Day's 31 Alexandria Bay - Cape Vincent NY Start 8:45 am End 12:30 pm Underway 3:08 Hours Locks - 0 Distance 24 miles Av Speed 7.7 knots Good Bye Alexandria Bay, off to Cape Vincent. Cape Vincent is where Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River meet. We stopped here for the night so we can head out into the lake first thing in the morning. The first thing we needed to do was to stop at the fuel dock to fill up with both fuel a...

Day's 29-30 Clayton NY Town Dock - Alexandria Bay Start 7:00 am End 8:32 am Underway 1.35 Hours Locks - 0 Distance 9.8 miles Av Speed 6.2 knots Friday morning we headed up to Alexandria Bay. This part of the trip brought back many memories. I spent many summers camping in the 1000 Island and going to A-Bay was always a part of the trip. The last time I was here was probably 10 or 12 years ago. After driving up here for so many years, some...

Day's 27 -28 Sackets Harbor (Navy Point Marina) - Clayton NY Town Dock Start 8:17 am End 11:17 am Underway 3 Hours Locks - 0 Distance 33.3 Av Speed 11.5 knots (first ½ 15 knots, second half 8 knots) On Wednesday morning we left Sackets Harbor to finish our trek through Lake Ontario. We only had 33 miles to travel, but the first half was on Lake Ontario, and the second half was the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The lake was a little bumpy, with seas...

Day's 24-26 Pirates Cove to Sackets Harbor (Navy Point Marina) Start 7:45 am End 5:15 pm Underway 6:40 hours Locks - 7 Distance 63 Av Speed 9.5 knots So where to start. Sundays trip was supposed to be a short day with seven locks. We left the Erie Canal and headed up the Oswego Canal to go to the 1000 Islands. The plan was to stop at the end of the Oswego Canal and tie up to a sea wall that was supposed to have electric and wifi for $20 a night. We...

Day's 20 Utica to Sylvan Beach Start 11 am End 3pm Underway 3:12 hours Locks - 3 Distance 24 Av Speed 7.5 knots Day's 21-22 Sylvan Beach to Pirates Cove Start 8:00 am End 12:00 pm Underway 3 hours Locks - 1 Distance 25 Av Speed 8.5 knots Because I was lazy at Sylvan Beach I did not update the blog, today blog will cover two stops. We decided to go to Sylvan Beach, having been there several times when I was younger I was anxious to get the...