{"id":8877,"date":"2019-07-25T07:48:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=8877"},"modified":"2019-08-02T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:46:58","slug":"july-21-22-merrickville-to-smiths-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=8877","title":{"rendered":"July 21 & 22 – Merrickville to Smiths Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonds Lock (North of Smiths Falls)<\/p>\n

44\u00b052\u203240\u2033 N 75\u00b059\u20322\u2033 W<\/p>\n

Sunday, July 21 was my first day traveling on the water. I left Aylings Boatyard around noon & headed for the Merrickville Locks. The new bow thruster got a small workout as I passed through the locks & it worked like a charm.<\/p>\n

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(Photo above taken the day before – Jaden helped me put up the bimini & he got a chance to see the results of all his hard labour cleaning & polishing the hull)<\/p>\n

A few days earlier I had made arrangements to meet two prospective buyers from the Montreal area on July 23 so they could see Santosha on the water & to go for a brief ride\/\u201csea trial\u201d.<\/p>\n

Edmonds Lock is just north of Smiths Falls with a couple of kilometers of water to reach the next lock. I decided it would be a good location to meet.<\/p>\n

I arrived at Edmonds around 3:00pm & the Lockmaster gave me a very nice spot to tie up for the night.<\/p>\n

I spent the rest of the afternoon & all evening cleaning up the inside of the boat. More dust & grime to deal with – will it ever end?<\/p>\n

In the midst of all the chaos on board I set aside some time for a big G&T & to enjoy a beautiful sunset.<\/p>\n

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That’s much better – Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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