Trojan Boat Forum

jhalb wrote:A Bubbler, we need a bomb here!

LOl away . am in Mississauga Toronto area , not even sure where going to put it in yet . Leaning towards PortCredit but see who has spots in area

12 months. Bristol Marina, Charleston SC 55 miles from the Gulf Stream.

My boat is behind a 15 foot tall snow bank created when we cleared the club parking lot. Also we had some damage to our marina from a tug and barge. I am hoping for mid-May at this point. We won't know for sure until the survey is complete of the marina damage. 3 foot thick ice is preventing the divers from working and it's snowing again.

OUCH!

I am hoping for april 20, but the Merrimack River is frozen solid in Amesbury Ma.

Snow here today, but 50's next week!!!!!

Hoping for mid - late April if this keeps up.

I went for a ride last weekend on a F32 I resold days later, it doesnt freeze where it is, mine may have to wait till April with all this snow and ice

gordd wrote:

jhalb wrote:A Bubbler, we need a bomb here!

LOl away . am in Mississauga Toronto area , not even sure where going to put it in yet . Leaning towards PortCredit but see who has spots in area

Do you want to be in the middle of things or out in the boonies?

Hoping to remove tarp end of march, add swim platform door, install new swimplatform wood, already cut, stained ready to be installed, having a cockpit bimini top installed no sides just want top, touch up bottom paint, paint hull stripe, buff hull then hope to launch first week of May for another great season. Once the boat is in the water I will add 2 new batteries one for each engine to isolate them on there own, and leave the three that are there for house batteries, right now engines and every thing else is all working off 3 batteries all in parallel, do not like this setup at all ,was one off the reasons I bought the generator. Then when the locks open will be heading down to a new marina at youngs point.

Craig

captainmaniac wrote:Do you want to be in the middle of things or out in the boonies?

Something close by to start off . Am in in Mississauga area and Port Credit is like 15 minutes . Willing to go up to hour though either way. This will be my first season in water hopefully so like to be able to keep closer eye on things until get used to it.

well now it is march 4th both boats have been in water (we do not take them out) but thank god for bilge heaters. Could use em but too darn cold, water is 38 degree at least my heat pumps put out sufficient heat. No ice on lakes but winter needs to go away for all of us.

gordd wrote:

captainmaniac wrote:Do you want to be in the middle of things or out in the boonies?

Something close by to start off . Am in in Mississauga area and Port Credit is like 15 minutes . Willing to go up to hour though either way. This will be my first season in water hopefully so like to be able to keep closer eye on things until get used to it.

A few places to consider then...

• Port Credit - big and busy but have a fuel dock and you are right downtown stores/restaurants in walking distance; TheStore and marine services businesses on site
• Oakville - also downtown but a bit further away. Can be a bit dicey navigating the river, and typically have 'dirty' water flowing by the boat
• Bronte - a bit further out than Oakville, but also right downtown. Outer Harbour is nicer than inner harbour.
• Burlington or Hamilton - (LaSalle Park, Harbour West, Macassa Bay Yacht Club, Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, I am not a fan of MacDonald Marine) if you are up for a further commute... the main plus is protected harbour - if the the lake is a mess, you can usually still go for a run in the harbour.
• Lakefront Promenade - shares same basin with Port Credit Yacht Club... out in the boonies (ie not in town). Where the 'four sisters' used to be
• Lakeshore Yacht Club - well protected harbour closer to Toronto, a bit out in the boonies
• Mimico - basically off of Humber Bay. Huge facility, well protected, but very close to Toronto. You get he pleasure of dealing with traffic towards and away from Toronto every time you visit the boat. BUT you are only a few minutes away from Toronto Island by boat.... so if hanging out at the Island for the weekends is your objective, its a perfect place to start from.

The yacht clubs usually have waiting lists and sponsorship stuff to get in to... Hope you find a place that works for you.

The yacht clubs usually have waiting lists and sponsorship stuff to get in to... Hope you find a place that works for you.

That is issue , waiting list on lot of those Not sure but think once in one of those marina and if use them for storage over winter one gets better number in waiting list lol