Having travelled both the Rideau and the Erie / Oswego several times, I am fully prepared it admit given the right circumstances the Rideau is by far the most beautiful, only to be spoilt by a certain portion of the vacationing cruisers. The boaters who have more enjoyment in racing between locks and then in my case having the wait while us large vessels are entered first, is not my idea of enjoying the scenery and smelling the roses. Yes, I would definitely avoid any Quebec vacation period. Graham Pugh Ex - Kando 11 Kingston, ON

I agree and this is one of the reasons why you want to give yourself plenty of time to get through before the vacationing local boaters are trying to get their piece of the summer boating season. Everyone has their leisure time and as a full time cruiser you can make your schedule work around them as they have no choice as to when they can vacation. Keeping the peace is more important to me than getting annoyed by the working folks who are on vacation. Every day is vacation for live aboard cruisers. What kind of noise annoys an oyster? Say that fast 3 times. LOL Enjoy, life is short, Elaine Reib Co-founder, Skipper Bob Publications On May 21, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Graham Pugh <grahampugh@earthlink.net> wrote: > Having travelled both the Rideau and the Erie / Oswego several times, I am > fully prepared it admit given the right circumstances the Rideau is by far > the most beautiful, only to be spoilt by a certain portion of the > vacationing cruisers. The boaters who have more enjoyment in racing between > locks and then in my case having the wait while us large vessels are > entered first, is not my idea of enjoying the scenery and smelling the > roses. > > Yes, I would definitely avoid any Quebec vacation period. > > Graham Pugh