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If this is your first time, you need to do some reading.
As a starter I recommend an old favorite "Cruising Guide to the New England Coast". The original copy of this book was compiled from sailors and their real experiences. I do not know what type of boat you have and how much fuel you need per hour. As a sailboat owner I had to learn to navigate with the tides and currents. On the US side one has to navigate around the lobsters pods. Sometimes lobsters pods are attached in pair with a toggle cable having a lead core. In good visibility you can see these. In peas soup fog you have to slow down and have a vigil in front of your boat. After you get to Cutler you will enter the Grand Manan Channel. Your should enter the Grand Manan Channel as per your calculation and timing for the Saint John reversing falls. If you enter the channel with the tide you will benefit from a 2-3 knots current if not you will have to buck it and use more fuel and time. You should draw your course to stay away from the Lepreau rip tides Once in Canadian water it is a good practice to inform Fundy Coast Guard Radio of you position. They in return will validate your position on their radar. Then you have to make arrangement with the Canadian Custom. Your next step is to go through the reversing falls. Your calculations to go through the falls should be all done and proven. As for the rest of the information needed for you trip you will have to do the pertinent reading and get the right information from charts and sailing directions. In peas soup fog Radar alone is not enough. You will need a GPS and dept sounder. Some old timer are know to carry spare parts for their power boat. "Armond Perretta" wrote in message ... richard wrote: We are planning to cruise in a 25 ft powerboat from somewhere in Penobscott Bay to the St John River, NB during the last two weeks of July. We need some advise on where to stay along the way, and what to watch for. First get the charts and cruising guides. Ample study will be rewarded With a 25 footer you should be very sure to have a radar and electronic piloting gear. If your 25 footer is an outboard, you should make your way only in settled weather with good visibility. The stretch over to Schoodic is well protected and there are many places where a small power boat can hide in the event of bad weather or low visibility. Once beyond Schoodic you are in different conditions and essentially offshore (or at least exposed coastal), and the conditions can become difficult very quickly. However there are many stops that are frankly quite beautiful, though usually a bit off the direct route to Grand Manan Passage. Beyond the passage, you are in big tidal waters and must act accordingly. -- Good luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/ |
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This an addendum to my earlier posting.
I have just been informed by our Yacht club that we have new rules for boaters going to the US and Canada. Please check: U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR PLEASURE BOATERS Press Release Date: April 21, 2005 Contact: PAO Mike Milne, Customs and Border Patrol Phone: (206) 553-6944 Ext. 614 "Denis Marier" wrote in message news If this is your first time, you need to do some reading. As a starter I recommend an old favorite "Cruising Guide to the New England Coast". The original copy of this book was compiled from sailors and their real experiences. I do not know what type of boat you have and how much fuel you need per hour. As a sailboat owner I had to learn to navigate with the tides and currents. On the US side one has to navigate around the lobsters pods. Sometimes lobsters pods are attached in pair with a toggle cable having a lead core. In good visibility you can see these. In peas soup fog you have to slow down and have a vigil in front of your boat. After you get to Cutler you will enter the Grand Manan Channel. Your should enter the Grand Manan Channel as per your calculation and timing for the Saint John reversing falls. If you enter the channel with the tide you will benefit from a 2-3 knots current if not you will have to buck it and use more fuel and time. You should draw your course to stay away from the Lepreau rip tides Once in Canadian water it is a good practice to inform Fundy Coast Guard Radio of you position. They in return will validate your position on their radar. Then you have to make arrangement with the Canadian Custom. Your next step is to go through the reversing falls. Your calculations to go through the falls should be all done and proven. As for the rest of the information needed for you trip you will have to do the pertinent reading and get the right information from charts and sailing directions. In peas soup fog Radar alone is not enough. You will need a GPS and dept sounder. Some old timer are know to carry spare parts for their power boat. "Armond Perretta" wrote in message ... richard wrote: We are planning to cruise in a 25 ft powerboat from somewhere in Penobscott Bay to the St John River, NB during the last two weeks of July. We need some advise on where to stay along the way, and what to watch for. First get the charts and cruising guides. Ample study will be rewarded With a 25 footer you should be very sure to have a radar and electronic piloting gear. If your 25 footer is an outboard, you should make your way only in settled weather with good visibility. The stretch over to Schoodic is well protected and there are many places where a small power boat can hide in the event of bad weather or low visibility. Once beyond Schoodic you are in different conditions and essentially offshore (or at least exposed coastal), and the conditions can become difficult very quickly. However there are many stops that are frankly quite beautiful, though usually a bit off the direct route to Grand Manan Passage. Beyond the passage, you are in big tidal waters and must act accordingly. -- Good luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/ |
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