With 250,000 lakes and 100,000 kilometres of river, Ontario, Canada is a PWC rider’s fresh water dream! Check out my article about what Ontario has to offer.
Love My Triton
I’m going for a couple of final rides of the season this (Canadian) Thanksgiving Weekend to take in the magnificent fall colours. I’ll be towing my Sea-Doo RTX iS 260 and GTX iS 215 watercraft. When they are out of the water, I want them as secure, safe and smoothly travelled as possible. I also need a strong, reliable trailer capable of handling the length and weight of my 3-seaters.
That’s why my trailer of choice is a 2-bed Elite WC11 by Triton Trailers. I’ve hauled my PWC’s around on this Triton Trailer for four summers and about 10,000 kilometres with no problems whatsoever. In fact, my Triton still looks and tows like new.
Besides the road distances I’ve pulled it, my Triton has also been dipped into just about every waterway in Southern Ontario, many more than once. Despite all those immersions, there’s been no rust (all aluminium body), no electrical problems and the bearings and axles are still tip-top.
With all my towing, I also really appreciate my Triton’s high quality radial tires. A step above most others, they provide good traction and are super durable for highway towing. When combined with Triton’s torsion spring set up, my trailer’s ride is so smooth, stable and sway-free that I sometimes forget I’m towing anything.
Every time is arrive at a boat launch, I’m reminded once again of how Triton makes my Sea-Dooing that much more enjoyable. Love my Triton! Talk to you next time…
If you have any friends you want to introduce to PWC riding, show them this article I wrote for personalwatercraft.com about how easy and fun it is!
This is an article I wrote about my North Channel (Lake Huron) tour for personalwatercraft.com (includes video + interview).
Where We Stayed & Ate: Sportsman’s Inn, Killarney
Where We Launched: Public Launch, Killarney
Fuel Stops: Killarney, Little Current
1,000 ISLANDS- Intrepid Sea-Doo Tour: 125-mile return ride on St. Lawrence River from Kingston, Ontario, Canada through the 1,000 Islands to Iroquois lock and back.
Where We Launched and Parked: Public Launch at King St E and West St., Kingston, beside Pumphouse Steam Museum.
Fuel Stops: Rockport, Brockville, Gananoque
ST. JOSEPH ISLAND- Intrepid Sea-Doo Tour: ride on Ontario’s North Channel (Lake Huron) from St. Joseph Island to Sault Ste. Marie, Canada and back.
Where We Stayed & Ate: Hilton Beach Inn, St. Joseph’s Island
Where We Launched & Parked: Hilton Beach Marina
Fuel Stops: Richard’s Landing, Sault Ste. Marie, Hilton Beach
MUSKOKA - Intrepid Sea-Doo Tour: Ride on the Muskoka Lakes from Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
Where We Launched: Muskoka Wharf, Gravenhurst
Where We Ate: Turtle Jack’s, Port Carling
Fuel Stops: Rosseau, Gordon Bay, Walker’s Point, Gravenhurst
NORTH CHANNEL- Intrepid Sea-Doo Tour: 70-mile ride from Vance’s Resort in Spanish to Spragge, Ontario, Canada, and up the Spanish River to Massey.
Where We Stayed & Fuelled: Vance’s Resort, Spanish
Where We Launched: Almeara en el Rio, Spanish
Where We Ate: Dixie Lee Restaurant, Spanish
OTTAWA RIVER - Intrepid Sea-Doo Tour: 205-mile wilderness ride of Upper Ottawa River from Pembroke to Mattawa, Ontario, Canada and back.
Where We Stayed & Ate: Best Western, Pembroke
Where We Launched: Pembroke Marina
Fuel Stops: Pembroke, Rapides des Joachims, Mattawa (call ahead)
Lunch: Valois Motel, Mattawa
Transfer: Rapides des Joachims - Noel 613-586-2562
Club BRP - Montreal Excitement!
By Craig Nicholson - The Intrepid Cottager
The streets ran with pure yellow blood as BRP brought the world to Montreal, Canada this summer and I was part of it. This leading international powersports company pulled out all the stops to showcase its brands to over 4,000 of its dealers and distributors at its signature event, Club BRP Montreal. BRP even took over a closed-to-traffic Crescent Street and ran public party nights with live bands every night!
WOW, it was totally awesome – especially when the showroom and the Ultimate Playground demo site were opened for the public to see and try the latest BRP products. One night, BRP even treated all of us, plus 90 busloads of BRP employees from Valcourt – a crowd of about 10,000 – to a fabulous private concert with classic rockers “STYX”. Far, far out!
Best of all for Sea Doo enthusiasts, BRP launched its new T3 hull design and Ergolock setting on the new rock‘em-sock’em 2012 RXP-X 260, destined to be the best-looking performance champ of all time. I even got to meet Sam Spade, star of Sea-Doo’s new RXP-X 260 videos! Believe me, after riding this wave monster at the demo site, I agree with Sam that no PWC has ever handled, cornered or manoeuvred like this sleek baby!
You shoulda been there – it was a stupendous thrill. And as soon as I returned home, I celebrated with two back-to-back days of exceptional Sea-Doo watercraft riding. Steamy summer days, incredibly smooth waters, bright blue skies – humming STYX’s “Come Sail Away” –and exciting memories of Montreal playing in my head…it just doesn’t get any better than this! Talk to you next time.
