Wow - what a ride across Lake Ontario! The weather sounded like it should be ok to take the 70 mile run across the lake to the opening of the Trent - and it was for about the first 20 miles (which translates to 2 1/2 hours at our speed). The the wind shifted to the west instead of staying from the south. And for the next 8 1/2 hours we fought wind and waves.
Very exhausting day! We made a pack that there would be no more planned 11 hour runs anywhere even if the weather is perfect! Steve made a great warm breakfast about 8 am of oatmeal and tea (it was a touch cold on the flybridge even with my t-shirt, sweatshirt, windbreaker and finally Steve's hooded fishing sweatshirt).
And I knew it was a bumpy ride but until Steve said "I hope you aren't hungry because it's too rough to feed you" (shades of the cook on the Edmund Fitzgerald!) I knew it must REALLY be bad in the cabin. But we finally made it to the Murray Canal where we spent the night. You can see the condition of the front cabin below - only took 5 minutes to put everything back though.
We even managed breakfast out yesterday morning - the woman who runs the golf course about 1/2 mile down the road came and picked us up at the boat and cooked breakfast for us. By then it had quit raining so we walked back. So we are now in Trenton and will leave today to start up the canal.
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Very exhausting day! We made a pack that there would be no more planned 11 hour runs anywhere even if the weather is perfect! Steve made a great warm breakfast about 8 am of oatmeal and tea (it was a touch cold on the flybridge even with my t-shirt, sweatshirt, windbreaker and finally Steve's hooded fishing sweatshirt).
And I knew it was a bumpy ride but until Steve said "I hope you aren't hungry because it's too rough to feed you" (shades of the cook on the Edmund Fitzgerald!) I knew it must REALLY be bad in the cabin. But we finally made it to the Murray Canal where we spent the night. You can see the condition of the front cabin below - only took 5 minutes to put everything back though. 
We even managed breakfast out yesterday morning - the woman who runs the golf course about 1/2 mile down the road came and picked us up at the boat and cooked breakfast for us. By then it had quit raining so we walked back. So we are now in Trenton and will leave today to start up the canal.
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