Made it through the locks
Got to Waterford, NY this afternoon. This marks the end of the Eerie canal. Time to catch our breath and prep the mast so we can put her back up on Monday.
We were incredibly lucky with the weather as most of the time we were in shorts and t-shirts.
The highlight of today was descending “The flight of Five” — five locks joined together one after another. As you exit the canal is the free public dock of Waterford. We managed to pump out for $2 of quarters. Refilled our water tanks, so we are good for another week.
I think the crew has earned a double ration of rum tonight. 🙂
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- Last of the locks coming into Waterford
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- Last Lock into Waterford, NY
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- Jim and David manning the lines in the final locks
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- Exiting Lock 3 in the flight of 5. Two Other boat were in the final locks with us.
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- Ariving out of the lock into Waterford, NY
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- Intrada following us out of one of the final locks
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- Tied up at free public dock in Waterford
2 Comments
Peggy St. James
September 27, 2014Have enjoyed your journey thus far. Wishing you fair winds and favorable weather. Looking forward to seeing the trip down the Hudson.
David
September 28, 2014Thanks Peggy. Its been absolutely stunning weather so far lets hope it holds until we get to Chesapeake. lots of boat projects as we are moving we have a couple more days until we hit the ocean from NY to Cape May.