It’s been awhile, and we’re very happy to be back. Rain was falling this morning, but had stopped by 9AM when we locked through from the canal back into Lake Champlain. Light south breezes, sunshine, mountains, and birds welcomed us…
Return to Whitehall
We left Fort Edward just after 7AM, and traveled 21nm through four more locks. We arrived in Whitehall, NY just after noon. Threats of dangerous storms stopped us here, on the doorstep of Lake Champlain, just south of lock one…
Fort Edward
We left Waterford this morning, and arrived at the first lock of the Champlain Canal at 8AM. We continued northbound through locks one through six, and arrived at the Fort Edward terminal wall at around 3PM. We were the second…
Freshwater and Waterford
We left Saugerties yesterday morning (55 degrees), and were 3nm into our travels before seeing the sun rise. The river current wasn’t timed well for us, but we caught a little help in the earliest part of the day. It…
Mast lowered
It’s a bit of a project, and it’s done. Completed in about 2.5hrs after we anchored. Fortunately we had some delicious Adirondack vacation leftovers to enjoy …so dinner was taken care of. We’ll be up early tomorrow to catch what…
Reaching 1500nm on the way to Saugerties, NY
This afternoon we hit the 1500nm mark on our travels, as we passed Hyde Park. We’ll again stop in Saugerties for the night, and are planning to drop the mast there. We left Newburgh late this morning, waiting for favorable…
NYC to Newburgh
Yesterday we traveled 53nm north on the Hudson River to Newburgh. The NY Harbor was calm in the morning, but stress came quickly when we found our anchor chain was snagged. We pulled over, and north, and south. No luck.…
Upper New York Bay
We only traveled ~18nm today, but it is one of the most intense sections of our trip. NY Harbor is a busy place, but it was a safe trip in with no surprises. We had read that it is possible…
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
We reunited our anchor and our bow roller at 6:15AM, and headed east out of the Metedeconk River. It was a short 4nm to the Point Pleasant Canal, and we timed it to hit minimal opposing current while not arriving…
Sun and storms
We had a nice lazy day at anchor, getting in some cooking, cleaning, and cards. Sun and high temperatures this morning gave way to the forecast storms that started around 2PM. It looks like the lightning has ended for the…