#277 - 04/13/08 01:41 PM
Re: Rendezvous 2008
[Re: Kiwi John]
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Kiwi John
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Registered: 03/11/08
Posts: 188
Loc: Oakville, Ontario
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Last summer the wife and I trailered "Jenny" to Picton for a two night stay in the Picton Harbour Inn. It was a lovely place to stay, great view over the harbour, reasonable rates and an attached good restaurant. The bonus here was the Inn has it's own docks that, in my case, came free with the room.
This area is the very end of the harbour, It was so shallow I had to wind up my keel to park in front of Rosebud.
Here are a few pictures of the Inn, parking lot and docking along with some general pictures
John
Open to all restaurant
Across the parking lot behind the red van is a vacant lot owned by the Inn, this is used for additional parking. I,m sure it could be used for all of our trailer parking if needed.
On the righthand side is the harbour office, boat ramp, toilet facilities and vehicle parking (see two grey trucks)
The ferry shown crosses at Glenora.
Noisy cement plant in the background.
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#306 - 04/15/08 10:47 AM
Re: Rendezvous 2008
[Re: D'Arcy]
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kenn
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Registered: 03/08/08
Posts: 506
Loc: Toronto ON
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Unless we're planning a one-way Rendezvous, we'd have an upwind course one day or the other, right? (Unless the wind gods smiled on us again and we get a westerly when leaving Bellevile, then a S-E wind when leaving Picton... start praying now.)
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#307 - 04/15/08 12:23 PM
Re: Rendezvous 2008
[Re: Tailpiper]
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Kiwi John
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Registered: 03/11/08
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Loc: Oakville, Ontario
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Hi Dennis, Picton is a really nice place to be, I'm sure it would make a great place to come from or go to providing docking and parking can be secured in advance.
We would need to look into the ferrying of our vehicles if we are doing a one way.
John
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#308 - 04/15/08 01:36 PM
Re: Rendezvous 2008
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Pathfinder
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Registered: 03/06/08
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Belleville to Picton would make a wonderful, scenic cruise, even for the shuttle vehicles.
DISTANCES
Google Maps gives these road distances:
a) 28.7kms (17.9mi)/30 mins - Belleville to Desoronto;
b) 24.3kms (15.2mi)/22 mins - Desoronto to Picton;
ttl 53.0kms (33.1mi)
c) 34.2kms (21.4mi)/34 mins - Belleville to Picton (for vehicle shuttle).
The sailing distance would be somewhat shorter than the 53kms (33mi), confirming D'Arcy's estimate.
VEHICLES
Regarding vehicle shuttle, simply drive 3 vehicles from launch point to retrieve point, leave 2 and drive 3rd back to launch point. At end of cruise, the 2 vehicles shuttle up to 14 skippers back to launch point for their rigs. This return trip would take an hour or more.
Edited by Pathfinder (04/15/08 01:52 PM)
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