JacketsIIOur Travels on Jackets II

We left the marina at 8:30 after learning that we would get through the lock before the scheduled 4pm pleasure craft lift, if we hurried over. So all three boats cast off in a rush. Well the procedure is that you get to this huge lock and tie off at a floating dock. climb up…

Well we are leaving the lakes and canals for a few days and into the St Lawrence Seaway. The current would also be against us. Learned another lesson on chart plotting. Best to do it before you leave, especially when using French charts. I plotted our way to Montreal but we were a good 10…

We left Chambly as soon as the locks were available. This is a flight of three locks(3,2,1) where we go out of one lock and into the next. This was really tight. I had to keep the rub rail off the corner of the lock as we descended in each lock, and then push the…

We entered the Chambly Canal today, turns out we could have stayed just outside the lock 9 at a Canada Parks Dock which is covered in our summer pass we purchased a few month ago. It would have been a nice place to visit.   The Chambly locks were built in 1810-1830 and are still…

We left Burlington about 10 am and made our way to Canada. Two of the books we have said to call an 800 number and check in, official’s may want to send someone to check your boat or have you stop at a checking dock. We did that at first on our Sprint Phone (…

We had such a nice dinner last night we had decided to hang around Vergennes another day. But the weather forecast was for the winds to pick up in the afternoon and stay high for several days, so we decided to leave and head to Burlington. It was early morning as we headed out Otter…

Our next stop is Vergennes, VT. This is actually south of Westport but you have to go North on Lake Champlain and then navigate a tricky entrance into  Otter Creek. The depth of Lake Champlain has been up to 400 feet. We have to go past the creek and come back as the water shallows…

Chasing Spring as we head North has given us another day of great weather. Whitehall  was the last lock into lake Champlain, the lake  and landscape are beautiful. Craig and Barbara suggest we go to West Port, It is a great little town. The owner of a local restaurant, The Westport Hotel and Tavern, picked…

We had another beautiful day on the water. Traveling up the canal with “20 Buck$”. The canal runs through farmland along the way. When we got to Whitehall we were blessed with a beautiful view of Skene Manor. The town provides a water and electrical. We decided to stay a second day so we could…

This is our first day in the New York Canal System, we will be going under the lowest fixed bridge on the trip. Normally 15.5 but they are lowering the pool to give us 17 feet. The locks in this system have ropes hanging down so we put on gloves and grabbed the wet ropes….