Taking on the Trent-Severn's Biggest Challenges

☀️Season 2, Episode 15 Lezlie and Jason finish navigating the Trent-Severn Waterway aboard Sol Seeker, their custom DIY 48V solar-electric catamaran. In this episode, we tackle the famous Big Chute Marine Railway—lifting our floating home out of the water and transporting it across land to the next stretch of the Great Loop! Despite persistent cloud cover testing our off-grid solar array, Sol Seeker demonstrates the real-world capability of electric boat cruising in less-than-ideal weather. In this episode of our Great Loop journey: 00:14 😬Narrow Channel: Like a Canadian Great Dismal Swamp 02:21 🏋Kirkfield Lift Lock: This remarkable experience should be enjoyed by any boater 09:36 🌉Busted Bridge: A malfunctioning rail bridge had backed up Loopers in droves but Jason & Lezlie hope their demasted advantage might help them keep going 11:43 ⛽️Hard Pass: Nice not needing to add extra docking stops 12:31 🤩Lake Simcoe: Solar serenity on full display 15:19 🫣Skinny Up: Returning to the narrows and some technicals 17:57 😖Tighter Squeeze: Depths get even tighter 19:28 🏗️Big Chute: A highlight of the entire Great Loop 31:31 📈Performance: A taste of the technical side 35:39 🏁On to Port Severn: The final run along the Trent-Severn 39:29 ☕️Loopy Cup: Trading Post Cabin https://www.tradingpostcabin.com/ 🎵 Special Thanks To Music by ​@reallezlierae https://music.apple.com/us/artist/lezlie-rae/1645434359 Funky Fresh Evansville Amped Sunbeams on the Water Mississippi Mud Clusters Quinte Bay Beats 🇦🇺 Special Thanks To Narration by Lewis Verdouw verdouwrenovations.com This new “book in our series” called life has officially begun. We completed what’s known as the Swedish Death Cleanse by selling nearly everything we own, and moving aboard our salvaged, half-sunk 37-foot Prout Snowgoose Elite catamaran as our new full time home. We’ve permanently shed the mast and rigging to transform her into the first iteration of a 100% solar-electric liveaboard cruiser—ready to take on the 6,000-mile journey of America's Great Loop! Please consider hitting that subscribe button and come along for the ride as we catch the sun and do cool things!