OK, the season is over.... the boat is put to bed and time to get to work.
Unfortunately this year, my camera died so pics are limited but....I also just found a CD from the Water Dawgs and have included some of their pics denoted by "WDs".
Here is a taste of the Royal Regal Rendezvous held this year.
We did things a little different. If you will recall last year, we took 18 or so boats from Orillia up thru the 4 locks to Georgian Bay in one day and was a logistical nightmare.
We ended up at Killbear Marina in Parry Sound and then turned around.
This year, everyone was on their own to get to Killbear where we all met and then headed further north from there - heading to Killarney at the beginning of the North Channel and beyond.
So ........ here we go.
We started out at our home port - Hot Knots in Orillia and our home 'dock' - Regal Row....
This was Brian who is a first time owner of his 3860 docking for the first time with a lot of help - just in case - but that is a different story.
3 of us (Lock Knut , Jackie J IV and Knottiii Grotto) headed up for a leisurely cruise up the Severn Waterway...
We stopped at Lost Channel for the night (me waiting for JJIV & Lock Nut to anchor).
We were then joined by Southern Cross (which by the way is the same boat as mine) and Rudy's World at Lost Channel - half way to G. Bay where we spent the night.
Brian (Lock Knut) as mentioned is a first time owner and as such had never run the locks. He was a little nervous when he entered the Big Chute Marine Railway for the first time...
They made it in and all was good.
Of course Kathy was all smiles watching their reaction as they 'went over the top'
We stopped at Henry's for lunch on the way up as Southern Cross was just leaving...
We finally made it to the other side of Killbear Provincial Park - a day early where we ended up with about 6 or 7 boats rafted.
We ended up having a lot of fun and Martin came up with the idea to use my tender to tow everyone around on their 'floaties' for a while...
I guess we were having too much fun and laughing too loud as the next thing we know we have a vist by the Park Warden...
He never did say what his point was - just to be respectful (which we were) to the other people in the park - He actually mentioned that while we were all sitting their in our nice boats, the other 5,000 people that use the park are all up on the hill in tents and that they might get a little 'jealous' so please keep the stereos and geni's to a minimum (which we do).
He was overall pretty nice and wished us a good time and please return whenever we want.
Anyway, I digress..
It was a great day and a lovely sunset. Speaking of Brian, not only did he have a new boat, he had a new friend. I just liked this picture - love is grand.
We went over to Killbear Marina the next day and had a great dinner - hosted by Regal and our dealer Crates (WD's - )
and then gathered the fleet together for the run north...
Once we got everyone lined up....
It was time to get up on plane...
It's always cool to look behind and see all the boats lined up and running.... when you pass another boat they just sort of look at you in awe.
We did some open water running then turned back into the inside route.
Jason and I were the only ones that had been this far north so we took the full inside route as much as possible for the scenery et al but with that comes some very tight spots and turns.
.
Same area from a little further out (you can see three boats in this pic)
One of the more interesting spots is heading into HANGDOG Channel. You first have to go 'out' (I am heading east whilst the boats in the background are still heading west to clear the rocks).
WD's view from the other side looking at us...
and WDs...
Once you clear the rocks you then make a 180 degree turn (with the big water in the background)
You then start to enter the channel itself with rocks all over.
This would be a bad spot to lose an engine
We made it to our first anchorage at the Bustard Islands.
WD's took a nice pic of the boats waiting their turn to come in to raft up.
We decide because of the available space to split the group into 2 raft ups.
It became US ..
Against THEM ...
The flags were raised
and later that day, the wargames began - But that will be for another day but here is a sample of where "THEY" took one of our soldiers prisoner, plied him with Tequila to try and make him talk then just before they brought him back in a dinghy tied and bound - that's our raft directly across. (WD's)
Enjoy.
Unfortunately this year, my camera died so pics are limited but....I also just found a CD from the Water Dawgs and have included some of their pics denoted by "WDs".
Here is a taste of the Royal Regal Rendezvous held this year.
We did things a little different. If you will recall last year, we took 18 or so boats from Orillia up thru the 4 locks to Georgian Bay in one day and was a logistical nightmare.
We ended up at Killbear Marina in Parry Sound and then turned around.
This year, everyone was on their own to get to Killbear where we all met and then headed further north from there - heading to Killarney at the beginning of the North Channel and beyond.
So ........ here we go.
We started out at our home port - Hot Knots in Orillia and our home 'dock' - Regal Row....
This was Brian who is a first time owner of his 3860 docking for the first time with a lot of help - just in case - but that is a different story.
3 of us (Lock Knut , Jackie J IV and Knottiii Grotto) headed up for a leisurely cruise up the Severn Waterway...
We stopped at Lost Channel for the night (me waiting for JJIV & Lock Nut to anchor).
We were then joined by Southern Cross (which by the way is the same boat as mine) and Rudy's World at Lost Channel - half way to G. Bay where we spent the night.
Brian (Lock Knut) as mentioned is a first time owner and as such had never run the locks. He was a little nervous when he entered the Big Chute Marine Railway for the first time...
They made it in and all was good.
Of course Kathy was all smiles watching their reaction as they 'went over the top'
We stopped at Henry's for lunch on the way up as Southern Cross was just leaving...
We finally made it to the other side of Killbear Provincial Park - a day early where we ended up with about 6 or 7 boats rafted.
We ended up having a lot of fun and Martin came up with the idea to use my tender to tow everyone around on their 'floaties' for a while...
I guess we were having too much fun and laughing too loud as the next thing we know we have a vist by the Park Warden...
He never did say what his point was - just to be respectful (which we were) to the other people in the park - He actually mentioned that while we were all sitting their in our nice boats, the other 5,000 people that use the park are all up on the hill in tents and that they might get a little 'jealous' so please keep the stereos and geni's to a minimum (which we do).
He was overall pretty nice and wished us a good time and please return whenever we want.
Anyway, I digress..
It was a great day and a lovely sunset. Speaking of Brian, not only did he have a new boat, he had a new friend. I just liked this picture - love is grand.
We went over to Killbear Marina the next day and had a great dinner - hosted by Regal and our dealer Crates (WD's - )
and then gathered the fleet together for the run north...
Once we got everyone lined up....
It was time to get up on plane...
It's always cool to look behind and see all the boats lined up and running.... when you pass another boat they just sort of look at you in awe.
We did some open water running then turned back into the inside route.
Jason and I were the only ones that had been this far north so we took the full inside route as much as possible for the scenery et al but with that comes some very tight spots and turns.
Same area from a little further out (you can see three boats in this pic)
One of the more interesting spots is heading into HANGDOG Channel. You first have to go 'out' (I am heading east whilst the boats in the background are still heading west to clear the rocks).
WD's view from the other side looking at us...
and WDs...
Once you clear the rocks you then make a 180 degree turn (with the big water in the background)
You then start to enter the channel itself with rocks all over.
This would be a bad spot to lose an engine
We made it to our first anchorage at the Bustard Islands.
WD's took a nice pic of the boats waiting their turn to come in to raft up.
We decide because of the available space to split the group into 2 raft ups.
It became US ..
Against THEM ...
The flags were raised
and later that day, the wargames began - But that will be for another day but here is a sample of where "THEY" took one of our soldiers prisoner, plied him with Tequila to try and make him talk then just before they brought him back in a dinghy tied and bound - that's our raft directly across. (WD's)
Enjoy.
Thanks Greg, I look forward to more as the winter goes bye. Keep smiling, Dave
