The water was flat calm and it was a great morning. We cruised at 18 knots the whole way and only saw one other pleasure craft and a Coast Guard research boat. There is quite a current in this section of the river, probably about 4 knots. The wave in the lower section of the picture is our wake, but closer to the green buoy you can see all the ripples in the water and how disturbed it is from the currents. We were going with it so it was a comfortable ride.
It took us 4 hours to get to Quebec City and we arrived about 945 am at low tide. It is a very busy port and the view of the Chateau Frontenac high on the cliffs above the water is breathtaking.
The Louise Bassin marina is located in Vieux Port just a short walk from the lower town. It is above the St. Lawrence and you need to take a lock to up to it. It is pretty cool to be in a marina right at the centre of this historic old city. This is a huge marina with over 400 boats, some very large ones. The views are great and there is a market very close to the marina so we could get some fresh fruit vegetables, and fish.
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