Monday - July 3
Sylvie brought the groceries. We packed the boat and fridge. It seems we did not need the extra cooler, since everything fit in the fridge with all the extra drinks.
The train bridge opened for us as we approached. The Cote St Catherine lock was scheduled for 4 We got there before two so we docked or tried to dock. The current was much stronger than I thought and a Beneteau 343, Cafte Terrase was there taking most of the dock. He moved up a bit and helped me dock. Took three tries and I only had half a dock.
The locks opened at 3 and we went through easily as well as St. Lambert. The only thing was Cafe Terrace let go of the lines and started going forward as the lock doors opened, but before the bridge downstream was up.
We motored to Varenne and anchored there, enjoying BBQ chicken breasts, sunset, and a Full Buck moon that came up at about 9:43.
Tuesday, July 4
I took drone footage of Iles aux Fermers and Iles de Varennes in the morning.
We motored further east and tried to fly the drone from a moving vessel. Not a good idea. Fly Away claim filed.
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| Last drone flight |
There were major downpours in downtown Montreal and squall warnings from Cornwall to Donnaconna. I had hoped to make it to Trois Rivieres but decided to be prudent and anchored Iles a la Pierre, just passed Sorel. Several cells came by but the rain all missed us.
We assembled the dinghy and went for a dingy ride and met some hillbillys. We spent 65 percent of the Torqueedo battery.
The supper was pork chops. Waited for the moonrise which was almost midnight. Mosquitos and horse flys were terrible.
Wednesday, July 5
We motored through Lac St Pierre, to Trois /Riviere and anchored at one of my favourite anchorages - Ile Sainte-Quentin. Easy anchoring. We dingy around the beach and eventually beached on Ile Sainte Quentin and walked around the island.
Supper was ribs
Thursday, July 6
We motored downriver doing over 10 knots, and as we were about 5 miles from Portneuf we were discussing visiting Portneuf or anchoring on the other side of the river. Sylvie had an urge to mke it to Quebec. So we called YCQ and they had space so we made it to Quebec Yacht Club, docked and met with Audet and Serge. We had supper at the club and visited the new water front park just west of the yacht club. It was all brand new, with beaches, infinity pools, bike paths.
Friday, July 7
We moved the boat to the fuel dock and it started to rain heavily. They did not want to feul us until the "storm" passed. I washed the boat in my bathing suit. Eventually, they filled us with 33 liters of diesel.
We left QYC and it was a short ride to Bassin Louise - just 3 miles. I went in to check inside and switched to Channel 71 for the locks. The RCMP with an inflatable with lights flashing pulled up beside us. They wanted to check my PCOC. I think they wanted to check out Sylvie. We both had our life jackets on and my PCOC was in my life jacket. They asked some basic questions about the boat size and owner and complimented us for wearing our life jackets.
There was a lot of crosswind and current as we approached the Bassin Louise lock.
The lock information was confusing. They told us to dock and call the marina. I saw boats circling waiting for the lock, but I docked as per instructions.
I tied calling on the cell but the reception asked us to call on channel 71 which I thought was very busy. I called on channel 77 and the marina assigned me to Echo 33 West. There was a nice map on the floating dock in the lock.
Then the locks were cycling and apparently, they told us on the radio not to bother docking, but we missed that
We got to the dock and a nice young bilingual lady help us with the lines.
Sylvie was overwhelmed with issues at work and we decided to make the trip into two weeks.
We did groceries at Metro.
She visited her sister as I did a 19 km walk in the old city, Plains of Abraham, fought the Festival de Ete, walked on Grand Alle to YQB and the new water park, and returned via rue Champlain. It started to shower and I found a shortcut to the marina via the lock which was not on Google Maps. The walk lasted from 5:30 to midnight. At about 11, it started drizzling and most restaurants were closed. I make myself a salmon salad sandwich for supper.
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| Harbour photo by Denise B |
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