Day's 34 -35 Baldwinsville NY (Lock 24) - Newark NY Start 7:40 am End 3:40 pm Underway 6:30 Hours Locks - 6 Distance 46 miles Av Speed 7 knots We left Baldwinsville to go to Newark NY. Newark NY is MUCH nicer than Newark NJ, We had a couple of low bridges to go under (16 ½') and our boat needs 15' 3". The whisker pole that Tom help me install, definitely took some of the stress out of going under those bridges. The western half of the canal has m...

Day's 32 -33 Cape Vincent NY - Baldwinsville NY (Lock 24) Start 8:00 am End 6:00 pm Underway 7:50 Hours Locks -8 Distance 72 miles Av Speed 9.2 knots Back to the Erie Canal. Leaving Cape Vincent we planned to get to the Oswego Canal. With the conflicting reports that we heard, we were not sure if we would be able to make it. The plan was to head out, and see what the lake looked like. If we needed to instead of going directly across the lak...

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...