M/V MAERIN

As night fell over Sylvan Beach, clouds built, temps stayed the same, and humidity went up. Out came the fans, but not much relief, so we reluctantly fired up the genset and turned on the A/C. At some point during the night the skies opened, and we had several deluges. The wind had picked up […]

Saturday was on the dreary side, some scattered sunshine, but rain on & off all day. We decided to push on through Herkimer, Little Falls, Ilion and Utica- covering about 57 miles and locking 9 times. We took advantage of the free dock here at lock 20 to overnight. The parks at the locks are […]

We left Waterford and headed west on the canal, locking through 10 locks by 4 PM. We are always amazed that the 18″ fenders we use endure the abuse of the locking. Locking up is more turbulent, and the boat swings back and forth in the turbulence. There’s no holding it, and the fenders take […]

So a little further than 15 miles on the Erie Canal, but you get the idea. Waterford is the first stop on the canal, the first in the “Waterford Flight” of 5 locks that are transited non-stop and provide the highest lift (about 150 ft) over the shortest distance of any canal in the world. […]

Two consecutive days at sea took us from Sunset Lake to Atlantic City, then on to Belmar. Belmar is a good fuel stop, and we took advantage of the $2.54 diesel price and topped off the tanks. Our previous fill was in Brunswick, GA at $2.71, and we couldn’t find lower fuel prices anywhere further […]

Finally! 7340 7334 One last hurrah for the list, otherwise complete with the mounting of the video display on the flybridge console; our Tundra marine refrigerator has taken progressively longer to recover from defrosts, and the defrost in preparation for departure demonstrated that the ‘fridge was ill. Some checking and an attempt to recharge didn’t […]