Following Lake Erie, the western Erie Canal is awesome, if you can get down to 15 or 15 1/2 ft of air draft. Several towns offering free docks, many with electric and water included. They are catering to the boating community and doing a great job of it. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:04 PM, ALloyd217@aol.com wrote: > Randy, We did a similar trip the year before last. This was our > itinerary which you may want to consider. > From New York City up the Hudson, to Lake Champlain and Montreal. > Then Rideau Canal and Trent-Severn to Georgian Bay. Stop at > Killarney for the fish and chips. Now for variety, return route via > Tobermory. (You will love Tobermory, allow one day for a trip to > Flowerpot Island). Continue to Detroit and Lake Erie to complete the > loop. Just a suggestion for a bit of a change. Captain Alan Lloyd > Great Loop Navigation Notes > _www.NavigationNotes.com_ (http://www.navigationnotes.com/) > In a message dated 2/15/2012 7:00:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > rwp_48@yahoo.com writes: > > No, we aren't Looping this year. But after the heat of last summer, > we are going to Canada. Since we are not ones to dawdle for days in > one location, we are planning to paint the area with a broad brush. > Our working plan is to spend June going from the Chesapeake to NY and > up the Hudson to Oswego, July on the Trent-Severn to Georgian Bay and > back, August on the Rideau to Ottowa and Montreal and Sept. returning > to the Bay via Lake Champlain. Is this doable? Too aggressive? > Too much travel? What say the group? > > Regards, Randy Pickelmann > Morning Star > lying Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart, Fl > www.CruisingMorningStar.com > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email > address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com