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| A screen shot of our GPS as we leave Quebec's very busy old port. |
The sailing instructions said to leave Quebec City a half hour before high tide (7am this morning) so as to minimize the adverse current in the Richielieu Rapids. As promised, the rapids were not a problem. The same, however, can't be said for other parts of the river. At one point, while turning RPMs for 8.5 mph, Nellie was advancing under 4 mph!
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| The with of the St Lawrence is truly amazing. |
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| It's current not wind causing whitewater on the channel marker's upriver side. |
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| Nellie's own privé (private) mooring up the Saint-Maurice River in Trois-Rivières. |
At Trois-Rivières we decide to anchor up the Saint-Maurice River. At the river's confluence with the St. Lawrence, judging by the large number of anchored boats, is a very popular beach. We worm our way through the fleet and find a spot for Nellie. But, it was tight, and like a puppy that can't get comfortable, we keep moving. What makes picking a spot challenging is getting enough separation from surrounding boats. While in shallow water and surrounded on three sides by anchored boats, a big, underway powerboat puts his nose close to Nellie's stern. I give its skipper a quizzical and irritated look. He yells over, "Would you like to use my mooring?" Instantly the anchor drill is over and we have a premo spot for the night.
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| Looking southeast down the Saint-Maurice towards the Saint Lawrence. |
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| 78 uphill miles between Quebec City and Trois-Rivières. |
In today's 11 hours underway we averaged 7 mph--and that's going upriver. The trip would have been a lot slower but for the three hours of flood tide push where we averaged over 10 mph. Safely attached to our own privé mooring up the Saint-Maurice. DBH
