Welland Canal Opening 20014 Friday March 28/14 at 08:00 hrs. the Welland Canal will open for another season. At Lock 3 on Friday at 10:00 hrs...
Making A Ship Longer Over the last 10 years they have made a dozen Great Lake Ships longer and wider. They would build the new fore body in...
Great Loop Have a safe trip north. I hope with all the snow this year the Erie canal will not be flooded . Information on 20014 Hours Trent Canal.
Hands Free Morring This is the fifth year of testing the hands free mooring at lock seven on the Welland Canal. They also installed them at the...
Hands Free Mooring The Seaway announced this week they are going ahead with the Hands Free Mooring Project. They will install these machines...
Lake Erie Today was a nice day -8 C no wind to go for a walk out onto Lake Erie. Lake Erie is now 100% frozen over.
Canadian snowbird boaters caught in Mexican tax grab. This article was in our local news paper today. Canadian snowbird boaters caught in...
Winter 2014 Here are a few pictures of the Marina two miles west of the canal in Port Dalhousie, a lot of Florida captains have spent the night...
Horn Blower Capt. Tilt it is a good thing you did sea trials a few weeks ago as you will now need an ice breaker to get you out of the marina...
Horn Blower I took a few pictures the other day with my phone, I will take a few more with my camera in a few days and will post them.
Welland Canal Maintenance Every winter when canal is closed for 11 weeks the seaway spends around 12 million dollars on repairs, contractors work...
Welland Canal Maintenance Here are few pictures I posted a few years ago after the canal is drained....
Closing Welland Canal The canal closed December 31/13 at midnight. Today the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Griffon went up the canal removing...
Ice Welland Canal To night there are four ships stuck above Lock 8 in Port Colborne. This winter has been very cold and the water is 0 Celsius...
Boat Crash To day on Highway 6 out side Hamilton Ontario there was small boat crash.
Dead Ship Tow The Sea Way now has increased the size to 740' X 78'. The lock is 80' wide by 745' long. If you go to page 5 you will see the...
Dead Ship Tow Algoma Quebecois heads for Port Colborne and scrap 11/20 - The scrap yard bound Algoma Quebecois left Toronto around 2 p.m....
The captain of the Sea Ray called me tonight, they left Port Weller at 06:00 today and arrived in Oswego around 13:00 and cleared customs and...
I no of eight yachts that were waiting a few weeks in Brewerton and their drafts will be ok, but I took a 54' Sea Ray down the Welland Canal on...
Repairs were not successful on Lock 13. They are opening Erie Canal Sunday November 11/13 for only four days, to clear yachts that are waiting at...