Day 292, June 1st, 2010
We set off at 8:35 and went through the first lock at 9:00 a.m., as soon as they opened. The first 5 locks are one after the other. All the lock personnel look so smart in their uniforms and the lock properties are so well kept. Locking through is slow though as most gates are still manually operated. There are lots of weeds. When we stopped for the day at 4:15 , right after Lock #9 in Haig's Reach, we donned our wet suits and dove on the boat. We cut away a lot of weeds from the prop. and shaft and scraped off a bunch of barnacles from down south! John also took a wire brush to the water intake strainer and removed barnacles from there. (Perhaps they were the culprits to the engine overheating problem?)
About Us
- John and Gill Rowe
- Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
- We have been sailing Periwinkle II since 1998. We have explored Lake Superior extensively then moved to Georgian Bay in 2004. In 2005 we sailed to the Bahamas and returned to Canada in 2006. This year we plan to travel the Great Loop beginning the first week of August 2009 and return August 2010. This blog will serve as our Log.
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