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05-25-2017, 09:56 PM
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Member
City: Wellesley Island
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 10
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Our Intro to "Real Cruising"!
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!
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05-25-2017, 09:57 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,567
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard. Safe travels...
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RTF
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05-25-2017, 10:01 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 21,191
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Good luck. We did VA to MI last year. The Erie is way up this year, watch for debris on the Hudson and on the Erie.
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05-25-2017, 10:04 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,046
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Congratulations! [emoji898]
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05-25-2017, 10:19 PM
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,406
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Congrats. Now you gotta understand that we have one basic rule on TF. Without pics to prove it, we just take it for granted that it didn't happen.
We all like to see pics of people on their boats, where they boat, and pics of the boat itself.
Cruise safely.
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Mike and Tina
1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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05-25-2017, 10:25 PM
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Senior Member
City: Toronto
Vessel Name: Adios Dinero
Vessel Model: Bayliner 3988 2 x 330 Cummins
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 336
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I did that same trip ten years ago when I bought my boat in New Jersey. have a fun trip and make sure you fuel up at the east end of Oneida Lake before leaving the Canal
Brewertons has the lowest fuel price on the canal.
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05-25-2017, 10:28 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
Welcome aboard. Safe travels...
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Like he said. He always gets in before me, dang it...
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05-26-2017, 08:15 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Pawleys Island
Vessel Name: Bay Tripper
Vessel Model: '06 MS 34 Pilot
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 76
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Congratulations and welcome aboard! We took delivery of a 34 Pilot last week, but took the easy way out and had it trucked to VA from the Gulf Coast of Alabama. Safe travels.
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05-26-2017, 10:39 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Idle Time
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!
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Hopefully by the time you reach the Erie all will be well. However, do check with marinas and lockmasters. Yesterday the Notice to Mariners for the Oswego Canal reported that Lake Ontario was five feet above normal so expect a lot of debris. Need to check any marinas to verify docks are available. Now on the Oswego the normal 48 hour limit on mooring on dock walls is waived.
Here is the current list of Erie Canal Notices.
Notices and Alerts - New York State Canals
I do think by the time you reach the area things will be pretty much back to normal.
We took the route you're taking last spring and it should be a wonderful maiden voyage. I do hope you're able to take time along the way to enjoy.
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05-26-2017, 12:29 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 21,191
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We loved the canals and locking. Bring some big fenders and a couple of good boat hooks. We were in a lock and I had the stern secured when the wind gusted up to about 35 and was blowing the bow off the wall. My wife just had a boat hook on the forward cable. It was a telescoping boat hook which immediately extended to full length. It took both of us pulling on the boat hook to get the bow up to the wall so we could secure the bow line to the cable. I was amazed that the boat hook did not come apart under the load.
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05-26-2017, 12:42 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,155
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Where in NJ?
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05-26-2017, 02:06 PM
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Guru
City: St Augustine,Fl
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,799
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Those are some of the best cruising grounds in the US/Canada. Love going through there!
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05-26-2017, 02:33 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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Welcome to TF.
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05-26-2017, 05:03 PM
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Guru
City: Trenton
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,522
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
Where in NJ?
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You mean, "What Exit?"?
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Al Johnson
34' Marine Trader
"Angelina"
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07-24-2017, 10:24 AM
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Member
City: Wellesley Island
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 10
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07-24-2017, 10:35 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Glad your trip has all gone so well. So many people find Mainship the perfect boat for the type boating you've just done. Now that you know what it can do and what you can do and how much fun it is, hope that motivates you to many more great trips.
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07-24-2017, 11:02 AM
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Member
City: Wellesley Island
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 10
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We bought the boat now with the intent to get used to her and fine tune her equipment for a trip around the Great Loop when we retire. Seven more years...sigh. Until then, lots of cruising on the Thousand Islands and Lake Ontario.
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