Mischief Managed
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I am considering a clockwise Golden Triangle cruise starting and ending at Clayton, NY for Summer of 2017. I am planning for 6 days to get from Clayton to the Ottowa River. That should give me a bit of time to explore some of the ports on the route.
Once on the Ottowa River on the morning of the 7th day, I plan to just make good time at a 35 MPH downstream cruise, getting to Grand Isle in less than 4 hours. This seems like a very reasonable goal, but feel free to correct me if I am wrong...
Once at Grand Isle, I plan to immediately start traveling upstream on the St Lawrence toward Clayton. I expect to be delayed by the locks on the St. Lawrence, and cruise at 30ish MPH (speed over ground) against the current when outside of no wake zones. How long should the cruise from Grand Isle to Clayton take me? I'm guessing 1.5 days, but I really have no clue what to expect for delays on those locks...
Please bear in mind that the primary goal of this trip is to explore the Rideau Canal, then get back to Clayton the quickest way possible by boat without back tracking. I realize I will be blasting past interesting areas for exploration and I also realize that there will probably be long dull stretches of river boating.
I can cover 150 miles on a full tank of gas and still have fuel in reserve. I have done several 150 mile days of river/bay/ocean boating in the past and my boat is ideal for it. Thus, the distances and speeds are not an issue.
Once on the Ottowa River on the morning of the 7th day, I plan to just make good time at a 35 MPH downstream cruise, getting to Grand Isle in less than 4 hours. This seems like a very reasonable goal, but feel free to correct me if I am wrong...
Once at Grand Isle, I plan to immediately start traveling upstream on the St Lawrence toward Clayton. I expect to be delayed by the locks on the St. Lawrence, and cruise at 30ish MPH (speed over ground) against the current when outside of no wake zones. How long should the cruise from Grand Isle to Clayton take me? I'm guessing 1.5 days, but I really have no clue what to expect for delays on those locks...
Please bear in mind that the primary goal of this trip is to explore the Rideau Canal, then get back to Clayton the quickest way possible by boat without back tracking. I realize I will be blasting past interesting areas for exploration and I also realize that there will probably be long dull stretches of river boating.
I can cover 150 miles on a full tank of gas and still have fuel in reserve. I have done several 150 mile days of river/bay/ocean boating in the past and my boat is ideal for it. Thus, the distances and speeds are not an issue.