Sea Ray Cruise to Perfect Sunset - Kirkfield, Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon & More

Boat cruise aboard our Sea Ray Sundancer through Ontario, Canada's 240 mile long Trent Severn Waterway. In this video we travel from Lock # 36 (the Kirkfield Lift Lock - goo.gl/maps/581DVaGcV3HwV9yz7) to Lock # 30 (Lovesick Lock - goo.gl/maps/7rVMbnNtkyWn2pLe6). Along the way, we cruise through very popular cruising destinations including Rosedale, Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon and Buckhorn.
For more information on the 'Great Loop' and 'Looper Boats', check my video here; • Great Loop & Looper Boats .
This video is part of our glorious 5-1/2 week long cruise that takes us from Lake Simcoe, through dozens of locks and right down to 'Mile Zero' of the Trent Severn Waterway. From there, we headed east to Kingston and onto the Rideau Canal for first ever visit there by water! For a look at the entire adventure, please check out the full Playlist here: • Summer 2022 Cruise
Filmed July, 2022.
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Boat Specs;
- Model: 1998 Sea Ray 370 Sundancer
- Length (bow to transom): 37-6", LOA (with factory swim platform): 40'-1"
- Beam: 12'-7"
- Dry Weight: 17,000 lbs
- Fully Loaded Weight: Boat + Fuel (1,664) + Water (580) + Gear (1,250 +/-) = 20,500 LBS
- Fuel Capacity: 275 U.S. gallons, 1,040 litres
- Draft: 32”
- Dead Rise: 20 degrees
- Engines: 2 x 7.4 litre Mercruiser Bluewater, Multi-Port fuel injection, gasoline,
raw water cooled, rated at 310 HP
- Transmissions: 2 x Borg Warner Velvet Drives, in Vee-Drive configuration
- Generator: Westerbeke 7.2 Kw BCGTC @ 60 Hz, gasoline powered & carburated, 3,600 RPM continuous engine speed
- 18,000 (total) BTU (12 + 8), reverse cycle heating/air conditioning

[@bobkrumm5360]

We are heartened to see you folks are back! Great video and wishing you happy holidays!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Thank you! You too!

[@mikec4736]

Can’t wait to see where you ended up last summer. Great video Paul and I like your new approach in presenting your videos. I understand that you might have made to my corner of the province, the beautiful UNESCO world heritage site Rideau Canal…

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Yes, we got all the way to the Rideau Canal - or at least part of it 😉 And thanks for letting me know you are enjoying the new format. I thought it was time to ditch the long intros and outros. Makes for a cleaner approach.

[@bmay1909]

Glad to see your back! Your videos are not just inspiring they help me get through Michigans winters! Cheers!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Glad to hear it! I'm working on more videos today as I watch the snow falling outside. Helps to warm the spirits ;-)

[@rl8992]

Welcome back!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Same to you! Hope you get a chance to catch up with the new cruising vids 👍

[@jimndonna8716]

Can’t get enough of the beautiful TSW. Thank You

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

My pleasure. I'm actually working on a separate feature, with my 72 minute long 'Cruising The Trent Severn Waterway' production that I produced back in 2015. It takes one from Mile Zero at Trenton, through the entire 240 mile/386 km system, right to Port Severn. I'll be breaking it up to four chapters and will upload one per week, so keep an out for that.

[@joeh5059]

Hi Paul good to see you. Hope you are enjoying your boat have missed you and your wife on the boat. Talk to you later Joe H. Toledo, Ohio

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Thanks Joe 👍

[@tinalouisehenderson8545]

What a beautiful ride so far. Glad to see you didn't get caught up in the Lock issue during your adventures. Thank you again for giving us another chance to ride with you

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Yes, we were lucky to have had a smooth sail through the locks this year - nearly 100 lockages in '22!

[@12000Jetlag]

I am sitting in Nassau for the weekend and still enjoy watching your videos which are very inspiring. So inspiring that I have been talking with a few boaters in my marina trying to get them to do a small cruise on the Erie Canal next year. That has always been on my bucket list.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Great! I, too, have looked at doing the Erie Canal ourselves sometime in the future. Would love to see any videos you might capture when you head that way...

[@12000Jetlag]

@@BoatingWithBoogaboo I have been watching a channel called Y-Knot 22 C Dory. This guy traveled east to west on the Erie Canal during this summer. Some great scenery if you are interested.

[@mikemckinnon5254]

Thanks or sharing

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

My pleasure.

[@AdventuresonTour]

I've been told that the canal in Peterborough loosing its water overnight isn't that uncommon.. One of the reasons there is no over night moorings in the canal. That's a lot of water to drain away in one night. Surprising they've never come up with a fix... Great video as always 😎

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

One of the features we like while staying at the bottom side of Ashburnham Lock (just south of the Peterborough Lift Lock) is the sound of water overflowing from the bottom side lock gates. With that in mind I'm thinking that any unexpected loss of water in the canal is intended and more than likely caused by the (sometimes) sketchy crowd that can be seen there at night 😉 Quick question for you. Don't know if you're a subscriber - regular viewer, that I do know - but I'm seeing unusually low views on my recent videos and was wondering if they're all finding their way out onto the wider KZbin audience...?

[@AdventuresonTour]

@@BoatingWithBoogaboo I am a Sub, have been since you where under 5000 :).. But yes your videos aren't getting pushed to me the way they use too. Normally they pop right up on my feed when you upload them. This one showed up today (Dec 19) and it was 3 weeks old.. not sure what's up with the algorithm.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Thanks for your insights, very helpful. I'm not sure why the videos aren't getting out as normal either. I guess I'll have to start including the annoying 'remember to hit the bell' for my viewers 😉

[@gordmccormack]

Another great video good sir. Speaking for myself, and pretty sure about another 20 thousand people will back me when I say "It's great to see you are back!!". keep them coming Paul.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Good to hear Gord. There's lots more coming, so I hope you'll stick around! Cheers, Paul.

[@jeffthomson1777]

Glad to see you posting videos again missed them

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

More to come!

[@seanmcc45]

11:23 Huge hit of nostalgia!! We used to leave Gordons Yacht Harbour and travel to Lovesick Lock often as they always seemed to have Bulldog puppies!!!!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

These videos offer me lots of nostalgia as well. Twenty years of traveling the beautiful Trent Severn Waterway and there's memories everywhere I look. . .

[@blue9678]

Lovesick is where my family cottage is! Cool to see youre still doing the loop

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

A pretty spot, but we're not doing The Loop...

[@eternitysshore]

Nice job Paul! Very relaxing. Would love to boat up there one day as it so different than our area in the Chesapeake.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

After watching many boating/cruising videos on other channels, we have come to the conclusion that we are so fortunate to be able to enjoy some pretty darn unique cruising grounds in this part of the world - all right in our own back yard. Lots more to come from this voyage - including some brand new areas for us! As an aside, we are looking forward to seeing more from your own adventures, even if they are taken during your off season.

[@eternitysshore]

@@BoatingWithBoogaboo Yes, you guys are very fortunate, which probably helps offset your shorter boating season. Our haul out video will be posted later today, followed by a steady drip of our first time winterization, some of which I learned from your videos of course.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Apart from the time I spend reviewing my videos & photos from the season, there's not much that helps to offset time away from the boat during the WiNtEr months 😕 Looking forward to your haulout video.

[@patrickoneill14]

Great video, lovesick was our favorite spot on the trent...though we only got as far as bobcageon last year. Made it to Ottawa this year on the rideau, amazing trip. Thanks for the inspiration cheers from the Monterey Crew...keep the videos going!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

In 20 years of cruising the lovely Trent Severn Waterway, this was only our 2nd time staying at Lovesick. A beautiful stop that I hope we can visit again in the future. Lots more videos coming up - including our (brief) time on the Rideau this year, so stick around ;-)

[@markburley4901]

All I have to say is "ahhhhhh". Great video as usual. Nice to see a Doral Cavalier behind you at the end. We don't see those out here in the west. Cheers!

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Thanks again, Mark. Lots more to come, including our first ever voyage to the Rideau Canal. All coming soon to a KZbin channel near you ;-)

[@markburley4901]

@@BoatingWithBoogaboo can't wait!

[@ampegor]

Some parts look really narrow. is it hard to pass other large boats in places?

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

There are some tight spots, but in 20 years of traveling the TSW, in boats up to a 14'-3" beam, we've never had a problem passing other boats. The situation only ever comes an issue when an approaching boat (usually the folks doing the Great Loop) get nervous and stop their vessel in a channel :-/ One has got to maintain forward momentum to control their steering, otherwise they will drift sideways and cause problems for everyone. Here's a perfect example from our 2018 cruise, as we head down-bound through the Kirkfield Cut: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWXg4uEoKyAm9E I seriously wish that EVERY crew who are considering doing the Great Loop watch my videos beforehand to help overcome issues like this, or going through the locks. . .

[@ampegor]

@@BoatingWithBoogaboo Thanks for the reply. Amazing how many people dont understand it easier to steer with momemtum and thrust lol.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Bingo.

[@fishawk90]

I could only imagine the man hours & Ingenuity it took to build the Trent canal to connect all those lakes without modern machinery or architect drawing programs in those times.

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Lots of sweat and hard labour for sure, but fortunately they did have the benefit of steam shovels, rail cars, booms and derricks to help them out. Apart from that, they also employed the help of surveyors, straight lines and the fact that water runs downhill to figure everything out. In fact, the highest lift lock (of its type) in the world was completed at Peterborough, Ontario back in 1904 and became the largest unreinforced concrete structure in the world. Not bad for 19th century technology! Here's a video I took of us passing through that engineering marvel a few years back: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3jMgZZ7eMukfbM

[@trevorsturdy5519]

Just out of curiosity, when passing an oncoming boat in Canada, do you pass port to port or stbd to stbd?

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

We pass port to port when passing an oncoming boat. Of course, that rule sometimes goes out the window if dealing with brainless weekend crowds ;-)

[@JohnBraman413]

are there any fuel stops along the waterway?

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Of course! Cruising in a boat that averages only 1 mile per gallon, we wouldn't get too far if there weren't ample fuel docks along the 240 miles of the Trent Severn Waterway ;-)

[@timkenyon6088]

Is there any word on the status of Kirkfield?

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

I haven't heard anything on the repairs, other than it had been operating at reduced capacity, only allowing one-way transits at the end of the season. Of course, the Kawartha Voyageur calls that spot home for the winter each year, so it had to be at least operational for them to get to the top side. If you want to see some dramatic photos of the initial incident, check out the Google Maps listing for the Kirkfield Lift Lock. Apparently a visitor happened to snap a few when (what appears to be) the lock gate on the north side chamber malfunctioned, letting a huge amount of water to careen onto the KW's forward deck area.

[@timkenyon6088]

@@BoatingWithBoogaboo THANKS!! I saw the "incident video" and was glad I was not in the lock. What happened had run thru my mind when I was in that lock both times...hope they get it fully functional before the season starts. Great to hear from you and I hope all is well with y'all.

[@joanneiler2415]

Awesome boogaboo is the best! 😍😍💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Awesome!