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  1. Gratton, May 30, 2018
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    Hargrave 94' "Crystal Anne"

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  2. chesapeake46, May 30, 2018
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    Looks like she is for sale at $ 2,350,000
  3. Rodger, May 30, 2018
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    Motor yachts like the 112' Westport will run 9 - 12 knots.
    Keep your eyes open there will be another Westport Equation will be by in a few days.
    Motor yachts with a air draft of more than 21' can not take the Erie Canal so they have to come up the St Lawrence River adding 1600 miles to their trip from Florida to the Great Lakes.
    New Port to Halifax 400 NM
    Halifax to Canso Straits 180 NM
    Canso Straits to Quebec City 615 NM
    Quebec City to Montreal 121 NM
    Montreal to Alexandria Bay 137 NM
    Alexandria Bat to Oswego 67 NM
    Oswego to Port Weller (Welland Canal) 124 NM
    Welland Canal 30 NM
    Port Colborne (Lake Erie) to Detroit Light 193 NM
    Detroit Light to Port Huron 75 NM
    Port Huron to Mackinaw Bridge 215 NM
    You can track yachts coming up the St Lawernce River on this link
    www.marinetraffic.com yachts are pink touch cursor on boat it will give name and speed
  4. olderboater, May 30, 2018
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    If you were on a sightseeing trip, what would you want to see between Canso Strait and Quebec City? Assume you have a land vehicle shadowing you so no problem getting around.
  5. Rodger, May 31, 2018
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    A good stop was Tadoussac Quebec, there was a nice marina there but he would not let any yachts over 50' tie at his dock so we anchored in the well protected bay by the marina, I was on a 74' Viking S/F that was 5 years ago.
    The next morning we went up the Saguenay Fjord about 15 miles and saw lots Beluga Whales then back to Tadoussac and followed the whale boats out into the river to see the whales.
    http://www.hoteltadoussac.com/
    a short video of Tadoussac
  6. Rodger, Jun 1, 2018
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    Whale Watching in Tadoussac Quebec
  7. olderboater, Jun 1, 2018
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    Very interesting.
  8. Rodger, Jun 1, 2018
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    Perc'e Rock just off Gasp'e


    Saguenay Fjord
  9. Gratton, Jun 18, 2018
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    Rodger, thanks for all the details about Welland Canal.

    As for Equation...I believe it's a Crescent Custom Yacht and not a Westport?

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  10. Gratton, Jun 18, 2018
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    Christensen 163' "Casino Royale"

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  11. Gratton, Jun 25, 2018
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    Fresh deliveries...

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  12. Capt J, Jun 25, 2018
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    That's a sevenstar ship. I find it amazing that they ship several ships to the Great Lakes from Europe. But you can never ship a yacht from Fort Lauderdale to the Great Lakes on a ship.
  13. d_meister, Jun 25, 2018
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    Jones Act. Goods shipped from U.S. port to U.S. port must be on a U.S. laid keel & Flagged vessel. They don't ship from The U.S. East Coast to California, Oregon, or Washington State, either. Nearest ports are Ensenada, MX. and Victoria, Nanaimo, or Vancouver, Canada.
  14. olderboater, Jun 25, 2018
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    Capt J's statement was rhetorical. He knows the law, just not necessarily the logic today. There are other ports too, including the Bahamas, just not used by Seven Star.
  15. d_meister, Jun 25, 2018
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    Sorry, I took it literally. I should also have considered the Bahamas, as you suggest.:(
  16. olderboater, Jun 25, 2018
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    I'm surprised there isn't more use of the Bahamas and areas other than the standard ports used. Clearly not the same ability to handle larger boats or deep draft ships. However, there are enough boats shuttled between South Florida and the Great Lakes to make it worthwhile I'd think to set up some sort of semi-annual boat.

    The other option I've not seen used is to ship via the US carriers. They carry other goods to and from.

    There would also seem to be the potential of linking two shipments. Ship from South Florida to Montreal. Unload. Ship from Montreal to Lake Michigan.

    Some of you in St. Lawrence World may have seen some things tried worth reporting on.
  17. Capt J, Jun 25, 2018
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    There are plenty of Canadian ports in the Great Lakes they can offload in which are right across from the US side of things. I am VERY aware of the general shipping routes that they ship yachts on. I have done around 700 freighter loadings/offloadings for the major yacht shipping companies.

    I honestly feel there is enough for one small freighter to the Great Lakes and one from it at the right time of year. You can pick up in multiple US ports, you can only drop off in one before going to another country as a foreign flagged freighter......so maybe a pickup in FL, one in NY and 2 dumps in the great lakes.
  18. olderboater, Jun 25, 2018
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    What Capt J says is no different than Victoria, Vancouver and Ensenada. Vessel shipments to those three ports are mostly for US delivery.
  19. Rodger, Jun 25, 2018
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    About seven years ago a person up in Michiagan made arrangements to ship eight yachts from Fort Lauderdale to Sault St Marie Ontario to unload will not mention the shipper name but after three ships did not show up they ended up bringing them by water arriving here late in the summer. A dealer in St Clair Shores used to unload their new boats in New York then up the Erie Canal and the Welland Canal now they ship them from overseas to Cleveland Ohio.
    I agree with Captain J at one time I am sure you could have filled two ships with yachts from Florida to Great Lakes but I find now that the owners are now keeping a boat in the Great Lakes and another one in the south you got on my Welland Canal page a few years ago we loaded US yacht on a foreign vessel on Lake Ontairo just off the Welland Canal to Fort Lauderdale. A few years ago there were five yachts shipped from Bahamas to Great Lakes US Port
  20. Gratton, Jul 3, 2018
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    198' Feadship "Blue Moon"

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