We’re heading for Lake Ontario today which connects to Lake Erie via the Niagara River and Falls. My plan was to hoist a spinnaker, go over the falls backwards and float down gently with the spinnaker acting as a parachute. We found an alternate however – the Welland Canal – and decided to go this way instead. The canal has 10 opening bridges and 8 locks and the canal operators time one’s passage through to minimize bridge opening times and disruption to commercial traffic. The locks were huge – big enough for large ocean going ships and most had a drop of 46 feet – 1 foot more that our mast height! The hype makes the transit sound daunting, but we passed through without any issues and docked at St. Catharines marina in Port Weller,
43° 13’.89N 79° 12’.72W.
Today’s log: 21.7 nm, season total: 1237.5
We’re heading for Lake Ontario today which connects to Lake Erie via the Niagara River and Falls. My plan was to hoist a spinnaker, go over the falls backwards and float down gently with the spinnaker acting as a parachute. We found an alternate however – the Welland Canal – and decided to go this way instead. The canal has 10 opening bridges and 8 locks and the canal operators time one’s passage through to minimize bridge opening times and disruption to commercial traffic. The locks were huge – big enough for large ocean going ships and most had a drop of 46 feet – 1 foot more that our mast height! The hype makes the transit sound daunting, but we passed through without any issues and docked at St. Catharines marina in Port Weller, 43° 13’.89N 79° 12’.72W. 
Today’s log: 21.7 nm, season total: 1237.5
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