On Wednesday, June 10th, we arrived at Hop-O-Nose Marina in Catskill NY where we planned to build a couple of cradles and un-step the mast in preparation for the 340 mile trip on the Erie Canal. The maximum bridge clearance on the canal is 15 ½ feet so our 63 ft. mast has to come down.
Friday morning the mast was down and loaded on the deck and we started on our last day up the Hudson River to Albany, NY. Once again we arrived with the Hudson anniversary replica fleet and watched the celebration at the Albany Yacht Club. Denise, Kevin and Reese ended their trip in Albany and flew back to the real world on Saturday morning. I’m glad we had a week to share the experience with them. 
Sunday was Andy’s 27th Birthday so we went downtown for dinner and after that we took in an arena football game. Later Sunday evening Gary Gaudreau flew in to rejoin the crew for the rest of the trip home.
On Monday the 15th the three of us entered the Erie Canal in Troy NY about 9:00 AM. Within two hours we had passed through the first 5 locks called the Waterford Step. In this group of locks boats are raised 169 feet, five times the total lift of the Panama Canal. By the end of the day Monday we had transited 11 locks before arriving in Amsterdam NY for the evening.
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ks on our way to Herkimer, NY. Mid afternoon we passed through lock #17, the largest single step lock on the canal, a 40 foot lift. The original canal had 5 locks to raise boats at this site. There are ruins of the old canal .JPG)
where you can see the original canal walls and the towpath that ran alongside it. The original Erie Canal was only 40 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep and mules, on the adjacent towpath, pulled the barges through. Later , as steam powered vessels became self propelled, much of the old barge canal was replaced with wider/deeper “canalized” stretches of rivers. Tuesday evening we tied up on a canal wall in Herkimer, NY. .JPG)
Wednesday we traveled 92 miles, including 20 miles across the open waters of Oneida Lake , ending up for the evening in Baldwinsville, NY.
Friday morning the mast was down and loaded on the deck and we started on our last day up the Hudson River to Albany, NY. Once again we arrived with the Hudson anniversary replica fleet and watched the celebration at the Albany Yacht Club. Denise, Kevin and Reese ended their trip in Albany and flew back to the real world on Saturday morning. I’m glad we had a week to share the experience with them. 
Sunday was Andy’s 27th Birthday so we went downtown for dinner and after that we took in an arena football game. Later Sunday evening Gary Gaudreau flew in to rejoin the crew for the rest of the trip home.
On Monday the 15th the three of us entered the Erie Canal in Troy NY about 9:00 AM. Within two hours we had passed through the first 5 locks called the Waterford Step. In this group of locks boats are raised 169 feet, five times the total lift of the Panama Canal. By the end of the day Monday we had transited 11 locks before arriving in Amsterdam NY for the evening.
Tuesday we passed through 8 more
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ks on our way to Herkimer, NY. Mid afternoon we passed through lock #17, the largest single step lock on the canal, a 40 foot lift. The original canal had 5 locks to raise boats at this site. There are ruins of the old canal where you can see the original canal walls and the towpath that ran alongside it. The original Erie Canal was only 40 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep and mules, on the adjacent towpath, pulled the barges through. Later , as steam powered vessels became self propelled, much of the old barge canal was replaced with wider/deeper “canalized” stretches of rivers. Tuesday evening we tied up on a canal wall in Herkimer, NY. Wednesday we traveled 92 miles, including 20 miles across the open waters of Oneida Lake , ending up for the evening in Baldwinsville, NY.
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4 comments:
Wow,
I can't believe you traveled 92 miles in one day!!! What'd you do, start at 3am?
It has not been easy getting back into the real world after that wonderful week on Northern Light. Linda was right when she said I'd get addicted to life on the Loop.
Looks like the duct tape is holding up ok. Good wrap job, Captain!
Happy travels.
Captain & Crew,
Great job and making good time on the Erie Canal! We miss Northern Light and the fun time together. Thanks for the wonderful memories. Wishing you good travels and fair weather on the rest of your journey. Take care.
Jay and Linda
brad; Glad you made it to thecanal.Don't put the mast up yet!!!!!!Happy Fathers day!
Dad
Brad - now that we are hunkered down on Ft. Myers for hurricane season your blog provides the excitement of traveling for us. Good luck!
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