Howdy, I'm new to this site and still exploring. Our home port is Wellesley Island, one of the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence River on the New York / Canada border. We have been boating in these waters for several years and wished we could go further and stay longer. Well, as of tomorrow that wish will come true! We are driving to NJ tomorrow to take delivery of a 2000 Mainship Pilot 34. Her name, now anyway, is Kachina. She is a beauty and the surveyor gave her a clean bill of health.
Her shakedown cruise will include heading up the NJ intercostal waterway and then out the Manasquan Inlet into the Atlantic where we will turn North to the New York Harbor. We will then be heading up the Hudson River, through the Federal Lock in Troy, NY and enter the Erie Canal at Waterford. At the junction in Three Rivers we will turn North, again, and proceed into the Oswego Canal for the 24 nm journey to Lake Ontario. After a 42 nm trip across the lake we'll enter our home waters of the St. Lawrence River. All told, we will travel a little over 450nm and pass through 30 locks. Not a bad maiden voyage if I do say so myself. Wish us luck!
Her shakedown cruise will include heading up the NJ intercostal waterway and then out the Manasquan Inlet into the Atlantic where we will turn North to the New York Harbor. We will then be heading up the Hudson River, through the Federal Lock in Troy, NY and enter the Erie Canal at Waterford. At the junction in Three Rivers we will turn North, again, and proceed into the Oswego Canal for the 24 nm journey to Lake Ontario. After a 42 nm trip across the lake we'll enter our home waters of the St. Lawrence River. All told, we will travel a little over 450nm and pass through 30 locks. Not a bad maiden voyage if I do say so myself. Wish us luck!
