Welland Canal

Here is the Seaway Web Site
https://greatlakes-seaway.com/en/
Click on Pleasure Craft and sign up for an account.
Make your Lock Reservation and pay your tolls online.
There will be two American Locks that you do not have to make reservation for.
Note:
If you are coming from the United States to Canada you must use the new Canada Custom APP
ArriveCan
American and Canadians must use this APP
You have to download your Passport and Vaccine Certificate on the APP
If you are American and not Vaccinated you can not come to Canada
If you are Canadian and not Vaccinated you will be Quarantined for fourteen days
There were four American yachts refused entry into Canada at the Welland Canal this week as they were not Vaccinated at least it is only 12 miles back to the United States.
They had to hire a Captain and crew from Buffalo to take their boat through the Welland Canal to Buffalo.
I no of one yacht that got turned away in Halifax and it is a long way back to Newport

This may be the last of the New Navy ships down the Canal.
USS Beloit
She was down bound Welland Canal going out to sea.

M/Y Ziggy
Made my first trip up the Welland Canal with no lines on Ziggy 112' Ocean Alexander .
Just came in lock and sat along side the wall with no lines. They gave us a slow fill 25 min each lock.
Did the trip from Lock One to Lock Eight six hours which included a forty five min delay in Lock Three as the lower valves would not close and a thirty min delay in Lock Seven as the upper gates would not open

Correction the the name
USS Minneapolis Saint Paul

Pleasure Craft traffic has been very busy this year on the Welland Canal this year
As now the Seaway only has one trip a day for pleasure craft almost every trip you must raft two and sometimes three deep.
As you see in the picture is a 55' trawler behind me not placing his fenders in the proper place.
I spent 15 min telling the Captain where to put his fenders for his trip I think the deck hand will need a new pair of shoes at the end of the day.
The lock is designed that the water pushes the yacht on the wall and can not get of so you must have fenders n proper place and ride up walls.
I told him several times to pull up fender but would not listen.
He had two large balls doing nothing.
Along the side were small cylinder fenders that were squashed.

I have been very busy this year here are a few that where in canal this year Bouchon 150' Majestic 200' Secret 271' 112' Ocean Alexander

New Yacht (see pictures in following posts)
I passed the Federal Cedar yesterday she was up bound in the Welland Canal with a new yacht on board.
Built by Bulk Shipyard - The Netherlands
Her AIS said she was going to Milwaukee
I have no idea who would complete her up there. I would estimate she was 250' or more

Federal Cedar is 656’ so she could be bigger than I thought

Better pictures