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| In it's 120 mile length the Rideau only has 12 miles of hand dug canal. This narrow and straight section is clearly part of the 12. |
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| Bligh-Wood is a $1,200 boat--well, $2,400 according to the builders, if you include the beer consumed while building her. |
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| Note the wood steering wheel and wood flag. This is their forth Bligh-Wood. Each iteration has gotten successively bigger and more sophisticated. This trip down the Rideau is their maiden voyage. The guys are sneaky good boat builders and are having way too much fun. |
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| Just like in Europe Le Boat has set up a rental fleet of purpose built boats to do the Rideau Canal. Unlike Europe these boats are ultra modern. The boats are homeported in Smith Falls, Ontario. |
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| 20 miles from Burritts Rapids, Ontario to Smiths Falls, Ontario. |
Locks, locks, locks! We went through 11 in 20 miles. They say practice makes perfect. We're certainly getting lots of practice, perfection however is eluding us. DBH
