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John P
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Initially Posted - 10/03/2006 : 15:18:01

Sailed (and motored) their boat from the great lakes to the East Coast and points South?

I live/sail on Lake Champlain, and ever since I brought my boat there, I have thought of what a crazy trip it would be to take the mast down, and motor North, through the locks to the Richeleau River, to the St. Lawrence, then head East to the atlantic, finally setting sail (I am sure I could sail a good deal from Montreal) for the Southern Climates.

It would be a long journey, take a lot of money, time and planning not to mention, proper outfitting of the boat, but what an adventure!

'84, C-25, SR/FK, #4663, "ILLUSIONS", Chazy, NY (Lake Champlain)
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djn
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Response Posted - 10/03/2006 : 16:03:08

Hi John, I am not at my home computer right now, but when I get home I will post a link to a site of a couple that sailed from Lake Huron to the BVIs. They are very detailed in there logs. Cheers.

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Response Posted - 10/03/2006 : 16:55:06

Sounds like the first leg of the trip made by Northern Magic.
Chronicled in an autobiographical book called 'The Voyage of the the Northern Magic'

The author Diane Stuemer,is the daughter of Frank King, the man that brought the 1988 Winter Olympics to Calgary.

It would be a terrific journey for a C25 as there are lots of marinas and places to keep yourself fed and outfitted along the way. (as its been stated here by more capable sailors - that one of the drawbacks to this boat is storage room required for long journeys)
Do it, and keep us posted.
I'd love to do this trip in about 5 years from now.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 10/04/2006 : 08:04:38

A member of our yacht club is currrently cruising down the Mississippi to the Gulf, around Florida, up the InterCoastal to the St Lawrence, and back to the UP of Michigan via the Great Lakes. He's doing it on a 32 ft motor trawler but I have often thought it doable in a C25. I suspect it will take him the better part of a year to accomplish the whole trip. More time than I have available any time soon. Could be a fun trip with the right crew though.

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glivs
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Response Posted - 10/04/2006 : 19:31:01

John P, Sounds like it would be a wonderful adventure. If you haven't already you should find a copy of Farley Mowat's book "The boat who wouldn't float". A fun read about a somewhat similar adventure to NewFoundland. Curious why you would chose to go north as opposed to south into the Hudson...not that I disagree...what a thrill it would be to sail with whales in the mouth of the St. Lawrence.

Al, your colleagues trip also sounds like a good adventure but motoring upstream would be a long haul fighting a stiff current much of the way.

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Response Posted - 10/04/2006 : 21:32:23

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by glivs
 Al, your colleagues trip also sounds like a good adventure but motoring upstream would be a long haul fighting a stiff current much of the way.
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Note the word "trawler"... Probably a bit more than an 18 hp auxiliary.

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djn
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Response Posted - 10/04/2006 : 22:03:09

Here is the link I was looking for John. Cheers.

http://mysite.verizon.net/tomdove/icw.html

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John P
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Response Posted - 10/05/2006 : 06:26:04

Gerry,

My thought to go North is due to a few things:
1. My boat is about 7 mile South of the Canadian border on Lake Champlain.
2. The Southern portion of the lake becomes very narrow (like a river) and I would be mostly motoring.
3. I went to Nova Scotia this summer and loved it. All I wanted to do was to be out there sailing.

Perhpaps a return trip would have me come up the Hudson.

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