I agree. Underline, "And radar is very handy." While the Canadian Maritimes
and Maine are some of the most beautiful and friendliest cruising in the
world, fog can be expected more or less half the time in summer.

The good news there is that while the yachting season is only two months,
the working season is long.

I don't know Lake Superior at all, but it has a reputation. Unless you're
trying to prove something, why not start at Sault Ste. Marie? Glancing at
the map, only the Apostle Islands look interesting and it would cut 350
miles from a long trip.

OTH, the North Channel and Georgian Bay get a lot of positive reviews.

Don't forget the Trent-Severn Waterway, which goes from Georgian Bay to the
middle of the north shore of Lake Ontario:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/waterway/main_e_i.htm

You'd miss Niagara Falls, but also Lake Erie. The site says five foot
maximum draft.....


--
Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com



"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
...
If you want to get to the ocean quickly, I think taking the Lakes to
Oswego, NY and joining the Erie
Canal there is the most expedient. This would be about 8 days in the
Canal and Hudson River. An
easy enough trip, but with 33 locks you probably want a crew for this
stretch. In the "Delivery"
section of my website there's a description and pics.

More scenic would be to go down the St. Lawrence to Lake Champlain and
then on to the Hudson. This
would add several travel days, but you'd be tempted to linger more. Going
all the way out the
Seaway would be a lot longer, but would include some of the most beautiful
cruising grounds in the
world. Timing gets a little hard - this is definitely not a Winter trip.
And radar is very handy.

-jeff www.sv-loki.com

"Schoonertrash" wrote in message
...
Next trip I'm leaving the Pacific but not by way of Panama. Plan to
truck
the boat from Vancouver BC to Lake Superior and work my way East. There
are
three major choices. Leave the lakes at Chicago and go S. on the
Mississippi. I'll pass on that one. Leave the seaway and travel
through
Pennsylvania and New York for the Atlantic and then South. Go down the
whole St. Lawrence Seaway and then turn South for some coastal scenery.
To
compound the issue I have friends I'd like to visit in the
Connecticutt/Massachusetts area. Not so far from NYC for a side trip.

The boat is a 33' LOA Westerly twin keeler with cathedral mast so
height is
not a restriction. I will be singlehanding unless somebody pops up here
and
there to help crew.

So between my two major choices what are your suggestions? Which way .
...
and why. What time of year is best considering I'm starting somewhere N.
of
Duluth.

MST