+Keith OB Nice job Anchor Girl?? Hmm, I must have watched a different video, because I don't recall her EVER driving the boat unless it's a straight, calm day in the middle of a big lake. . .
+Keith OB No worries. I just wanted to get a shot of her actually driving the boat. Consider yourself lucky to have witnessed this once in a very rare (and short lived) phenomenon ;-)
we had a family cottage on the severn river.. one bay past tamarack park ... We used the original chute.. (little) we couldnt ride in it like you do with the new one.. it was to dangerous for someone to be in it lol
+Paul Bromell Hopefully I talk loud enough for them to hear me ;-) It's never been an issue over all the years we've been traveling through the locks. 95% of the time they wouldn't have to ask that - only in situations where they need to fit the boat's a certain way, such as on the Big Chute Marine Railway.
Something's strange here. In locks here in Europe usually first comes first goes. Except for commercial boats they go first. Is that different in Canada?
Nothing strange at all. This particular 'lock' is the very unconventional Big Chute Marine Railway - the only one of it's type in North America. As it has limited capacity (much less than a conventional lock), the staff must load the #boats as efficiently as possible, irrespective of who arrived first. As well, larger boats such as ours that are equipped with 'fixed' inboard shafts/props, must hang out past the back of the railway cart, as to not damage the running gear. For boats equipped with inboard/outboard drives, or simple outboards, they ask that they be tilted up so that they can have better clearance. Small, flat bottom vessels (such as a Sea Doo or small fishing boat) would simply rest right on the bottom of the railway cart for the ride over. Given the loading requirements, yes, there are many times that result in confusion of arriving boaters. The staff on this big rig, as you could imagine, are very forceful in their instructions over the loudspeaker to try and corral the boaters ;-) Here is another video of us going 'over The Chute', this time heading downstream (ua-cam.com/video/TYVA9AIO-W0/v-deo.html). If you can survive my long winded intro, there is a cool story behind what transpired while we were there, as well as some video taken by someone on land that will give you a better perspective of how a big boat like ours sits on the machine for the ride. Let me know what you think! I'm hoping to do a more descriptive video this coming season, including some drone footage, that will better outline the workings of this unique system. I hope you will subscribe to keep following our adventures and see more of our beautiful Canadian waterways :-) Cheers, Paul.
Geez I think I would have introduced the fishing guys on the blue line to the water line. Why did they not help you get tied up. And what are they even doing there.
+machsonicboom Fishermen HELP a boater?!?! That's a joke. They have one thing in mind and that's to pull as many fish out of the water as possible - whenever, wherever and however they seem to think is fine for them. It's starting to get out of hand everywhere, both at the locks and even private marinas. These guys come up from the city and figure they can drop their butts and their lines wherever they want. It's only a matter of time before we see some confrontations between boaters + property owners and those guys.
The part I don't get is,.... the staff at the lock call out to the guys that they cant fish there and they are in no hurry to leave, does the governing body not actually enforce the rules regarding this behavior. must not the fishermen dont seem worried
+timbits74 And it's not only at the locks, although it IS getting worse every year. We have witnessed the same group dropping their lines anywhere, with absolutely no regard for anyone else, including passing - or moored - boats. My favorite was getting jolted out of bed by one of them casting his line onto our boat's rail! Not sure how much English that fellow understood, but there is one universally used term to express extreme displeasure that I'm sure he got! We had another incident just last night. A couple motored into our marina to do some 'close in' fishing and decided to tie up to a dock close to ours. As they had two dogs on board their small boat, I suspected that they wanted to let them off to go pee or something. When I yelled at them that they can't dock there, I got the usual response; one doesn't even acknowledge and the other just yells 'OK, OK, OK'. Minutes later, they moved in close to some classic old Chris Craft boats across from ours and again had to try and fish BETWEEN the boats and docks. So, I walked over and again had to tell them that this was a private marina and private boats and they should leave - go fish in the open river. Once again, I was met with stunned silence from the boat's pilot and his lady friend just yells back 'OK, OK, OK'. I replied that he must not have understood English. . . That's always a good excuse for invading private property! .
We didn't land right where the guys were fishing, the guys were fishing right where ALL the boats going up on the Big Chute Marine Railway have to land. Clearly marked 'No Fishing', as all of the lock approaches along the entire Trent Severn Waterway are marked.
love it man i have 300 acres lake front blackstone lake.
Cool.
Love the vid. Shows the tranquility of boating and also how beautiful Canada is.
yes it is :-) Thank you!
At 6:30 my father and I used to anchor off and fish next to the rock wall just off to the right over 50 years ago!
visited big chute last year whilst visiting from scotland, would love to experience it aboard a boat amazing piece of engineering
+Donald Mclean It sure is. Just one more lovely spot along the 240 Mike's long Trent Severn Waterway 👍
Such beautiful scenery. I'm hoping to do that run next summer.
+Rob Gionet You absolutely should! It's inspiring and breathtaking 👍
Nice work getting thru the little shoot Anchor Girl.We went thru there twice last week and the water is very low with a swift current.
+Keith OB Nice job Anchor Girl?? Hmm, I must have watched a different video, because I don't recall her EVER driving the boat unless it's a straight, calm day in the middle of a big lake. . .
+BoatsBeachesAndBars sorry mate. I failed to see you two switch out at the helm.
+Keith OB No worries. I just wanted to get a shot of her actually driving the boat. Consider yourself lucky to have witnessed this once in a very rare (and short lived) phenomenon ;-)
Hi Paul watching this from our motel room here in Los Vegas! It looks great from here too!
Steve and Georgina
Viva Las Vegas!
we had a family cottage on the severn river.. one bay past tamarack park ... We used the original chute.. (little) we couldnt ride in it like you do with the new one.. it was to dangerous for someone to be in it lol
When the lock guys are talking back and forth with you about the length of your boat, how do they hear you?
+Paul Bromell Hopefully I talk loud enough for them to hear me ;-) It's never been an issue over all the years we've been traveling through the locks.
95% of the time they wouldn't have to ask that - only in situations where they need to fit the boat's a certain way, such as on the Big Chute Marine Railway.
Something's strange here. In locks here in Europe usually first comes first goes. Except for commercial boats they go first. Is that different in Canada?
Nothing strange at all. This particular 'lock' is the very unconventional Big Chute Marine Railway - the only one of it's type in North America. As it has limited capacity (much less than a conventional lock), the staff must load the #boats as efficiently as possible, irrespective of who arrived first. As well, larger boats such as ours that are equipped with 'fixed' inboard shafts/props, must hang out past the back of the railway cart, as to not damage the running gear. For boats equipped with inboard/outboard drives, or simple outboards, they ask that they be tilted up so that they can have better clearance. Small, flat bottom vessels (such as a Sea Doo or small fishing boat) would simply rest right on the bottom of the railway cart for the ride over.
Given the loading requirements, yes, there are many times that result in confusion of arriving boaters. The staff on this big rig, as you could imagine, are very forceful in their instructions over the loudspeaker to try and corral the boaters ;-)
Here is another video of us going 'over The Chute', this time heading downstream (ua-cam.com/video/TYVA9AIO-W0/v-deo.html). If you can survive my long winded intro, there is a cool story behind what transpired while we were there, as well as some video taken by someone on land that will give you a better perspective of how a big boat like ours sits on the machine for the ride. Let me know what you think!
I'm hoping to do a more descriptive video this coming season, including some drone footage, that will better outline the workings of this unique system. I hope you will subscribe to keep following our adventures and see more of our beautiful Canadian waterways :-)
Cheers, Paul.
Nice video but i think AG should have given that guy some Kung fu on the blue line
+Sandra Larmand At least these guys spoke English. . .
Geez I think I would have introduced the fishing guys on the blue line to the water line. Why did they not help you get tied up. And what are they even doing there.
+machsonicboom Fishermen HELP a boater?!?! That's a joke. They have one thing in mind and that's to pull as many fish out of the water as possible - whenever, wherever and however they seem to think is fine for them. It's starting to get out of hand everywhere, both at the locks and even private marinas. These guys come up from the city and figure they can drop their butts and their lines wherever they want. It's only a matter of time before we see some confrontations between boaters + property owners and those guys.
The part I don't get is,.... the staff at the lock call out to the guys that they cant fish there and they are in no hurry to leave, does the governing body not actually enforce the rules regarding this behavior. must not the fishermen dont seem worried
+timbits74 And it's not only at the locks, although it IS getting worse every year. We have witnessed the same group dropping their lines anywhere, with absolutely no regard for anyone else, including passing - or moored - boats. My favorite was getting jolted out of bed by one of them casting his line onto our boat's rail! Not sure how much English that fellow understood, but there is one universally used term to express extreme displeasure that I'm sure he got!
We had another incident just last night. A couple motored into our marina to do some 'close in' fishing and decided to tie up to a dock close to ours. As they had two dogs on board their small boat, I suspected that they wanted to let them off to go pee or something. When I yelled at them that they can't dock there, I got the usual response; one doesn't even acknowledge and the other just yells 'OK, OK, OK'.
Minutes later, they moved in close to some classic old Chris Craft boats across from ours and again had to try and fish BETWEEN the boats and docks. So, I walked over and again had to tell them that this was a private marina and private boats and they should leave - go fish in the open river. Once again, I was met with stunned silence from the boat's pilot and his lady friend just yells back 'OK, OK, OK'. I replied that he must not have understood English. . . That's always a good excuse for invading private property!
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its nice but them power line-towers kill me.
With all the space you had on the blue line, why did you land right where guys were fishing….. ?
We didn't land right where the guys were fishing, the guys were fishing right where ALL the boats going up on the Big Chute Marine Railway have to land. Clearly marked 'No Fishing', as all of the lock approaches along the entire Trent Severn Waterway are marked.