Sat Jul 21st, Day 78: Port Severn to Midland on Georgian Bay. Prior to heading out into Georgian Bay, we needed to go through one more lock, #45 of the Trent-Severn and #117 of the overall trip. Unfortunately this lock was relatively small, only allowing one larger boat at a time, which meant that we would have to wait 2 hours before going through. Once through the lock, we headed across to
Midland, where we would wait for Al & Dawn to drive their car up to the North Channel (6 hours each way), and return via a rental car. While at the marina in Midland, I decided to take advantage of being near a boat service yard, and have Rickshaw pulled out of the water to check the props. As the Big Chute operator
had reported, the port prop was several dings, so we opted to put a spare pair of props that we had on board on the shafts, and have the damaged ones repaired somewhere down the road. After the switch of the props was completed, we were splashed back into the marina, and moved back to our slip. We were pleasantly surprised to find another couple of loopers from York River, Mike & Kathy on Queen Kathleen, in the marina, so we invited them to have appetizers, drinks and dinner with us and Al & Dawn, on our aft deck, where we enjoyed conversation about shared experiences along the loop.
Midland, where we would wait for Al & Dawn to drive their car up to the North Channel (6 hours each way), and return via a rental car. While at the marina in Midland, I decided to take advantage of being near a boat service yard, and have Rickshaw pulled out of the water to check the props. As the Big Chute operator
had reported, the port prop was several dings, so we opted to put a spare pair of props that we had on board on the shafts, and have the damaged ones repaired somewhere down the road. After the switch of the props was completed, we were splashed back into the marina, and moved back to our slip. We were pleasantly surprised to find another couple of loopers from York River, Mike & Kathy on Queen Kathleen, in the marina, so we invited them to have appetizers, drinks and dinner with us and Al & Dawn, on our aft deck, where we enjoyed conversation about shared experiences along the loop.
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