Steve I’ve being going to the Island since 2000. For a while from Montreal and for a while from Whitby and now from Long Sault. Back in the day (before echarts) we used Richardson’s and Ports. From Whitby it’s4 a short hop to Cobourg after that there is no stopping until Presqu’ile Bay. If you go outside it’s an over nighter. The only concern is when you get close to Prince Edward county and Main Duck. After Main Duck your choices are endless. As far as anchorages just look around. If other boats are anchored it probably means it safe to anchor. Some of my favourites Navy Islands in the channel, Lindsay, Camelot, Endemion (sp.) Huckleberry and Thwartway (NE corner small bay back in and tie to island NO trees though). If you are really concerned anchor around the island around Gan. If you get nervous in the night you can always run to the day docks. Also Gan marina has free wifi.
I’ll be around there from this Sat to the 16th Aug. Give me a shout on ch 16 and maybe we can meet up. Mike S/V Persuasion C&C 37 Keel/CB Long Sault From: Stevan Plavsa Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 9:10 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Toronto to the Thousand Islands 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 $$$) but they are out of date, not sure how much of a big deal that is, he didn't seem to think it was a big deal at all.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
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