Day's 41 Buffalo NY - Dunkirk NY Start 7:20 a End 11:00am Underway 3:46 Hours Distance 32 miles Av Speed 8.4 knots Our first leg in Lake Erie went very well, For all the horror stories of Lake Erie it was very nice. (no worries, it got ugly later at night) We kept it a short day because the next town was another 40 miles and the weather forecast was calling for thunder storms. While the forecast is wrong as often as it is right, I did not want to be on...

Day's 39 Tonawanda NY - Buffalo NY Start 10:30 am End 2:20pm Underway 2:50 Hours Locks - 1 Bridges 2 Distance 13.5 miles Av Speed 5.9 knots We had a very eventful day. Recently our helm refrigerator stop working, so we had to order a new one. The problem was getting one ordered far enough ahead of us that we would not have to wait for it, as well as be close enough to a stop that we could pick it up. We found out that the West Marine in Buff...

Day's 37-38 Gasport NY - Tonawanda NY Start 6:35 am End 10:30am Underway 3:19 Hours Locks - 2 Lift Bridges 1 Distance 21 miles Av Speed 6.2 knots Tonawanda NY is one of the largest ports on the Erie Canal. It is where the Erie Canal meets the Niagara River. Both sides of the canal have several hundred feet of canal wall to dock on. Dockage is only $35 per night with electric. The interesting thing is the two sides are in different towns and counties....

Day's 37 Fairport NY - Gasport NY Start 7:10 am End 4:40 pm Underway 8:30 Hours Locks - 2 Lift Bridges 16 Distance 58 miles Av Speed 6.8 knots We are both ready to be out of the Erie Canal. After today we have one day left on the canal. While most of the towns we have stopped in are very nice they are starting to look the same. As you can tell by the only having two locks in 58 miles, this end of the Erie Canal is very flat. It is also m...

Day's 36 Newark NY - Fairport NY Start 7:40 am End 11:50 am Underway 2:50 Hours Locks - 2 Distance 17 miles Av Speed 5.9 knots WOW what a day. We only traveled 17 miles, but it was a rough 17 miles. To start we had to go through Lock 29 to Lock 30. About 5 weeks ago there was a leak in the canal wall letting most of the water out of that section of the canal. Normally the canal maintains a depth of 10 to 12 feet of water. Now between Locks ...