Thursday, May 17, 2012

Thursday, May 17

Chambly Canal
Inspecting the lock
It was a sad day ......... Charlie had to give up the mini-van.
Our morning was spent tending to mundane things - cleaning the boat and doing laundry.
This last week waiting for the locks to open in St Jean sur Richelieu has gone by quickly.  At first we were bummed about the delay in our schedule, but actually it worked out for the best.  We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Province de Quebec.
Boat Ger
The Capitainerie of Le Nautique told us that the 48 ft. Beneteau Express at out marina would also be locking through on Friday morning and we noticed that a 34 ft. sailboat with its mast down had tied up on the city wall at the entrance to the Chambly Canal.  During our afternoon bike ride Charlie stopped to inspect the lock.  He determined that indeed we would be able to lock through with the sailboat, but the "Big Boy" Beneteau would need the entire lock.  The race is on, we have been delayed long enough
.............. the lock opens at 7:30 am and we intend to be the first ones there!

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