St. Paul D'Iles aux Noix to Plattsburgh, New York

We pulled Pecan up to U.S. border station floating dock on Lake Champlain at 9:04am today. Quickly checked in and left as we received high wind warnings for Lake Champlain with the approach of a frontal system lifting from the south. We piloted south with the destination of Plattsburgh.


Pecan powering along at 10 knots into 20+ knot southerly in northern Lake Champlain.


U.S. Border Customs dock.


The border agents didn't have this 'announcement board' turned on today. They didn't expect to see anyone entering the US today, although a couple of weekends ago they've had 100+ boats entering the US.


Customs and Immigration operate out of this travel trailer sitting on this spit of land. This trailer, and the floating docks, are pulled out within the next 30 days for the season. If you enter the US after they're gone you'll have to visit them at the offices in Plattsburgh.



Rounded Cumberland Head and made our way to Plattsburgh; we had a lot of rolling with the beam seas for the few miles we were heading west, but the Rosborough handled them nicely albeit with a tad slower speed to make it more comfortable. With Pecan now secured in a slip, we'll be renting a car within the 2 hours. Seeing that our superb fall weather has come dramatically to a close--there's no need to bash south in Lake Champlain and the Hudson river for 300+ miles in inclement weather. And that's just to get to NYC--we'll still have 1,000 miles to go to get to Florida). So, we'll head home and return in about a week with a tow vehicle to truck Pecan south. We don't own a truck...so it'll be an interesting week ahead.

Why the rush? Plattsburgh Boat Basin will be closing for the season on the 15th of October. So we have an extra week as a buffer if we hit a snag finding a truck and returning up here.