Hastings to Glen Ross

Pecan departed Hastings at 9:11am on a clear 50 deg F morning. After a fuel fill stop at Campbellford at 1:30pm we moseyed along 6.7 to 7.0 knots arriving at Glen Ross lock at 5:14pm. The afternoon was about 70 deg F with winds 5 to 10 knots out of the NE. This lock, like the one at Hastings, has a swing bridge that needs to open prior to entering the lock. We tied up on the blue line for the night. Since the operator from our previous lock had called ahead to Glen Ross, those folks at Glen Ross left the washrooms keys 'hidden' behind the screen door of the office for us. Very nice!

Having thought that we'd see some chilly evenings and overnights on this trip, we bought this force-air thermostat-controlled ceramic heater at Sam's Club in Traverse City before we began this trip. And indeed it has been cool some nights so far.


We have a fairly expensive Wallas diesel-fueled stove top and forced-air heater system aboard. While it did operate properly when we conducted the sea trial back in July our research on the reliability of these units showed some things to be wary of. One was the relatively slow heat-up time of the burners. And sure enough, ours did take some time to heat up. So, as a backup, we bought this one burner butane stove at a Korean market in Fairfax, Virginia while on the drive up to Michigan. Also bought 12 eight ounce butane canisters. Unfortunately, we have not been able to get the Wallas to operate so having the butane stove has saved the day. And so far have only gone thru one canister. I've got to get online to read what other boaters have done to troubleshoot their Wallas stove (the www.c-brats.com forum is a great trove of knowledge to see what others have encountered in similar situations).