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 […]
Archive for June, 2010
Sylvan Beach
Jun 27th 2010Cruise Log
We cruised a short day today, Sunday. Two locks, about 22 miles. We arrived at Sylvan Beach early in the afternoon, and tied to the wall along the canal. Sylvan Beach is an old town, a sort of beach town along the lake, but popular as a vacation spot since the late 1800’s. Still a […]
Lock 20
Jun 27th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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 […]
Amsterdam – Lock 11
Jun 25th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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 […]
Waterford- I had a mule, her name was Sal…..
Jun 24th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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. […]
Cruising up the Hudson
Jun 22nd 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop & Location
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 […]
Slipping the lines
Jun 13th 2010Cruise Log & Down East Loop
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 […]
The 40 day list
Jun 12th 2010Life aboard
I’ve made numerous mentions in recent posts to “the list”. It’s the checklist that lives on my Palm Centro,. It was compiled as we headed toward the Chesapeake, and it drove the activities surrounding our maintenance haulout and stopover for the 40 days we were in maintenance mode. That the list comprises nearly the same […]