We had a peaceful night at anchor and awoke to the call of loons. The rode and anchor were surprisingly easy to hose down and we left for the second locking through at Bobcaygeon. It was sprinkling so I did not have my camera on deck to photograph the exquisite canal front properties competing with each other for your attention with multilevel decks with coordinated flower and furniture motifs.
You will be in many photos if you lock through Bobcaygeon from 9:30 am on as boat gawking is a medal sport here. When we were here last in 2005, the crowd was 5 deep with lawn chairs and cameras and we wondered who they were waiting for, realized it was any boater locking through so I immediately developed performance anxiety, and dropped my line in the water.
We just met a boater who did $1,200. in propeller damage hitting a rock between green buoys #363 and 365 at Bobcaygeon so we asked the lockmaster if the greens were off-station. It is clearly marked on Chart 2025, Sheet 1 and buoys have not been moved. The boater may have been affected by wind and some current through here so stay in the middle of the channel.
We had a fairly easy day today doing only 20 miles and 1 lock as we stopped on the mooring wall before Fenelon Falls by 12 noon as there was space here. If you start hunting for mooring wall space any time after 1- 2pm, you might not find it in this busy area of the canal. We only had 10mph wind, but it kicked up later in the afternoon to 25mph + creating a real challenge for locking and docking.
Bob and I are voting for Fenelon Falls for best lock garden. Here’s a picture of the dam at Fenelon Falls complete with fishermen of all ages trying to catch huge bass and walleye. We’ve seen this all along the canal, and at Hastings, I thought that I had overslept when I heard a crowd outside our boat, but it was 20 fishermen heading to their favorite places on the canal at 5am. I love seafood and one of these days I am going to learn to catch my own dinner.
You will be in many photos if you lock through Bobcaygeon from 9:30 am on as boat gawking is a medal sport here. When we were here last in 2005, the crowd was 5 deep with lawn chairs and cameras and we wondered who they were waiting for, realized it was any boater locking through so I immediately developed performance anxiety, and dropped my line in the water.
We just met a boater who did $1,200. in propeller damage hitting a rock between green buoys #363 and 365 at Bobcaygeon so we asked the lockmaster if the greens were off-station. It is clearly marked on Chart 2025, Sheet 1 and buoys have not been moved. The boater may have been affected by wind and some current through here so stay in the middle of the channel.
We had a fairly easy day today doing only 20 miles and 1 lock as we stopped on the mooring wall before Fenelon Falls by 12 noon as there was space here. If you start hunting for mooring wall space any time after 1- 2pm, you might not find it in this busy area of the canal. We only had 10mph wind, but it kicked up later in the afternoon to 25mph + creating a real challenge for locking and docking.
Bob and I are voting for Fenelon Falls for best lock garden. Here’s a picture of the dam at Fenelon Falls complete with fishermen of all ages trying to catch huge bass and walleye. We’ve seen this all along the canal, and at Hastings, I thought that I had overslept when I heard a crowd outside our boat, but it was 20 fishermen heading to their favorite places on the canal at 5am. I love seafood and one of these days I am going to learn to catch my own dinner.
