Monday, July 29. Day 24 Today we decided to be like tourists and go see Carlos Bakery of Cake Boss fame in Hoboken, NJ. One time when Phil was visiting his daughter, Victoria for a couple weeks, I had my own Cake Boss viewing marathon. Last trip down, I didn’t think of going, so this […]
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This morning we started then engine to warm up, then Phil lifted the anchor while I was at he helm. It’s cloudy the the bottom of the clouds cover the tops of the mountains like blankets. Lorraine took the first helm with a little adverse current, but by 815am, our fortunes turned and we had […]
We set our alarm last night to wake at 6am so that we could raise anchor at 630am to try to take advantage of the tides and currents to get a positive boost. We were partially successful as I’ll discuss later. The winds were calm when we left and there were clouds in the sky […]
Fridays July 26. Day 21 We had a lot of chores this morning, and since we paid for a day at the dock, we thought that we would take advantage of it. Phil changed the oil for the engine, put in the cotter pins and taped them on the turn buckles, and connected the electricity […]
July 25. Day 20 We left Waterford this morning at 756am with M/V Glazmor following us to the Troy Federal Lock 1 on the Hudson River. We were through the lock by 836am. We passed Albany, NY about 930am and arrived at Castleton Boat Club at 1030am to use their crane to raise the mast. […]
Tues, July 23. Day 18 Photos of us enjoying our Hot Fudge Sundaes at Ron and Paul’s last night. Last night it rained on and off and continued until early morning. Today was the start of our 2-day layover in Waterford. We would start out the day with breakfast at Ron and Paul’s on Broad […]
We had a false start this morning turning on the engine 20 min before 8am to go through Lock 11 only to turn it off again but waiting for a motorboat to go up the lock going westbound. Finally, M/V Glazmor from France started up her engines and we got into the lock at a […]
Sunday, July 21. This morning we left Lock 17 dock at 722am. Not too far down the way, we saw the Swan sailboat at the Herkimer Home tied up at a new dock. You can see the sea smoke this morning, we think caused from the water being warmed from the tower across the canal […]
July 20. Day 15 on trip When we woke this morning, it was 74 heavenly degrees. We left at 755am to get as far as we could today without killing ourselves. The excitement I’ll tell you about has to do with S/V Equinocci, a Swan 47′ or 50′ sailboat. They were on the wall just […]
Just wanted to let everyone know that we are ok after the thunderstorms came through, tied up at the dock and safe. Hope everyone is ok too.
Travels with the Dolsen’s 