Dinghy cruising on my CL 16 down the Saint-Lawrence river from Montréal to Quebec.

I sail my CL 16 from Montréal to Quebec City, 174 nm on the Saint-Lawrence River dodging ships, currents and tides, anchoring on the river banks for 6 the six night dinghy cruise. In part 1, I get the boat ready and put in at a local dock just east of Montréal for my first night on the Saint-Lawrence River.

[@Coyotehello]

OMG souvenirs, I learned to sail on CL-16 at L'école de voile de Lachine back in the 1970s!!!

[@spirosailingtime]

Maybe the CL 16 I bought for parts from l’école de voile de Lachine is one that you sailed on. On sait jamais.

[@242guile]

Master Mechanic is Doogie Houser!!!

[@spirosailingtime]

😂

[@dfredriksz]

Lovely, making adventures . Greetings from the Netherlands

[@vandermint]

Daunting and exciting sharing the seaway with the big boys. What could go wrong? I will find out . . . binge worthy . . .

[@roydesignedthat]

I look forward to seeing more clips of your trip! Thanks, bestRoy

[@spirosailingtime]

I’ve been watching your clips. They are great. Thank you.

[@YoBroz-ix5rq]

Top! Thnx!

[@almo1956]

Hi, from Montreal...

[@rudineibasei8322]

Pink Floyd? Good

[@davidpoots8362]

Compared to my first launch, where I lost the bung and nearly sank, that was very slick.

[@spirosailingtime]

I almost did that when I launched my Contessa 26 for the first time. The crane guy noticed that I hadn’t put it in as they were lowering it.

[@Ger1ger]

Why shouldn't a GRP boat float??

[@robboss5144]

Local boy are you in Lachine?

[@spirosailingtime]

Baie D’Urfe.

[@robboss5144]

@@spirosailingtime Awesome I am in Brossard. I have been thinking about sail from Montreal to Toronto what is your view on that? Have you done that trip before?

[@spirosailingtime]

@@robboss5144 I want to go from Toronto to Montreal. Or at least Kingston to Montreal. The only thing is that you can’t go through the Iroquois locks. There’s a 20’ minimum. You would have to get out there and trailer your boat to the other side. But it’s doable. Especially sailing through 1000 islands.

[@robboss5144]

I have a 22 foot Tanzer so I should be allowed through the locks right?@@spirosailingtime

[@spirosailingtime]

@@robboss5144 yes. I thought you had a cl16 like mine. Yes. Over 20’ with a motor you are good to go. And you can go back and forth. I was going to trailer my CL to Toronto and sail back to Montreal. Take advantage of the slight current.