{"id":6657,"date":"2017-09-19T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2017-09-19T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T20:45:14","slug":"september-18-port-lambton-to-goderich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=6657","title":{"rendered":"September 18 – Port Lambton to Goderich"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sept 18 – Overnight at Bridgeview Marina, Sarnia<\/p>\n

I left the marina in Port Lambton at 7:00am Monday morning. It was a completely different day on the river – compared to Sunday.<\/p>\n

The sky was overcast, more like what we expect to experience at this time of year. Sunrises are also getting a bit later each morning. Today the sunrise was on my starboard side whereas every day before it was on my stern.<\/p>\n

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There was no pleasure craft \u00a0traffic at all on the river. Refreshing compared to the chaos the day before!<\/p>\n

The current in the river was pretty strong & I spent most of the day poking along at 4.5 knots “climbing the hill”. I encountered several freighters going each way. It’s surprising how quickly they catch up to me as the current doesn’t slow them down too much.<\/p>\n

This part of the river to Sarnia is heavily developed on the US & the Canadian sides. Lots of big houses & very modest cottages too. This big place in the photo below is in Port Huron, MI. It has a crane on the dock to lift the “toys” out of the water & a waterslide off the balcony!<\/p>\n

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There were also several higher density developments on the US side of the river that appeared to be much more affordable.<\/p>\n

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I finally got to the Bluewater Bridge in Sarnia at noon & began to head into Lake Huron.<\/p>\n

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The current here is incredibly strong & the boat speed slowed to less than 2 knots at several points. In addition, I had to work hard at keeping the boat on course because the current kept trying to push me to port & starboard.<\/p>\n

I finally got out of the current & into the lake but the wind had come up & now I was constantly bashing into one meter high waves coming directly into the bow. Even with the waves I was making good progress but I still had over 50 nautical miles to get to Goderich so I decided to turn around & head back to a marina in Sarnia for the night.<\/p>\n

The “trip” back to Sarnia was much quicker. Once I got into the river’s current my speed went up to over 12 knots!<\/p>\n

On the way back in I also discovered that the steering on the upper helm was not very responsive so I went to the lower station to steer into the marina. Once I was tied up on the dock I took a closer look at the upper helm steering & found it to be barely working at all. Fortunately the marina had a mechanic on duty & he came over right away to check things out for me. He quickly discovered that my hydraulic steering system was low on oil & it also needed to be re-pressurized – with a bicycle pump, of all things. In less than an hour the steering system was all tuned up & it now works better than it did when I first left Jacksonville. So, having to abandon my goal of getting to Goderich that night worked out OK.<\/p>\n

The weather forecast for Lake Huron on Tuesday is much better so hopefully I will make it there by dinner time.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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