We had gone to the store at Christian Island for some groceries and were on our way to find an anchorage for the evening. We are somewhere close to the X on the map, I think, maybe.
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Trent Severn Waterway: part 2 Trenton – Peterborough
- Toronto to Trenton July 7 – 9
- Peterborough to Lake Simcoe July 16 – 20
- Simcoe to Georgian Bay July 22 – July 24
Alison and the girls came to Trenton by train. We spent the night and then pushed off, heading up the Trent River.
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Trent Severn Waterway: part 1-Toronto to Trenton
Last summer we escaped a flooded Toronto and headed north, we had planned on leaving Toronto for Georgian Bay last year, with the heavy rains and flooding shutting down our favourite cruising grounds, beaches and amusement park (aka the Toronto Islands) the decision to leave was even easier. What was supposed to be a lazy meander through cottage country, with afternoons spent swimming with loons, ice cream in quaint towns, turned out somewhat different thanks to the unseasonably cold and wet July weather. As for the quaint towns, well there was Bobcaygeon, which could be accused of trying a bit too hard.
The trip fell into 4 stages and took us most of July. We only lingered a few places, three days in Peterborough, one in Sutton, but when we moved we moved pretty quickly because of the weather. A total of 18 days in a boat that does about 5.5knots underpower.
- Toronto to Trenton July 7 – 9
- Trenton to Peterborough July 10 – 12
- Peterborough to Lake Simcoe July 16 – 20
- Simcoe to Georgian Bay July 22 – July 24
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Maintenance on the hook – chasing smells
Mid-winter, on one of my periodical visits to the boat, I was blown away with the smell of diesel fuel when I slid the hatch open. I chalked this up to the new cover not giving the boat as much ventilation as it used to have, but I really wasn’t fooling myself. In the back of my head I’ve been wondering why the boat smells worse this year then last?
When doing my spring commissioning I discovered a drop of fuel on one of the fuel filters. I didn’t have time to look at it until now. I was partly motivated as we are are on day 10 ( I’ve lost track) of a trip to the 1000 islands. The girls still crawl into our bed some nights and last night I was squished up against the back bulkhead, getting strong wafts of diesel. That was enough to motivate me this morning to see if I can stop the leak.
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Park it here.
Found this review of The Great Book of Anchorages on my March break, I hope it will come in handy one day as I make my way down the Inter-Coastal Waterway 🙂
http://www.sailmagazine.com/booksmedia/review-great-book-anchorages