Tuesday, June 10, 2025

St Jean to Chambly -s the locks with Hal

When I arrived at St Jean on Monday at 1:15, just after the last lockage. They told me I would be first at 9AM.  But I needed a crew to do the locks. I told them that I had a crew coming tomorrow - weather permitting … The forecast called for heavy rain on Tuesday.  

They passed a 67-foot powerboat about 2 PM. She was scheduled to depart at 9:00 AM on Tuesday. I was annoyed that they let him through before me.  They told me that I would be at 1 PM on Tuesday, since there would be no staff available at 9 AM.  

I met Palbert and his girlfriend at the lock.  I told him to come help me with the locks tomorrow.  He agreed to.  I had lots of doubts and concerns about him.  I talked a lot, and I was not too sure how stable he was.

On Tuesday morning, it rained and stopped around 10:30. Hal showed up, and we chatted and prepared to depart.  The other boat wanted its fenders on the port side, so I departed the dock a little earlier to switch my fenders to the starboard side.  

The lockage went well, except at lock 7, a fender got caught against the wall and ripped off the handrail. It was attached to the handrail.

At Lock 2, Martin showed up with a dock wheel that I wanted to buy on the Facebook marketplace.

After lock 1, we docked.  We were going to go for a late lunch and met a dock operator. We asked if anyone was driving back to St. Jean, and Yve was scheduled to arrive at 1700.  We had lunch- a Montreal Pizza consisting of a funny dough with smoked meat and yellow mustard … at $33, it was pretty pricy.

After I had departed, I had a beer with Catherine and her crew, who were docked in front of BELLUM.

They gave me the shower code for the marina, and I had a shower.  

I departed the dock for an anchorage nearby.















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