Hi Steven, Your not alone, and I think it's fair to say there are no bad questions. Frenchman's bay marina where I am has transient docking, and 2 nice restaurants close to the docks. If your here I would be happy to come down and say hi. Whitby is a nice harbour as well. Port of newcastle was a nice overnight they have a restaurant as well. It was shallow entry 2 years ago, we were ok in our 26 but I did watch a 30 plus get stuck, and manage to free herself. That said the water is higher this year. As a field biologist working coastal wetlands Belleville area should have some safe anchorages. Prince edward county is amazing, and there should be some safe anchorages in the area, picton is a really nice town with docking at its door step. Kingston is also a great city! Wolf island should also have some safe anchorages, but does not have a lot going on in the way of restaurants etc. Your trip sounds great! Have a great day everyone! Cheers, Woody C&C 26 - Goldfinch Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.
-----Original Message----- From: Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:10:36 To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Toronto to the Thousand Islands You know, I always hesitate when asking really newbish/stupid questions (anywhere, not just here) but I'm usually happy that I have. Some things aren't obvious and even more experienced people don't know, because _they_ never asked. It's better to be underestimated than undereducated. The former usually works out to one's advantage anyway. Thanks for the continued replies and advice. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com <mailto:a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> > wrote: The operative phrase being "after you've set the anchor." Don't back down hard until it's dug in a bit. I often see people drop their hook then rev the engine in reverse and back through the anchorage dragging the anchor along the bottom. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com <mailto:capt...@yahoo.com> > wrote: Stevan, The most common mistake novice anchorers make is to not include the height of the bow in the calculation of scope. For instance if it is 3 feet from the water to your bow chock and you are anchoring in 20 feet of water, multiply your desired scope by 20 + 3. So if you want 5:1 scope, it would be 5 x 23 or 115 feet at the bow chock. Once you've set the hook, back down HARD and watch an object in the water to see if you are dragging. If your GPS has an anchor alarm (most do), set it and relax. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com <mailto:stevanpla...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Hi All, > > This will be my first real cruise and I was hoping for some pointers from > other Lake Ontario sailors. I'm looking for tips on places to anchor along > the way and clubs to stay at, places to avoid, things to be aware of. We've > only done overnights at other clubs thus far. We do have the ports cruising > guide. > > A friend just loaned me a set of paper charts that will cover the entire > cruise for which I'm very grateful (lots of charts! $$$) but they are out of > date, not sure how much of a big deal that is, he didn't seem to think it > was a big deal at all. > > We have two anchors, a big CQR and a smaller delta, 50 feet of chain and > another 150 of rode. Haven't ever spent a night on the hook either so any > gotchas on that topic would be handy as well. I have a few books that I've > studied so I understand these things in principle .. no better way to learn > than by doing so we're going for it. August 10 to 26 is the time we have > booked off which means that we're starting this thing during the Perseid > Meteor shower .. I really want to do on an overnight passage with my > girlfriend, say from Toronto to Cobourg or something like that so that we > can enjoy the meteor shower out on the lake. I'm a sucker for that annual > meteor shower and haven't gotten to enjoy it in years. I know enough to > avoid the shipping lanes other than that an overnight on the lake seems > pretty straightforward. > > Any thoughts and recommendations are much welcome. > > Thanks, > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
