St. Catherines Marina
Port Weller, ON
Sticker shock, we are back in Canada. The first thing that we notice is $16.00 HST on our bill for dockage. Through most of the US a dollar a foot meant $41 for us. Oh well, we are back in Canada after a one year vacation.
It was a strange trip. Outside of Oswego Harbor the waves were consistently 3-4 feet and we were throwing lots of spray. Of course the forecast called for 1-2. As we got away from the river entrance the waves settled into a rather uncomfortable 2 feet on the bow with the odd 3 footer that slammed the boat into the next wave. We would go up the first 3 foot wave and then crash into the next 3 foot wave; the boat would shutter each time. Linda was already looking for a nearby marina on shore. After about an hour, there was no more slamming and the waves were actually improving, that is getting smaller. An another hour later the Lake was dead flat. How does it do that?? there is no divider, no line. Oh well I am not complaining because the last 4-5 hours were as pleasant as could be. We got in just before 3 PM, the restaurant was open so we had a nice lunch and then drinks back on board.
We stayed here for two nights because we had hired a Welland Canal employee to assist us to transit the locks on Sunday. It is actually a requirement to have a captain and two competent line handlers on board to go up the canal system. Since my Looper friend from Rochester was out vacationing in the Thousand Islands instead of helping us, we hired probably a superior line handler for the trip.
We set up all of our fenders on the rails and were ready for our 7 AM tackling of the Welland Canal.
In the mean time some more peaceful scenes from our boat at St. Catherines Marina.
It was a strange trip. Outside of Oswego Harbor the waves were consistently 3-4 feet and we were throwing lots of spray. Of course the forecast called for 1-2. As we got away from the river entrance the waves settled into a rather uncomfortable 2 feet on the bow with the odd 3 footer that slammed the boat into the next wave. We would go up the first 3 foot wave and then crash into the next 3 foot wave; the boat would shutter each time. Linda was already looking for a nearby marina on shore. After about an hour, there was no more slamming and the waves were actually improving, that is getting smaller. An another hour later the Lake was dead flat. How does it do that?? there is no divider, no line. Oh well I am not complaining because the last 4-5 hours were as pleasant as could be. We got in just before 3 PM, the restaurant was open so we had a nice lunch and then drinks back on board.
We set up all of our fenders on the rails and were ready for our 7 AM tackling of the Welland Canal.
In the mean time some more peaceful scenes from our boat at St. Catherines Marina.
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