Another lock, what?

I thought I was done with locks until we come home in the Erie Canal. I was wrong.

Quebec City has a 10 foot tide. The marina isn’t deep enough to lose 10 feet and keep the boats afloat. So, they installed a lock to hold the water in during low tide. You have to lock in and out of the marina, except during high tide, when they keep the doors open for about 2 hours.

There was a Holland America cruise ship parked at the entrance to the marina. As I was trying to enter I was fighting a strong current, and the cruise ships gun boat was heading for me. I thought I might be to close and he was coming over to shoo me away. Nope, the cruise ship was pulling out and leaving a mess of a wake. Timing is everything.

Even though I was in a tight channel, I was able to get a fair amount of sailing in today. It was blowing about 25 on the tail. I had just the Yankee out and with the aid of the current I was doing 10 knots.

Later in the afternoon, the winds started to die down. I can’t believe I’m saying this but when my speed dipped under 7 knots, I was ready to fire up the motor.

We’ve had dinner and we’re off to explore Old Quebec.