Iroquos to Lake St. Francis.

We got up and motored to Iroquois lock. After the lock, the rain started.

We motored.

We passed Drifter who was heading upwards to Iroqouis.

We motored to Snell / Iroquois. Did the locks. The sun came out and we put up the sail.

DF was undecided about where to go. St. Regis. Ile Pilon. She was concerned about some clouds north of us. Winds were calm but the current was in our favour. It was only 5PM. She mentions that he clouds looked like tornado. (her words)

 I was the Captain, She said so.

I sailed for two more hours and then motored to Somerville, near ile Mouton. Somerville was better sheltered. She calmed down when we anchored about 7. Opened the bar and had supper.

Lots of motoring today.  Lots of mileage.

Brockville onward to Toutsaints

We departed Brockville, sailed along the river in a run,

Watched a tall ship tack across the river

Tall ship tacking across river

We passed on the US side of the river.  Helicopters were circling round us.  Big helicopters !

Galop Canal South West

We toured and tried to anchor at Galop Canal South West near Iroquois Marine Services.  Nice tour of a swam, but it was too narrow for us to swing so we settled for Toutsaint.  Daniele did not like going in there, but in the end she admitted it was nice to explore.




A nice day of sailing.  Always nice sailing down current.

Nice swim at Toutsaints

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Brockville

Our favourite restaurant was closed until 5, so we at a pub - Buds on the Bay.

Bought some beer at the Beer Store

Watched the races at Brockville YC

Watched the races at BYC

Wet day at anchor - Grenidier Island (middle bay)

Monday, the rain came as forecast. Spent the day aboard.  Rain was constant. Cold.  Winds swung to the north as expected.

Napped a lot. Looked for leaks.  Starboard port and a drop came form galley light.

Slept some more.

We read, updated blogs... Cellular service was spotty.  Virginmobile mifi worked well.

bad day, bad night at Endymion island

We left Canoe Point to clear customs and do some provisioning.  We saw Redline and went to say hello and proceeded to Ganaoque.

Ganaoque municipal docks were full, as expected.  We grabbed a free dock and I checked in.  That went fine, but no spot was becoming available at the municipal docks.

We departed to rendezvous with Redline at Camolot Island North, but they were in a precarious anchorage.  We tried to anchor at Camelot, but were unsuccessful.  We went to Endymion Island and took a mooring, but without a dingy, we could not pay at the service dock.  We waited out some winds and took off looking for an anchorage, without success. We visited several places, but they were too rough or too full. 

Met the pearls en route in their dinghy.

We eventually anchored near the mooring we had given up.  12 fee of water and 40 to 50 feet of scope, we were close to other boats, that would be a problem if we swung in different directions.

We re anchored with similar results. 

A thunder and lightening storm started about 2;30 in the morning.We watched the fireworks.  They were spectacular. We were blow out of the bay away from the moored boats so we could "relax".  But then we noticed were were far from the other boats and the shoreline had houses.  I immediately realized something was wrong. Checked the chart plotter, depth gauge and put out more scope.

At first light, we motored and re anchored.

We decided to take off east.  Forget rendez-vous with Alan and Norm.  It was just too crowded.  We sailed to Grenadier Island, middle bay.

Day in Clayton, NY, Picton Island and Canoe Point

We left Cape Vincent to Clayton, NY.

Clayton was a nice easy going nautical town.  There was a serious free municipal dock for visitors.

Municipal Dock at Clayton

We visited the Antique Boat Museum

Antique Boat Museum

We lunched at a nice Bistro called Bella's cafe along the river, but some rye bread.  In town we bought some fudge.

Nice walk.

Afterwards, we replenished the ice and set sail to  Picton Island.  We anchored.  Nice bay.  Immigration officiers came by in Sea-Doos.  Pleasant place.


Spent the night and a good part of the next day.  Late in the day, we motored to Canoe Point, which was just a couple miles north.

It was cold. Waters were not at all as nice as it was two years ago.

 A little problem anchoring.  We drifted and had to re-anchor.

Sackets Harbor and Cape Vincent

In the morning, we left the anchorage and docked at the village of Sackets Harbor, thinking fill water tank, but on the public dock there is only electricity.

We toured the town and the historical sites.

We discovered that both water tank valves were open so we were draining from both tanks.

Nice long sail to Cape Vincent.  Motored for an hour, nice close haul north and then the winds died.

I accidentally hit MOB on GPS and spent 30 minutes trying to cancel the MOB.  Winds by then was very light.

Gased up and refilled both water tanks at Cape Vincent.

Got an unnecessary pump out to keep the GF happy.

Got liquor at the CAPE VINCENT liquor store. The owner liked Canadians.  Gave us a 10 % discount.

Had supper at  Captain Jacks.  We sat on the patio, but the scenery was not so great.  Had a big pizza and had leftovers for breakfast. Love cold pizza in the morning.

Back at the boat, it is the party with disco music and lighting. A gang of Quebec are partying. They are about 8 boats and engines are super organized. Sound system, lighting, chairs, tables, BBQ and so on. At 11:00 p.m. all over, silence settles and everyone starts to snore ...

We spent the next day at Cape Vincent.  Did Groceries, bought a long sleeve shirt.  Getting cold.

We spent the afternoon with scotch and beer at a gazebo near the washrooms charging our i-devices and Daniele's Macbook.

A CS30 came in under strong winds.  I went to help them dock.  He was from PCYC. Another CS 33 came in.  He was a friend of the first one.  A third came in afterwards.  It turned out to be Dominque.  a friend of Andre and the former owner of a CS 30 that I was looking at buying in March.

They went off for supper in town.

We went to bed and the next morning, we got up early and they were all gone.

We set off for a nice sail to Clayton.