Many many long days. We are almost there. Tentative sail date is September 10th.