On Friday June 3 after an unplanned 11 day stay in New Baltimore NY we cruised through the Troy Federal Lock into the Erie Canal at Waterford NY. We made 26 miles in seven hours through locks 2 - 6 on the Erie Canal and into a quaint little marina, The Crescent Boat Club. Along the way we kept green buoy (G1) on our port side. This was the eastern most point on our journey and important turning point as we pointed "the Bles-sing!" west and exited tidal waters. Yay, fresh water, no sharks, no tides to deal with!
Had a little adventure along the way to keep things interesting. As we approached Erie lock 3 the boat just ahead of us gave us a warning that we could barely hear... something about a line. We took it to mean a line in the water at first but figured out he was saying there was an overhead line hanging down under the rickety old railroad bridge we were about to go under. Couldn't see it until the last second. Jane was able to get the boat pole and flip it up over our newly purchased Bimini only to have it snag on the radar arch. And the fight was on... "the Bles-sing's" 900 horses pulling against the cable wire from hell. Jane was holding on with all her strength to the pole which was caught up in the struggle. Just before she went Mary Poppins and elevate out of the boat, she let go and sent the pole overboard. Well, "the Bles-sing!" won and jerked about 100 feet of cable wire free from whence it came. Jane was a trooper, running all over, up and down, out on the swim platform, frantically keeping it out of our props... very scary. We spent several minutes untangling, clipping the wire free and pulling a mess of wire into our aft cockpit. A few scratches but could have been much worse. Onward!
A view of Albany NY on the way to Crescent Boat Club on the Erie Canal
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