We started today in Amsterdam NY, and ended the day in Ilion NY. We continued meandering along the Mohawk river and eventually left the Mohawk river and continued on the man made part of the Erie canal. The canal was full of sticks and logs. One of the “go fast” power boats we were following […]
Leaving Waterford via the Erie canal you go through the highest amount of lift in the shortest distance any where in the world. The Waterford flight of docks raises the boat over 150 via 5 locks. The crew has to keep the boat next to the wall but not crashing into the wall. They reported […]
We had a mostly uneventful night anchored in Newburgh Cove except when the anchor alarm went off due to the tide pushing the boat the other direction from the anchor from where we started. The river current was flowing south but due to the tide was flowing north. The beautiful sunrise made up for that […]
Stony Point Light House Bob Helping Vicki pilot West Point West Point Esopous Meadows Light Sunset Birthday Cake We went North past West Point, past the Bear Mountain Bridge, Newburg Bridge, and Poughkeepsie Bride. We anchored for the night in Vanderburgh Cove by Esopous Meadows Lighthouse, where we watched a beautiful sunset over the Catskill Mountains. What […]
We plan to leave from Stony Point New York, Patsy’s Bay Marina on Saturday. We will then be traveling north on the Hudson River. Once we get to Albany we will connecting with the Erie Canal and following it to Buffalo.
This is where we will chronicle the travels of our “new” boat a Defever 41 trawler. We will be bringing her back from NY via the Hudson River, Erie Canal and the Great Lakes to Muskegon MI