On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:45:23 GMT, "Thomas Wentworth"
wrote:

I am going to look into the Trent Severn Canal. The boat has a 5'2" draft.
I don't know whether the canal is deep enough.

Anything over 4 or 5 feet (I forget which) requires advance written
approval by the canal authority, and a waiver on your part.

Wayne.B wrote:
Anything over 4 or 5 feet (I forget which) requires advance
written approval by the canal authority, and a waiver on
your part.

According to http://www.cruising.ca/trent/

"Average width for Trent Severn Waterway is of 32 feet.
Minimum width occurs at Port Severn with 23' and Big Chute
at 24'. Maximum vertical clearance height for Trent Severn
Waterway is 22 feet"

Do you think I'll have trouble getting through in a catamaran
with a 21' beam and 3.5' draft ?

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:10:33 GMT, wrote:

Do you think I'll have trouble getting through in a catamaran
with a 21' beam and 3.5' draft ?

Doesn't sound like it's a problem. There web sites are accurate in my
experience although I have not yet been through Trent-Svern, only the
Rideau.

Wayne.B wrote:
wrote:

Do you think I'll have trouble getting through in a catamaran
with a 21' beam and 3.5' draft ?

Doesn't sound like it's a problem. There web sites are accurate
in my experience although I have not yet been through Trent-Svern,
only the Rideau.

Wouldn't it be a problem if there's another boat coming in the
opposite direction or there's a faster boat trying to pass me ?

Or do you think the given width is for the traffic in each
direction ?

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:33:02 GMT, wrote:

Or do you think the given width is for the traffic in each
direction ?

Maximum width is almost always determined by the size of the smallest
lock, or in the case of the Trent-Svern, the haul-over bucket.
Oncoming traffic is a consideration but you should be able to manage
it by waiting or turning out at appropriate times.