Lets see some Great Lakes boating pics 2015!!

Gofirstclass said:
Mark (My3Sons),

In this lock, does the weight of your boat rest on the bottom of that lock, or is it suspended above the bottom? Also, how do they account for the height of the props, rudders, etc.? ]
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GFC, I can only speak to what we experienced and what the lockmasters told us, but our friends trawler was resting on its full length keel and supported by the slings. Our boat was also supported by the slings and the keel rested on the rail car platform to the a point just ahead of the shafts. the rudders and props were allowed to hang off the back of the rail car so that the boat did not have to be transported in an unnatural stern high attitude. The lock masters are very good at what they do and the whole operation goes amazingly quickly and smoothly. I will look to see if I have a pic of our boat from our friends showing the back of the boat hanging off the platform, if so I will post it tonight.
 
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my3sons said:
I will look to see if I have a pic of our boat from our friends showing the back of the boat hanging off the platform, if so I will post it tonight.
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Not a very good picture, but the props and rudders are behind the carriage

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That's a good pic, good enough to show me what I wanted to know. Is there a weight or size limit to that thing?
 
alwhite00 said:
That is a pretty cool apparatus. What does it cost to use use it?
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There are several different passes for the TSW locks. Single lock passes, daily passes, season passes etc.
We purchased a transit pass, which allowed us to transit the entire system, one way from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay, the cost was $4.65/foot. Cheap. $186 to go through 41 conventional locks 2 hydraulic lift locks and the marine railway. We spent about 12 or 13 days doing the Trent.
 
Nice pictures!!! I understand the larger boats are supported by the slings, but smaller boats keel rest on the lock, but wouldn't the boat have a tendency to want to lean starboard or port by design?
 
kiloil said:
Nice pictures!!! I understand the larger boats are supported by the slings, but smaller boats keel rest on the lock, but wouldn't the boat have a tendency to want to lean starboard or port by design?
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all boats are supported by slings. When they have two smaller ones side by side there is a support between where the slings are up between boats. Hard to describe but there are pictures out there. (Update. I found a good picture of how they do it)
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That has got to be near the top of the bucket list for any boater. How cool is that! I wonder who decided that getting across that piece of land was so important that they came up with that idea? Excellent piece of engineering.
 
One last run before winterizing last Friday. I really needed to warm the engines up before the oil got changed... It's was a rare mill pond and too hard to resist grabbing dinner on an island before putting her away

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Not a very good picture, Ma was having trouble hanging on. This is the first time out for my friend with his new boat. Three of us were heading to Marquette, MI for the blues festival and it got rough for a while.
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